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  • Amos et al. v. Creative Consulting Services, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-26
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hughes, (Hall Hirsh Hughes, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Esq, Anelise Codrington, (Chartwell Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1609

    Court reverses summary judgment that had favored a care coordination agency in a wrongful death lawsuit, noting genuine issues of material fact as to the agency's oversight of a care facility

  • Carnegay v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Savannah, Steven West, (Days & West, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Becknell, Michael Miller, Douglas Smith, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham, LP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1758

    Court affirms summary judgment for retailer and against plaintiff who sued for battery and false imprisonment after a security officer beat him with a baton in a shoplifting incident

  • Caskey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amy Godfrey, Ashley Nechay, Sandra Wisenbaker, (Coweta County Solicitor General’s Office), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0175

    Court remands a misdemeanor case for a hearing on defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in the plea process to determine if defendant understood the consequences of his plea

  • Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Downs

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Chandler, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Buckley, Taylor Hensel, (Buckley Christopher, PC), Atlanta, Bennett Bryan, Laura Johnson, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0663

    Court clarifies that organizations do not have standing but individuals plaintiffs do have standing to challenge removal of a Confederate monument, and remands for analysis of sovereign immunity issues

  • Williams v. Kasulka Properties, LP et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Dozier, Ashley Cameron, Lindsay Simmons, (Dozier Law Firm), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Anderson, (Attorney at Law), Macon, Callie Bryan, (Jones Cork & Miller, LLP), Macon, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Kevin Wangerin, (Bullard, Wangerin, & Corbett, LLP), Macon, Cody McCollum, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Matthew Del Campo, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1528

    Court affirms summary judgment for a landlord and property managers in premises liability case, finding that the landlord under OCGA § 44-7-14 and that the managers also owed no legal duty

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  • Myers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Schneider, (Wosnik Law LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bobby Christine, Kevin Majeska, (Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1319

    Court affirms defendant's conviction for interference with custody and corrects sentencing error to delete requirement that defendant register as a sex offender

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: MaryAnn Donnelly, (Goldman & Donnelly), Marietta, Sylvia Goldman, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1504

    Court affirms convictions for rape and child molestation over defendant's multiple procedural and evidentiary challenges

  • In the Interest of T. D. et al., Children (Mother)

    Publication Date: 2024-03-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, Ben Fierman, (Fierman Law Firm), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Nagel, (Pasley Nuce Mallory & Davis, LLC), Barnesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0371

    Court orders recalculation of child support to consider father's supplemental income from self-employment, but affirms juvenile court's custody and visitation decisions in father's favor

  • Williams v. Dekalb County et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-22
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ed Williams, (Concerned Citizens For Effective Government), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bennett Bryan, Shaheem Williams, Laura Johnson, Terry Phillips, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, Ken Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Brent Herrin, Gus Small, Benjamin Klehr, (Small Herrin, LLP) Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0508

    Court concludes that a taxpayer has standing to dispute a county commissioner's salary Increase, but affirms dismissal of taxpayer's complaint on other grounds

  • In re Estate of Anne Smith Florance, Deceased

    Publication Date: 2024-03-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Flake, Jennifer Shelfer, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Diffley, Marguerite Miller, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Valerie Mincey, Chipley, Desiree Polmear, Tampa, Melanie Allen, Panama City, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1491

    Court reverses trial court decision that had denied a motion to reject a niece's standing to contest a will, finding that she had no pecuniary interest in the decedent's estate and therefore had no standing