• 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

  • In re Estate of Mary Elizabeth Phillips

    Publication Date: 2019-08-13
    Practice Area: Elder Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Self, (Anderson Walker & Reichert, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Wootan, (O'Neal & Brown, P.C.), Macon, for appellee. Jennifer Haskins, Amy Dever, (Attorney at Law), Macon, Christopher Jarrard, (C. Brian Jarrard LLC), Macon, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0115

    Court Affirms Order Denying Award of Attorney's Fees from Estate of Ward to Private Counsel for Ward's Child and Guardian Ad Litem Where Child Opted to Obtain Private Counsel to Assist with Assuming and Fulfilling Guardian Ad Litem Role

  • Stacy Aaron on behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Editha Aaron v. United Health Services of Georgia, Inc., et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-14
    Practice Area: Elder Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Chaffin, (McHugh Fuller Law Group), Hattiesburg, For Appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bailey, Jeffrey Braintwain, Brian Mathis, Randolph Powell, Erica Jansen, Arthur Cheek, (Huff Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, David Rich, Robert Anspach, Mark Meeks, (Anspach Meeks Ellenberger LLP), Toledo, For appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1926

    Court Affirms Trial Court Order That Compelled Arbitration Where Offeror/Movant Never Counter-Signed Arbitration Agreement That It Sought to Enforce Over Dissent That Court Created Agreement Where None Had Been Reached

  • Law v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Elder Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Manly, (Manly Shipley LLP), Savannah, Charles Sheppard, (Attorney at Law), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Margaret DeLeon, (District Attorney's Office- Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1792

    Court affirms convictions for theft by taking with respect to financial oversight of an elderly person's finances

  • In Re Estate Of Jacqueline Gladstone

    Publication Date: 2018-09-18
    Practice Area: Elder Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Oakes, (Attorney At Law), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Markspector, Alpharetta, John Neville, (Neville & Cunat, LLP), Cumming, for appellee. Kevin Tallant, (Miles Patterson Hansford Tallant, LLC), Cumming, Timothy Burson, (Bovis, Kyle & Burch), Atlanta, Margaret Spaulding, (Boling Rice LLP), Cumming, for Other Party.

    Case Number: A16A1682

    Conservator's bond did not cover punitive damages