• Strickland v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Zeliff, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Abernathy, Solicitor General, Donna Gopaul, and Amy Radley Solicitor General's Office, Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0245

    The trial court properly admitted evidence of the DUI-less safe defendant's earlier DUI conviction to show his bent of mind and course of co

  • Greater Atlanta Homebuilders Ass'n Inc. v. City of McDonough

    Publication Date: 2013-07-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shannon Goessling Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Hancher and Andrew Whalen The Whalen Law Firm LLP, Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0225

    The plaintiffs were not required to give ante litem notice of their claim for attorneys' fees and costs arising from their successful class action against the defendant city because the claim did no

  • Tribeca Homes LLC v. Marathon Inv. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2013-07-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger Wilson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Caskey Clark Caskey LLC, Rodney Strong Griffin & Strong PC, Atlanta, and Theodore Lackland Lackland & Associates LLC, Marietta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A13A0157

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to the defendants on the plaintiff's RICO claim, as the plaintiff could not show direct harm from the alleged wrong

  • Walleye LLC v. City of Forest Park

    Publication Date: 2013-07-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherri Buda Bloom Sugarman Everett LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Joe Harris and Robert Mack Mack & Harris PC, Forest Park, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0447

    The plaintiff property owners failed to present evidence of a compensable taking in their inverse condemnation action alleging that the enactment of a new sexually-oriented businesses ordinance depr

  • Juhan v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon Brown & Gill, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, District Attorney, and Marlene Zekser District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0300

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for felony escape after he left the work release program and failed to r

  • Hanna v. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-07-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy and Andrew Lavoie Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan Busch, Shane Stogner, Tawana Johnson Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh LLP, Donald Nation Morris Manning & Martin LLP, and Michael Bain, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Christopher Mingledorff Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta.

    Case Number: A13A0793

    Although the plaintiff's summaries of the defendants' debt were accompanied by some business records, a search of the record reveals that crucial underlying business records related to fees and inte

  • Pardon v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Trieshmann Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, District Attorney, and Charles Cox, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0010

    The trial court improperly sentenced the defendant as a recidivist, since the prior crimes for which he was charged and convicted could only be deemed as one conviction pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 17-10-

  • In the Interest of R. B.

    Publication Date: 2013-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yolanda Parker-Smith, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Calandra Harps, Assistant Attorney General, and Jamie Henry, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Coy Johnson Office of the Child Attorney, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A13A0410

    The juvenile court properly considered the past deprivation of the mother's other children when assessing the current deprivation of the child at

  • Cho v. Mountain Sweet Water Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Sean McEvoy Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Wasley, Duluth, for appellee. Other party representation: Delece Brooks State Bd. of Workers' Compensation, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A13A0542

    The evidence did not support the Administrative Law Judge's finding that the plaintiff had waived the issue of attorneys' fees in his workers' compensation

  • Vol Repairs II Inc. v. Knighten

    Publication Date: 2013-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
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    Case Number: A13A0275; A13A0276

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in limiting cross-examination of the plaintiff regarding his experience as an insurance adjuster pursuant to the collateral-source