The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed armed robbery convictions, holding that a witness’s text messages to law enforcement were admissible as identification statements, booking photos showing tattoos were properly admitted to prove identity, and trial counsel was not ineffective.
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a personal injury action against the City of Atlanta, holding that sending an ante litem notice to the correct street address but the wrong suite number did not substantially comply with OCGA section 36-33-5(f).
The Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed summary judgment in a 35-year-old family deed dispute, holding that a deed signed by someone other than the named maker, with no indication of representative capacity, was facially invalid and that laches did not bar the claim of the party in peaceable possession.
The Court of Appeals of Georgia vacated a permanent injunction against unpermitted septage disposal, finding regulatory gaps in the EPD’s permitting framework and directing the trial court to address nondelegation concerns on remand.
The Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed the trial court’s grant of a new trial in an asbestos-talc ovarian cancer case against Johnson & Johnson, holding that conflicting expert testimony on causation prevented the evidence from ‘absolutely demanding’ the defense verdict.
The Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed a $281,000 attorney fee award against a minority LLC member who pursued a derivative action without reading the operating agreement, but vacated fees awarded to individual defendants because the trial court failed to distinguish between frivolous and meritorious claims.
The Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed summary judgment for a Cobb County landowner, holding that the word ‘proposed’ on a 1954 subdivision plat created an ambiguity about road dedication and that decades of county conduct disclaimed any public interest in the property.
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed drug and firearm convictions, holding that a free-air dog sniff conducted while a traffic citation was still being prepared did not unlawfully prolong the stop under the Fourth Amendment.
The Georgia Court of Appeals dismissed Quentin Hill’s appeal from the denial of his motion for leave to file an out-of-time motion for new trial, holding it lacked jurisdiction because Hill had already had a direct appeal and did not qualify for relief under the newly enacted OCGA § 5-6-39.1.
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for the City of Savannah, holding that a pedestrian’s ante litem notice was statutorily deficient because it merely alleged the city was ‘negligent’ without specifying what negligent act caused her crosswalk fall injury.
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