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  • Swanson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dixon Lackey, Herbert Poston, (District Attorney), Dalton, Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1554

    Court affirms conviction for DUI less safe over defendant's multiple contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • ABM Aviation v. Prince

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yamisi James, Roger Harris, (Swift, Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rachel Deloach-Bukle, (Monge & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1566

    Court affirms denial of summary judgment on a respondeat superior claim as to an employer's liability but reverses as to denial of judgment on direct negligence claims

  • BPG Inspection, LLC et al. v. Omstead

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Contracts | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Burch, Edward Wasmuth, Leah Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Chance, Lance Lourie, Andrew King, (Watkins Lourie Roll Chance PC), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, Meghan Hatfield Yanacek, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1730

    Court enforces a one-year contractual limitations period for actions in tort and contract and reverses award to a plaintiff that sued for wrongful death damages

  • Huff v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Melinda April Wynne, Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney’s Office), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1266

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over challenges to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of error, jury bias, and ineffective assistance

  • Rucker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Howard Pines, Andrew Santos Fleischman, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Karen S. Bemis, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1316

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's arguments about jury instruction error and denial of his right to a speedy trial

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  • Hamon v. Connell et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D. Howell, (Howell Law Firm, P.C.), Moultrie, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Tyson Talley, Alphonso Avery Howell, IV, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, for appellee; Charles Madden Cork, III, (Law Offices of Charles M. Cork, III), Decatur, John J. Park, Jr., (Jack Park Law, LLC), Gainesville, Kenneth James Lewis, (Lewis LAW), Winder, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S22G0405

    Court holds that a decedent's adult children have an equitable right to pursue a wrongful death action where surviving spouse declines or refuses to do so

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Ross Phillips, (Walton County Public Defender’s Office), Monroe for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1223

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of trial court error

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Hoort, Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Ruth M. Pawlak, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0962

    Mistrial Properly Denied After Trial Court Gave Curative Instruction Following Witness's Prejudicial Testimony

  • McCoy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Allen Yurachek, (Yurachek & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Ruth M. Pawlak, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, Paul L. Howard, Jr., (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0970

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence

  • Sillah v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Clifford Louis Kurlander, Tristan Wade Gillespie, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0939

    No Affirmative Evidence was Offered to Show Sentencing Court Misapplied Law In Imposing LWOP Sentence on Juvenile Offender