Lawrenceville, GA
Ethics and professional responsibility Lawyer at Lawrenceville, GA
Practice Areas: Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Personal Injury, Litigation
OUTCOME: Murder conviction reversed
The Supreme Court of Georgia unanimously grants new trial to man convicted of murdering a security guard in Fulton County during a drive-by shooting with an AK-47 assault rifle. Jacob Rhein entered the ... case as the third lawyer on appeal and successfully argued “plain error” in failing to charge the jury on the requirement of accomplice corroboration. The Supreme Court reversed the murder conviction and life sentence.
OUTCOME: Dismissal of personal injury case reversed
The Georgia Court of Appeals reverses dismissal of pro se complaint by woman injured by a phlebotomist during a routine blood draw at her doctor’s office. The trial court had dismissed the complaint be ... cause the plaintiff pleaded her case as “medical malpractice” but failed to include a required affidavit of a medical expert. On appeal, Rhein argued that the complaint stated a claim for simple negligence and battery rather than medical malpractice, because a phlebotomist is not a medical professional and the plaintiff’s complaint alleged lack of informed consent. The Court of Appeals agreed.
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