• Mohar v. Leguizamo et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-20
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph Villani, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacob Raehn, Sandra Cianflone, (MMPO Defense), Atlanta, for appellee; Lance Gowens, (The Gowens Law Firm, LLC), Cumming, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A1135

    Court affirms dismissal of medical malpractice lawsuit due to statute of limitation, which began when plaintiff first manifested symptoms, and rejects plaintiff's continuous treatment argument

  • Kelley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, (District Attorney), Rome, Leah Mayo, (Rome District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0950

    Court affirms animal cruelty convictions and rejects defendant's arguments on insufficient evidence, failure to merge counts, and failure to apply rule of lenity

  • Young v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marsha Mignott, (The Mignott Law Group, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0793

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw a negotiated guilty plea in a robbery case

  • In the Interest of A. E., a Child

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle Gopman, (Office of the DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Nathan Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Lytia Brown, Joshlynn Clark, (Brown Geiger & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee; Ronald Richards, (The Law Office of Ronald M. Richards & Associates, LLC), Decatur, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A1018

    Court reverses juvenile court's order that granted temporary custody of a minor child to DFCS, citing insufficient evidence of parental unfitness, and remans case for an evidentiary hearing

  • Main Street Burger, Inc. v. Estate of David W. Collier et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-14
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beth Hilscher, (Beth Sebring Hilscher), Suwanee, Aaron Block, Max Marks, (The Block Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan Henderson, Tucker, Jon David Huffman, Timothy Andrews, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, for appellee; Fred Bentley, Jamie Wingler, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0531

    Court partially reverses lease termination rights, finding that trial court misinterpreted a lease provision, and affirms injunction that was intended to maintain the status quo in a property dispute

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  • Sneed v. Place At Midway, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carson Jeffries, David Carter, Dara Jeffries, (Carter Jeffries, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Manfredi, (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker), Atlanta, for appellee; Jeffrey Raasch, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0343

    Court partially reverses dismissal of tenant's personal injury claims but affirms dismissal of contract-based claims due to a one-year time bar in her lease agreement

  • Beckett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donnelly, Benjamin Pearlman, (Western Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Athens, Kaitlyn Beck, (Office of the Public Defender, Western Cir.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Wilson, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0491

    Court reverses conviction for felony fleeing due to insufficient evidence

  • Moten v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay Kim, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, John Kraft, Jared Williams, (District Attorney’s Office - Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0529

    Court reverses probation revocation due to due process violation regarding witness confrontation at a revocation hearing

  • In the Interest of M. E. P. S., a Child

    Publication Date: 2024-07-25
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebeca Salmon, (Attorney at Law), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cathy Lerow, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for Other party; Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, T. Fleming, (Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, P.C.), Savannah, Shalen Nelson, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A24A0266

    Court affirms dependency finding but remands case for juvenile court to make findings on special immigrant juvenile (SIJ) status, which affects any return to the child's country of origin

  • Marion A. Allen, Inc. et al. v. Blake C. Johnston et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-23
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Adams, (Adams Law Firm), Fort Valley, Joseph Bloodworth, (Bush, Crowley, Leverett & Leggett, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Fox, (Adams, Hemingway & Wilson, LLP), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0213

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment in real estate fraud case, concluding that there was no factual dispute that property purchasers had failed to exercise due diligence after notice of defect