• Preview Restaurants, LLC v. Shops At 2221 Peachtree, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-07-23
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Cheng, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Katherine Silverman, (Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0237

    Court affirms lease termination and admissibility of restoration cost estimate as a non-hearsay business record in a commercial dispossessory case

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario Ninfo, (Ninfo & Associates, P.C.), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randal McGinley, Jillian Hall, (Newton County District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0396

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and other crimes over defendant's multiple contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Goodwin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hawkins, (The Hawkins Law Firm), Atlanta, Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carlton Hayes, David McElyea, (Cherokee County Solicitor-General’s Office), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0006

    Court affirms conviction for second-degree homicide by vessel, rejecting defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Yntema v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-07-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ulice Sauls, (Attorney at Law), Peachtree Corners, Nicholas Martin, (Martin DeMelfi, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dawn Taylor, Lynne Bradley, (Dawn H. Taylor, Attorney at Law), Suwanee, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0478

    In a custody modification dispute, court affirms partial child support modifications, and vacates and remands for additional findings on back support, child support for adult child, and attorney fees

  • Geiger v. Allmond

    Publication Date: 2024-06-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Lavoie, (Bruce, Mathews & Lavoie), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gabriel Cliett, (Attorney at Law), Metter, Jimmy Howell, (Howell Law Group, LLC), Statesboro, Madison Everett, (Gabe T. Cliett, P. C.), Statesboro, for appellee; Dale Busbee, (Busbee Law Group, LLC), Statesboro, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0061

    Court reverses custody award that favored a grandmother over a mother, citing insufficient evidence to overcome parental presumption

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  • Chaney v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Adams, (Office of the District Attorney, Towaliga Judicial Circuit), Jackson, Leslie Tilson, Jessica Haygood, (Towaliga Judicial Circuit), Forsyth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0438

    Court affirms denial of motion to dismiss on speedy trial grounds given the COVID-19 tolling that extended all speedy trial periods

  • Zipperman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Rachel Ashe, (Cherokee County Solicitor Generals Office), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0345

    Court affirms denial of a motion to modify a sentence in a family violence and drug case, and rejects defendant's arguments regarding trial court's failure to hold a hearing and exercise discretion

  • Crawford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Bradley, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0217

    Court affirms child molestation convictions and rejects ineffective counsel claim over his trial counsel's decision not to strike and remove a juror for cause

  • Ferguson et al. v. Bowers et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Speed, Michelle King, (Speed & King, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Terry, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hall, Beth Kanik, (Hall, Booth, Smith, & Slover, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1715

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of physicians in a medical malpractice action stemming from the discharge of a patient with mental disorders who drowned after being released

  • Premier Petroleum, Inc. v. Heer, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-26
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Energy
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justyn Alioto, (Mills & Hoopes, LLC), Atlanta, John McGoldrick, (Mills & Hoopes, LLC), Macon, Timothy Walls, (Mills & Hoopes, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Cooper, Kenneth Barton, Kareem Kashlan, (Cooper, Barton & Cooper, LLP), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1432

    Court affirms ruling that a gasoline supply contract was void and unenforceable due to procedural and substantive unconscionability of its terms, which unduly favored the supplier