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  • In re Bessie Mae Blake.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Elder Law | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lester Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nancy DeVetter, (DeVetter Law Firm), Tybee Island, Mara Block, (DeVetter Law Firm), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1397

    Court vacates order on conservator's breach of fiduciary duties and remands for determination of appointment of personal representative and potential guardian-ad-litem for decedent's estate

  • Cox-OTT et al. v. Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hungeling, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Adam Rubenfield, (Hungeling Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Blackwell, Steven Collins, Meredith Kingsley, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1733

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of attorney in a legal malpractice lawsuit

  • In the Interest of M. J. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-15
    Practice Area: Family Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily Davis, (Ross & Pines LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: April Hall, Austell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1764

    Court affirms custody and dependency decisions in complex international family law case, finding that returning a child to his home country would be in his best interests despite known risks

  • Cooper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Katie Borodin, Eliot Abt, (The Abt Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bruce Harvey, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, Christian May, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Greensboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1317

    Court affirms conviction for drug trafficking over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Stinson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelsey Wiley, (Wiley Defense, P.C.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, (GA Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit), Cumming, Courtney Moore, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1320

    Court affirms conviction for attempted child molestation ove defendant's claims of erroneous denial of a general; demurrer to an improper indictment and improper admission of a confession

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  • In the Interest of L. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Green, (The Law Office of Amy L. Green LLC), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Amy Michaud, Bryan Webb, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Shane Geeter, (Attorney at Law), Milledgeville, Hoganne Harrison-Walton, (The Hogan Law Firm LLC), Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1454

    Court affirms juvenile court's placement of child with biological family over foster family

  • Newton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Conklin, (Conklin Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Rachel Ashe, (Cherokee County Solicitor Generals Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1768

    Court affirms convictions in a domestic violence case over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and an incorrect jury charge

  • Oladunni v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ibrahim Oladunni, (Hancock State Prison), Sparta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elaine Thompson, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1679

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw a guilty plea and in arrest of judgment, but remands for correction of a sentencing error in an incident involving firearms

  • Heaton Erecting, Inc. et al. v. Gierum

    Publication Date: 2024-03-13
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Watts, G. Hoffman, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Moskowitz, (Law Office of David H. Moskowitz), Atlanta, Rebecca Halberg, (Stottlemyer & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee; Amy Urban, (Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation), Atlanta, for other party; Alex Wallach, (George & Wallach, LLLP), Forest Park Kyle Smith, (Evans Warncke Robinson, LLC), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A1588

    Court affirms Workers' Compensation Award in a case where injured worker also received income from concurrent dissimilar employment

  • Patrick et al. v. Kingston

    Publication Date: 2024-03-12
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, Michael Arndt, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Harrison, Jackson Griner, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellee; Robert Gardner, (Attorney at Law), Winder, Brian Hansen, (Kutak Rock LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1527

    Court reverses trial court's order enforcing a settlement in a fatal car accident case because the defendant's acceptance did not comply in full with the pre-lawsuit settlement offer