• Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-12-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tina Maddox Hamilton Maddox LLC, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Altman, District Attorney, Swainsboro, and Jessica Wilson District Attorney's Office, Lyons, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1323

    The trial court erred in requiring the defendant to pay restitution to the victim for the day he took off work to appear at the restitution he

  • Blanks v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-12-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: B. Thomas Cook and Lubin An The Cook Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jamie Inagawa, Solicitor General, and Joseph Myers, Assistant Solicitor, Fayetteville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1064

    The officer had articulable suspicion to conduct a traffic stop of the defendant's vehicle after an anonymous 911 caller indicated that the driver was driving erratically, even though the officer di

  • Guice v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2015-11-16
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel Lucas, J. Anderson Davis Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson Davis LLP, Rome, and Sean Hynes Downey Cleveland LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mason Rountree, Dallas, for appellee. Other party representation: Susan Taylor Law Offices of Stan Smith, Gulfport, MS.

    Case Number: A15A0847

    The defendant, a city employee, was entitled to summary judgment on the issue of immunity in a lawsuit arising out of a car accident, because the plaintiff failed to present any evidence or law suf

  • Causey v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rutledge Public Defender's Office, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, District Attorney, and Randall Schonder District Attorney's Office, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A0831

    The trial court erred in its consideration of the defendant's motion to suppress methamphetamine officers found in his home after conducting a protective sweep of the resid

  • Brown v. Howard

    Publication Date: 2015-11-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hall, Beth Kanik, and Andrew Hazen Hall, Booth, Smith Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John Steel Steel Moss LLP, Atlanta, Zev Gershon, and Randal Getz Gershon Willoughby Getz Smith LLC, Baltimore, MD, for appellees.

    Case Number: A15A1000

    The trial court abused its discretion in ruling that all of the medical records the defendants requested in the plaintiff's negligence action were privi

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania, Second Edition

    Authors: George Bochetto, David P. Heim, John A. O’Connell, Robert S. Tintner

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • State v. Young

    Publication Date: 2015-11-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Head, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1347

    The totality of the circumstances would have given a reasonable officer probable cause to arrest the defendant for DUI less-safe and the trial court therefore erred in dismissing the DUI and serious

  • RES-GA SCL LLC v. Stonecrest Land LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-09-16
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Pawlak and Kevin Ward Schulten Ward Turner, Atlanta, for RES-GA SCL. Louis Levenson, Atlanta, Roy Barnes, James Tribble, John Salter The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, Robert Reeves, and Graham Brantley Andersen Tate Carr PC, Duluth, for Stonecrest Land.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A15A0458; A15A1438

    In a creditor's suit to recover on a loan agreement, the defendants' affirmative defenses were actually counterclaims and were subject to the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement

  • RES-GA SCL LLC v. Stonecrest Land LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-09-16
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Pawlak and Kevin Ward Schulten Ward Turner, Atlanta, for RES-GA SCL. Louis Levenson, Atlanta, Roy Barnes, James Tribble, John Salter The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, Robert Reeves, and Graham Brantley Andersen Tate Carr PC, Duluth, for Stonecrest Land.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A15A0458; A15A1438

    In a creditor's suit to recover on a loan agreement, the defendants' affirmative defenses were actually counterclaims and were subject to the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement

  • Johnson v. Bank of Am. NA

    Publication Date: 2015-08-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bobby Johnson, Stockbridge, proceeded pro se. Jody Campbell and Peter Lublin Rubin Lublin LLC, Peachtree Corners, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A15A0688

    The plaintiff had standing to bring his suit to quiet title against all the world to certain residential property and the trial court therefore erred in dismissing the suit and in cancelling a lis pe

  • Mark v. Agerter

    Publication Date: 2015-08-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Edwards and Joel Howe Martin Snow LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert Howell, Moultrie, and Gregory Voyles, Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A0673

    This medical malpractice case arises out of Dr. Edward Mark's alleged negligent placement of a halo device on Austin Agerter. Dr. Mark and his medical practice, Neurology, Neurosu