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  • Tyson et al. v. Scottsdale Indemnity Company

    Publication Date: 2017-10-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Savage (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip Savrin, Connor Bateman (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta; Walter Adams (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1824

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to insurer in plaintiff's suit arising after he suffered serious injuries when he was hit by a tree limb while on the job, as the trial court did not err in ruling that the insurance policy excluded plaintiff from coverage.

  • Glock, Inc. et al. v. Harper

    Publication Date: 2017-02-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronan Doherty, John Floyd, Tiana Mykkeltvedt, Amanda Bersinger Bondurant, Mixso Elmore, LLP Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Stone William S. Stone, P.C. Blakely; Ryals Stone, James Stone Boone Stone Atlanta; Arthur Leach Law Office Of Arthur W. Leach Alpharetta, for appellee. Michael Kohler, Christopher Parker Miller Martin, PLLC Atlanta; Christine Mast Hawkins Parnell Thackston Young LLP for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A2074

    The trial court erred in denying defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's civil RICO c because the statute of limitation barred the c

  • Harvest Assets, LLC v. Northlake Manor Condominium Association

    Publication Date: 2017-02-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Ayoub and Carolina Bryant Ayoub Mansour LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Lipshutz Lipshutz Greenblatt LLC, Tucker.
    Case Number: A16A1762

    The Court of Appeals held that the term special assessments in O.C.G.A. § 48-4-42 encompasses condominium assessments and is not limited to governmental assessments as the

  • Maxey v. Sapp et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-02-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh McCullough, Glennville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carl Lindberg Ligon Middletn Lindberg, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1504

    The trial court erred in directing a verdict for defendants in plaintiffs' suit against her family members in which she sought to impose a constructive trust on real property formerly belonging to h

  • Duron v. State

    Publication Date: 2017-02-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Marr, Chamblee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Dan Mayfield District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1942

    The trial court properly sentenced defendant to two concurrent terms of life in prison following his co ons for trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy trafficking in cocaine, because the first c

  • Washington v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacque Hawk The Hawk Firm, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, and Joshua Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1430

    The trial court abused its discretion in denying defendant's double jeopardy plea in bar as to felony m

  • Forbes v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2016-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Kim and Beverly Lucas Leon Kim LLC, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Mitchell Beal Law Group, Atlanta, Joseph Cruser, and Raymond Grant Cruser Mitchell LLP, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1327

    The statute of limitation barred the plaintiff's personal injury action arising out of an automobile acc

  • Harper v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-09-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Harper, Macon, proceeded pro se. Rebecca Grist, Solicitor General, and Sharell Lewis, Assistant Solicitor General, Macon, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A16A1008

    Although the evidence was insufficient to support the defendant's convic or criminal trespass in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-7-21 subsection b 2, the evidence was sufficient to support his convi

  • Lincoln Katherine Williams Irrevocable Trust v. Deliverance Temple Church of God In Christ of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2016-09-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joyce Lewis and Ashley Wilson Shingler Lewis LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Bruce Phillips, Marietta, Cheryl Richardson Richardson Legal Services PC, Calvin Darden, Patricia Darden, and Daryl Williams, Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1933

    The trial court erred in granting judgment on the pleadings for the plaintiff in its declaratory judgment action over the ownership of church property, because there was not a complete failure to st

  • Charter Commc'ns DE Inc. v Berwick

    Publication Date: 2016-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Johnson, Jason Prine, and George Moody Drew Eckl Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Bruce Berger Berger Law Firm, and Joseph Fried Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1737

    The plaintiff had long-term actual knowledge of the television cable that she tripped on, based on her frequent, successful negotiation of that condition, and her own lack of due care was the proxim