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  • Bass v. Medy

    Publication Date: 2021-03-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yolvondra Martin-Brown, (The Martin Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Celeste Brewer, (Bell & Washington LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean Whitworth, (Law Offices of Sean R. Whitworth LLC), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2120

    Family Law Court Erred by Modifying Custody and Child Support Without Notice

  • Presley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (Miller & Key, P.A.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rocky Bridges, (Assistant District Attorney), Woodbine, Charles Higgins, (Keith Higgins, P.C.), Brunswick, Jacquelyn Johnson, (District Attorney), Brunswick, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1928

    Jury's Not-Guilty Verdicts on Manslaughter Counts Did Not Mandate Reversal on Charge of Police Officer's Violation of Oath

  • Massengille v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-01-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Schneider, (Alcovy Circuit Public Defender), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, (District Attorney), Covington, Tara Latimer, (Walton County DA's Office), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2077

    Court vacates a split sentence of confinement and probation for fleeing from the police because split sentences are not authorized under the applicable statute

  • Georgia Department of Public Safety v. Ragsdale

    Publication Date: 2020-12-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bunner, Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Silverbach, James Watson, (The Silverbach Group), Kennesaw, for appellee. Gary Morris, (Williams Morris & Waymire), Buford, Keith Moffett, (Chief Administrative Officer), Jackson, Kristin Hall, (The Law Office of Sharon Chester Barnes), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1220

    Court determines that the provisions of OCGA §9-3-99 do not toll the time for filing an ante litem notice against a municipality under the Tort Claims Act

  • Weaver v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Natalie Glaser, (Attorney at Law), Dublin, Paul Hemmann, (Whitfield County Public Defender's Office), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dixon Lackey, Herbert Poston, (District Attorney), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1046

    Court orders suppression of drug evidence found during a search of a vehicle because an investigating officer illegally extended a traffic stop

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  • Cobb Hospital, Inc. et al. v. Emory Adventist, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-14
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Armando Basarrate, Elizabeth Kitchens, David Darden, Grace Kopache, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer, & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, David Conley, Robert Ingram, (Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Maines, Matthew Friedlander, Grant Schnell, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Ryan Burke, Robert Threlkeld, Elliott Coward, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, Grace Kopache, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer, & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1000

    Challenge to a hospital acquisition failed because the entity being acquired was not operating and, therefore, the Hospital Acquisition Act did not apply.

  • Griffin v. Trinidad et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan Tucker, (Alan David Tucker, Esq. P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Estenes, (Progressive Casualty Insurance Company), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1064

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury lawsuit because plaintiff did not exercise sufficient due diligence to accomplish service on defendants in a timely manner

  • Gardei v. Conway et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Yurachek, (The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associate), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuwanda Williams, Murray Weed, (Gwinnett County Department of Law), Lawrenceville, Patrician Burton, Christopher Carr, Tina Piper, Rebecca Dobras, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0818

    Court affirms dismissal of claims that the Georgia Sex Offender registration statute is unconstitutional and that it could not be enforced against a defendant

  • Nails v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Lowe, (Assistant Public Defender), Ringgold, Jonathan Hamrick, (Rome Circuit Public Defender Office), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, (District Attorney), Rome, Luke Martin, (Floyd County District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1355

    Extrinsic Evidence of Defendant's Jailhouse Phone Conversation Regarding Drug-Sale Activity Was Properly Admitted at Trial

  • Maynard et al. v. Snapchat, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-09
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Henningsen, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Susan Cremer, (Neff Law), Atlanta, Timothy Peagler, (Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C.), Atlanta, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori Cohen, Sean Jessee, Andrew Smith, (Greenberg Traurig LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Blavin, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), San Francisco, Anne Conley, John Major, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), Los Angeles, for appellee. Robert Johnson, (Johnson & Alday LLC), Marietta, Anne Gower, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1218

    Manufacturer's Duty of Care to Make Products Safe Does Not Extend to Intentional Misuse by Third Parties