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  • Owens v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Marshall, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, District Attorney, and Finnis Salmon, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1177

    The defendant failed to meet his burden of proving that the trial court's factual findings were clearly erroneous or that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress drug evidence an off

  • Monolith Companies LLC v. Hunter Douglas Hospitality Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-10-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Wood, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karl Howe and Scott Stevens Howe Associates PC, Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1096

    Although the plaintiff served its requests for admission on the defendant shortly after the expiration of the 6-month discovery period provided in Uniform Superior Court Rule 5.1, the trial court di

  • Helms Greene LLC v. Willis

    Publication Date: 2015-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Greene Helms Greene LLC, Jonathan Hawkins, Jeffrey Horst, and Christopher Adams Krevolin Horst LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Kertscher Hill, Kertscher Wharton LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0361

    Kirk Willis, an attorney and the former managing member of the Dallas, Texas office of Helms Greene, LLC, filed an action against Helms Greene in the trial court to r

  • McDonald v. West Point Food Mart Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Hinton Hinton Powell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Scott Henwood Hall Booth Smith PC, Atlanta, Mark Maholick, and Megan Scheller Hall Booth Smith PC, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0716

    Faye McDonald sued West Point Food Mart, Inc. alleging that injuries she suffered when she tripped and fell in a West Point-operated convenience store were proximately caused by West Point's fail

  • Carter v. Progressive Mountain Ins.

    Publication Date: 2015-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel Crowe and William Gainer Toliver Gainer, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Hammer, Megan Boyd Carlock, Copeland Stair LLP, and Mark Molina Sharon W. Ware Associates, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A2295

    The Court of Appeals erred in its application of the motor vehicle insurance limited liability release provision of O.C.G.A. § 33-24

  • Watford v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick M. Scherma, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0057

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for two counts of making a false statement, two counts of forgery in the first degree, giving false information to a law enforcement officer, drivi

  • Williams v. The Columbus Clinic PC

    Publication Date: 2015-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John K. Larkins Jr. Chilivis Cochran Larkins Bever LLP, Atlanta, Kimberly N. Martin, and Thomas F. Martin Martin Martin LLP, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glen R. Fagan Constangy Brooks Smith Prophete LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0559

    A genuine issue of material fact remained as to whether a medical clinic was authorized to terminate a physician for cause when a hospital "restricted" his privileges by imposing a proctorship o

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy W. Copeland Copeland Walker, Valdosta, and Robert R. McLendon IV, Blakely, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and Moruf O. Oseni District Attorney's Office, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0748

    The evidence showed that the defendant's guilty plea to two counts of selling cocaine was knowingly and voluntarily en

  • Slay v. Calhoun

    Publication Date: 2015-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Romero Pearson Pearson Law Group LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lindsay Erwin, Phenix City, AL, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0612

    The trial court properly found that it had subject matter jurisdiction with respect to the child custody issues raised in the father's petition for legitimation, custody, child support and visitatio

  • State v. Edwards

    Publication Date: 2015-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, and Daniel Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Lane Lane Lane, David Marshall, and Jill Stahlman, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A0762

    The presence of an odor of marijuana emanating from the defendants' residence, as detected by an officer who was qualified to recognize the odor as marijuana, was sufficient probable cause for the i