• Ovation Condominium Association, Inc. v. Cox

    Publication Date: 2023-11-14
    Practice Area: Premises Liability | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samantha Mandell, Michael Kendall, (Kendall Mandell LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Downs, Benjamin Baker, (Downs Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0933

    Trial Court Erred in Ruling on Summary Judgment Motion Without Conducting Necessary Daubert Analysis

  • Gonzalez et al. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2023-10-31
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie Cox, (Georgia Injury Attorneys), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell Davis, Tyler Adams, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Newnan, Laura Golden, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Atlanta, Amy Harper, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0689

    Court vacates dismissal of car accident personal injury case and remands for consideration of adding another defendant under OCGA § 9-11-15 (c) even though after statute of limitations had expired.

  • The State v. Black

    Publication Date: 2023-10-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Alana Driscoll, Kelly Nugent-Chavis, (Cherokee County District Attorney's Office), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence Zimmerman, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0939

    Court reverses evidence suppression order to the extent it had limited admission of evidence seized from warranted search of a cell phone to communications between a defendant and a rape victim

  • Pineda v. Lewis et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-26
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Husser, (Husser & Husser, P.C.), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Hise, (Palmour Law Firm), Summerville, Albert Palmour, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, Albert Palmour, Summerville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0909

    Court reverses probate court's grant of private way because party seeking that right did not establish a prescriptive right but only a historical permissive use of a shared driveway

  • Shingler v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2023-09-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James King, (The King Firm), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amanda Morris, Duke Groover, William Horkan, Holden Burford, (James Bates Brannan Groover LLP), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0672

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of an insurer because insured party had filed his lawsuit after the limitation period established in an endorsement to the policy

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  • Luna-Galacia v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rafe Banks, (Banks, Stubbs & McFarland, LLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Finch, Jenna Murphy, (Forsyth County Solicitor General), Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0768

    Court affirms conviction for driving under the influence over defendant's contention that he did not knowingly and intelligently consent to a breath test

  • Unique Auto Sales, LLC et al. v. Dunwody Insurance Agency et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-06
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reuben Akin, (Attorney at Law), Macon, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Ernest Satterfield, Thomas Haswell, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee; Kenneth Jones, (Five Star Automotive), Atlanta, other party.

    Case Number: A23A0697

    Court affirms summary judgment that an insurer was not liable for an insured party's losses due to plain language of exclusions in a policy

  • Jackson v. Peart

    Publication Date: 2023-08-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca McLaws, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vanessa Kosky Narea, (The Law Office of Vanessa Kosky, PC), Tucker, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1089

    Court reverses issuance of a 12-month family violence protective order because the underlying petition was statutorily dismissed before the order's issuance

  • Justice v. Georgia Department of Public Safety

    Publication Date: 2023-08-17
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Batson, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, John Czura, (Attorney at Law), Evans, McCracken Poston, (Attorney at Law), Ringgold, Jeffrey Peil, (Huggins Peil, LLC), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, Mary Greaber, (Georgia Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0160

    Court reverses dismissal of a state trooper's breach of contract action, finding that correspondence created a written contract waived sovereign immunity

  • McArthur et al. v. Beech Haven Baptist Church of Athens et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Giovinazzo, Michael Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Darren Penn, Alexandra Cole, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kevin Ketner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Cochran, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, M. Heath, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Kevin Hudson, Mary Walker, Zachary Hall, (Hudson Parrott Walker, LLC), Atlanta, Robert Martin, Mark Silver, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Moseley, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Edward Tolley, (Attorney at Law), Athens, Kathryn Whitlock, (McAngus, Goudelock, & Courie LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Rothring, (Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0898

    Court reverses dismissal of multiple claims related to sexual abuse brought by plaintiffs against churches that sponsored boy scout troops