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  • Amy N. Cazier et al. v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2023-02-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Frank Salter, Jr., Roy E. Barnes, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, James Glenn Richardson, (Talley, Richardson & Cable), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Middleton Droze, Robert Pursley Edwards, Jr., Thomas Edward Reilly, William Alexander Smith, Christopher John Kelleher, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Shondeana Crews Morris, Georgia, Jeffery O'Neal Monroe, (Macon Judicial Circuit), Macon, for other party.
    Case Number: S22C0513

    Law of the Case Doctrine Precluded Revisiting Reliance on Federal Chevron-Deference Review Principles

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Santos Fleischman, Noah Howard Pines, (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, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0836

    Warrant For Cell-Site Location Information Need Not Particularly Describe Physical Location of Data Sought

  • Underwood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristin Waller, (Attorney at Law), Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Patrick Najjar, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1448

    Court affirms convictions for trafficking of methamphetamine and other crimes over defendant's challenge to denial of her motion to suppress evidence

  • Maynard et al. v. Snapchat, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-23
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Henningsen, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Susan Cremer, (Neff Law), Atlanta, Timothy Peagler, (Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C.), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori Cohen, Sean Jessee, Andrew Smith, (Greenberg Traurig LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Blavin, John Major, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), San Francisco, Anne Conley, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), Los Angeles, for appellee; Robert Johnson, (Johnson & Alday LLC), Marietta, Anne Gower, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1218

    Party Injured in Auto Collision Adequately Stated Claim Negligently Designed Software Was Proximate Cause

  • Smoot-Lee v. Corizon Health, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-23
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Claiborne, (The Claiborne Firm, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Frisch, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair), Atlanta, for appellee; R. Hart, (Hart & Associates Law Firm LLC), Savannah, Shena Burton, (Boost Mobile), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1210

    In-Prison Health Care Provider Lacked Control Over Inmate With Mental Health Issues, Precluding Liability For Injury

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  • Blackwell v. Dreamworks Restoration Contractors, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-23
    Practice Area: Contracts | Litigation
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Blackwell, Dunwoody, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Carson, (Charles R. Carson, P.C. dba Carson Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1293

    Court reverses verdict that had been in favor of a contractor in a lien and breach of contract action where trial court improperly excluded testimony from two witnesses

  • Steffey v. Ameris Bank et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Meadors, (Allen Meadors Practitioners), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shanon McGinnis, (Wargo & French LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1368

    Court reverses dismissal of breach of contract claims where plaintiff was charged interest on a construction loan but never took a draw under that loan

  • Buchanan v. Hannon

    Publication Date: 2023-02-22
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Johnson, Hillary Stringfellow, Amber Carter, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Evans, Brian Griffin, Bryan Schivera, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1650

    Resolution of Ambiguous Will Provision Not Necessary Where Previous Provision Governed

  • Irish Angela Frey, et al. v. Michael C. Jesperson et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-22
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Ford, (Ford & Josey, P. C.), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Travis Meyer, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, Stevan Miller, Lisa Richardson, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Megan Prince-Miller, (Law Offices of McLaughlin & Ream), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1589

    Court affirms summary judgment for an insurer in a wrongful death case, finding that decedent had selected reduced-by and not add-on underinsured motorist coverage

  • Roberts v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N. A. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Gibson, (The Gibson Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Jackson, Denver, Elizabeth Fite, (Kutak Rock LLP), Atlanta, Jeremy Peck, (Kutak Rock LLP), Denver, Kimberly Sheridan, (Gordon & Rees, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1689

    Court vacates order dismissing an appeal because the trial court issued the order without giving the appellant notice and an opportunity for a hearing