Christ Church v. Bishop of Episcopal Diocese, 290 Ga. 95, 718 SE 2d 237 (2011)
Nov 21, 2011OUTCOME: Affirmed
Filed successful Amicus Brief in the leading church property case before the Georgia Supreme Court in recent years.
Moultrie, GA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Moultrie, GA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Mediation
OUTCOME: Affirmed
Filed successful Amicus Brief in the leading church property case before the Georgia Supreme Court in recent years.
OUTCOME: Judgement affirmed on appeal
Insurance company had no right of reimbursement or indemnity from personal injury victim or her attorney.
OUTCOME: Complaint dismissed by US District Court
Automobile accident victim was not required to reimburse her health insurance company for medical expenses paid when she settled her personal injury claim based on the "made whole" doctrine.
OUTCOME: Dismissal of Complaint reversed
Norris v. Georgia DOT, 268 Ga. 192, 486 S.E.2d 826 (1997) The Georgia Supreme Court defined the notice requirements of The Georgia Tort Claims Act in a case involving electronic notice.
OUTCOME: Felony sentence overturned
The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that the trial court was without authority to sentence the defendant to a period of continuous and uninterrupted incarceration in a jail or penitentiary as a conditio ... n of probation.
OUTCOME: Appeal granted reversing summary judgment
Estate sued the defendant, a former registered nurse, for wrongful death related to a lethal injection of potassium chloride the nurse gave the deceased while she was a patient in the hospital. In ... a related criminal case the nurse was found guilty but mentally ill of aggravated assault. The nurse's liability insurer filed a declaratory judgment action seeking to have the Court declare that its policy afforded no coverage for the wrongful death claim because the injection did not constitute "professional services" and based on the intentional act exclusion and the criminal act exclusion contained in the policy. The US District Court granted summary judgment to the insurer. On appeal the Eleventh Circuit reversed the District Court finding that questions of fact remained precluding summary judgment since the nurse may not have intended the act due to her mental illness. After remand to the District Court, the case settled prior to trial.
OUTCOME: Murder Indictment quashed
Griffin v. State, 266 Ga. 115 (1995)