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  • Graham v. Wellstar Health Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Austin Austin Law Group Inc., Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William Anderson Downey Cleveland LLP, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A16A1600

    The expert affidavits specifically incorporated in the plaintiffs' amended complaint sufficiently stated specific examples of duty and alleged breach that supported claims for professional negligen

  • Moceri v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-08-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Mauldin, District Attorney, and Brian Patterson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0063

    In the defendant's trial for first degree vehicular homicide, the evidence was sufficient to support the trial court's determination that the defendant acted in bad faith in failing to preserve a ca

  • Brazzel v. Brazzel

    Publication Date: 2016-08-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Birg, Lucas Westby Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough LLP, and Kurt Kegel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathy Portnoy, Kynna Garner, Nancy Jordan Warner Bates McGough McGinnis Portnoy, and Robert Dokson Ellis Funk PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0680

    The trial court properly denied the father's motion to vacate an arbitrator's decision regarding child custody and other matters and properly granted the mother's motion to confirm the decision afte

  • In the Interest of O. B.

    Publication Date: 2016-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Jones Jones, Federal Appellate LLC, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: in Case No. A16A0231. Thinel Bishop The Bishop Law Group, Villa Rica, for appellant in Case No. A16A0383. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Andrea Moldovan Special Assistant Attorney General, Douglasville, for appellee. Other party representation: Jana Evans, Dallas, Sonya Chachere-Compton, Valerie Vie, Douglasville, and Cynthia Adams, Decatur.
    Case Number: A16A0231; A16A0383

    The evidence was insufficient to support the termination of the father's parental rights to his child, and the Court reversed the termination

  • Ladder Now LLC v. Hancock Roofing Constr. LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Capobianco and Adriana Scott Jackson Lewis PC, Atlanta, for Ladder Now et al.. Randall Grayson Delcampo, Weber Grayson LLC, Atlanta, for Trinity Inspections et al.. David Schaeffer Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins Bever LLP, Atlanta, for Hancock Roofing. Other party representation: Edward Buckley Buckley Klein LLP, Atlanta, Mark Anglin, Austin, TX, and Steven Starbuck, Conway, SC.
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    Case Number: A15A1650; A15A1685

    The dismissed the appeal of the denial of the defendants' motions to dismiss a suit for lack of personal jurisdiction, because there was no independent basis for direct appeal after the Suprem

  • State v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2016-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie Inagawa, Solicitor General, and Joseph Myers, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lubin An and B. Thomas Cook The Cook Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0512

    The trial court erred in granting the defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained following an officer's pre-arrest questioning of the defendant, because the questioning constituted a first tie

  • State v. Banks

    Publication Date: 2016-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacquelyn Johnson, District Attorney, Brunswick, and Andrew Ekonomou The Lambros Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Allen, Kingsland, and Kevin Gough, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0602

    The trial court erred in granting the defendant's motion for new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel following his convictions for aggravated child molest and child molest

  • Parker v. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2016-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Celeste Brewer Bell Washington LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Bips Bips Bips, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0212

    The Court lacked jurisdiction over the appeal from a contempt order entered against the appellant for her willful violation of certain provisions of a temporary visitation order, because the appella

  • State v. Reid

    Publication Date: 2016-06-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Heap, District Attorney, and Burt Burton District Attorney's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Montgomery Scheer Montgomery Call, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1237

    There was no evidence that the defendant's consent to a blood draw to test her blood-alcohol level was anything but free and voluntary, and the trial court thus erred in granting her motion to suppr

  • JR Schugel Trucking Inc. v. Logan

    Publication Date: 2016-06-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Whitlock and Thomas Beauchamp Carlock, Copeland Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael Friedman and Jonathan Rolnick, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Douglas Witten State Bd. of Workers' Compensation, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A16A0137

    There was evidence supporting the State Board of Workers' Compensation Appellate Division's decision finding that the claimant was not entitled to ongoing medical benefits, and the superior court th