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Cedra Mayfield is a litigation reporter with the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @cedramayfield
January 19, 2024 | Daily Report Online
"The case has had a long and tortured journey through the appellate courts, but we have won at every turn," said lead plaintiff counsel William S. Stone of Stone Law Group in Atlanta and Blakely.
By Cedra Mayfield
5 minute read
January 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online
"[B]ringing claims against the appropriate government officials in their official capacities was a recognized way to proceed against a governmental entity—be it the State or one of its counties," read the high court opinion.
By Cedra Mayfield
7 minute read
January 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruling that clarified that 'use' of a motor vehicle 'is not limited by statute terms 'actively in use' 'as a vehicle' is impacting subsequent sovereign immunity challenges involving law enforcement.
By Cedra Mayfield
5 minute read
January 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online
"This was an interesting case because the complex admitted superior knowledge of the creek's existence, but denied it was a legal hazard, or that they were responsible for Damaria's death," plaintiff counsel Arthur R. York told the Daily Report.
By Cedra Mayfield
7 minute read
January 11, 2024 | Daily Report Online
When the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the ruling in December 2022, justices opted to grant writ of certiorari.
By Cedra Mayfield
6 minute read
January 10, 2024 | Daily Report Online
The Atlanta Municipal Court judge announced her intent to run for election to the State Court of Fulton County in the May 21 nonpartisan primary.
By Cedra Mayfield
4 minute read
January 9, 2024 | Daily Report Online
"When an applicant has a close connection with a JNC member, that relationship is disclosed to the JNC members and the member in question does not participate in the JNC's consideration of the applicant," said Vincent Russo, co-chair of the Judicial Nominating Commission of Georgia.
By Cedra Mayfield
6 minute read
January 8, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Minorities accounted for 8% of state court or higher judicial appointments made by Gov. Brian Kemp in 2023. That's down from 30% in 2022.
By Cedra Mayfield
7 minute read
January 5, 2024 | Daily Report Online
After being reelected to a second term, Gov. Brian Kemp appointed more than two-dozen judges to Georgia state, superior and appellate courts in 2023.
By Cedra Mayfield
1 minute read
January 4, 2024 | Daily Report Online
"They sued her for $820,000 which is nearly four times what she made as a part-time worker," said Dax Lopez of DelCampo Grayson Lopez in Dunwoody. "They sued her, I think, more so to make her an example to other doctors trying to leave."
By Cedra Mayfield
6 minute read
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