• Ashley v. Carstarphen

    Publication Date: 2018-10-19
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Lightcap, (Mayer & Harper, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathryn Ams, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1031

    Public school employee not entitled to a due process hearing after his employment ended.

  • Patterson et al. v. Kevon, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-10-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blakely Frye, Travis Cashbaugh, (Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Pamela Lee, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A0399

    Court Adopts Supreme Court Ruling and Reverses Grant of Summary Judgment in Negligence Case

  • Coffee v. The State.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra Dawson, (The Law Office of Sandra Dawson), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0960

    Defendant's conviction reversed and remanded where he was denied his right to an impartial jury panel.

  • Atkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley Adams, Christina Cribbs, (Ga. Public Defender Council, Columbus Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Arthur Walton, (Assistant District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A0240

    Court Adopts Supreme Court Opinion to Vacate Statutory Rape Conviction

  • Britt v. Jackson et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-16
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard Stiller, (Howard J. Stiller, P.C.), Albany, Beau Shrable, (The Shrable Law Firm PC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Kathleen Turnipseed, (GA Department of Law), Atlanta, Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1190

    Court Affirms Dismissal of Complaint Against Department of Corrections for Negligently Causing Car Accident on Sovereign Immunity Grounds

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  • Christian v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia Harrison, (Attorney At Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Fortner, Ryan Leonard, Anna Vaughan-Upshaw, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1132

    Court Affirms Conviction of Disgruntled Tenant Who Made Violent Threats to Former Landlord

  • Shane H. Berryhill et al. v. Dale P. Daly et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-12
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Pinckney, (Savage & Turner, PC.), Savannah, Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wiley Wasden, Travis Windsor, (Brennan & Wasden, LLP), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1089

    Court Reverses Verdict in Favor of Doctor Alleged to Have Overprescribed Heart Medication

  • Emma Katherine Bergstrom v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance Tyler, (Tyler Law Firm), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donna Stribling, (Dekalb County Solicitor General's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1218

    Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Breath Test Procedure and Affirms DUI Conviction

  • Taylor et al. v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-04
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon David Huffman, Michael McGuffee, (Poole Law Group, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Maren Cave, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1398

    No coverage under a business insurance policy where claimants failed to provide timely notice of a claim

  • Escobar v. Meadows and Ohly, LLC et al

    Publication Date: 2018-10-03
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Commander, (Commander Law, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Groth, (Groth & Makarenko, LLC), Suwanee, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0822

    No slip-and-fall negligence liability where a building had no knowledge of a hazard that was present for only a short time