• Lagroon v. Lawson

    Publication Date: 2014-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Batson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jason Waymire and Terry Williams, Buford, for appellees.

    Case Number: A14A0100

    There were genuine issues of material fact as to whether the sheriff and two deputies were entitled to official immunity, whether they honestly and reasonably believed there was probable cause to ar

  • Workman v. Crisco

    Publication Date: 2014-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Kirchen, Adam Jaffe, James Grant, and James Haug Jaffe & Haug, Atlanta Trial Lawyers Group LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Leslie Cline and Daniel Huff Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A14A0563

    The trial court did not err in allowing a defense witness who was not identified as an expert to give opinion testimony in the plaintiffs' medical malpractice action, as the witness investigated th

  • Wilson v. Mountain Valley Cmty. Bank

    Publication Date: 2014-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Jones, Homer, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Austin and Melissa Jurgens, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0546

    The mere fact that in the plaintiff's opinion, the foreclosure brought an inadequate price did not demonstrate an absence of good faith on the part of the defendant in conducting the

  • Young v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
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    Case Number: A14A0540

    The trial court erred in its analysis of the timeliness of the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty

  • Murphy v. Murphy

    Publication Date: 2014-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Millard Farmer, Atlanta, and Alfred King, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Hudson, William Poplin Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, Taylor Drake, and Michael Warner Glover & Davis PA, Newnan, for appellee. Other party representation: Teresa Lazzaroni Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, Atlanta, and Peter Durham, Glover & Davis PA, Newnan.

    Case Number: A14A0700

    The defendant properly filed a direct appeal from an order denying the plaintiff's motion to temporarily change physical custody of the parties' children and ratifying the status quo as to visitatio

  • Shields v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Burns, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, District Attorney, and Jennifer Guyer, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0083

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion in limine seeking to prevent references to his status as a pa

  • Harvey v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Akintunde Akinyele Akinyele Law Firm LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Karen Seeley District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0550

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress, as the evidence established that the officer had a reasonable, articulable suspicion for making a second-tier investigatory

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell Walker, Terry, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise Fachini, District Attorney, Cordele, and Deshala Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0270

    Evidence that the defendant had broken into the victim's house two years prior to the kidnapping and aggravated sodomy was admissible to show the relationship between the defendant a victim,

  • MAPEI Corp. v. Prosser

    Publication Date: 2014-07-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Caiaccio, Gregory Hare, and David Thatcher Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Leslie Waycaster Jr., Dalton, for appellee. Other party representation: Jonathan Bledsoe and William Jourdain Minor, Bell & Neal, Dalton.

    Case Number: A14A0368

    The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment to the defendant in an action filed by his former employer for violation of a contractual non-compete covenant, as the defendant's subsequent

  • GMAC Mortg. LLC v. Pharis

    Publication Date: 2014-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Livesay and Gregory Schultz Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ben Kirbo, Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0108

    An agreement for subrogation made with either the debtor or the creditor is sufficient to overcome constructive notice of an intervening