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  • The State v. Licata

    Publication Date: 2017-11-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Keller (Sr. Assistant Solicitor General), Cumming; William Finch (Solicitor General of Forsyth County), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Woodrow Smith (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Matthew Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1200

    The trial court erred in granting DUI defendant's motion to suppress the results field sobriety tests and evidence of his refusal to take a breath test because he was sufficiently warned of his right not to incriminate himself before the field sobriety tests and he was not entitled to counsel when deciding whether to submit to the state-requested breath test.

  • Ellis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte Davis (Attorney at Law), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Johnson (District Attorney's Office Rome Judicial Circuit), Rome; Leigh Patterson (District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0659

    The trial court erred in key factual findings and failed to balance the relevant legal factors when it denied defendant's plea in bar on constitutional speedy trial grounds.

  • Blue Ridge Auto Auction v. Acceptance Indemnity Insurance Company, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Benfield (Law Offices of Robert H. Benfield, Jr.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Strawinski (Strawinski & Stout, P. C.), Atlanta; Jay O'Brien (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0840

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to insurer and denying summary judgment to plaintiff because the language in the insurance policy crucial to the determination of whether plaintiff was an insured was ambiguous and because the Court must construe ambiguities against the insurer, the Court concluded that plaintiff was an insured under the policy.

  • Graham v. Reynolds et al

    Publication Date: 2017-11-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Myers, Brynda Insley, Philip Henderson (Insley & Race LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marc Metts (Metts Law Firm), Douglas; Patrick Jaugstetter (Power & Jaugstetter, P. C.), McDonough; Thomas McFarland (Bruce McFarland Law), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0709

    The trial court properly denied defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiffs' medical malpractice action because, contrary to defendant's contention, plaintiffs' expert's affidavit was sufficient to meet the requirements of O.C.G.A. 9-11-9.1.

  • In The Interest of E. B., a child

    Publication Date: 2017-11-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Roberts (Attorney at Law), Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Barnhill (District Attorney), Waycross; Ian Sansot (District Attorney's Office, Waycross Judicial Circuit), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0784

    The evidence was insufficient to support the juvenile's adjudications of delinquency for burglary and shoplifting but there was sufficient evidence to support his adjudication of delinquency for tampering with the operation of an electronic monitoring device.

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  • In The Interest of K. G., a child.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deidre Ricks (The Ricks Law Firm, LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christy Draper (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, for appellee. Thinel Bishop (The Bishop Law Group), Villa Rica; Rosalind Watkins (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A17A1309

    The Court affirmed the grant of permanent guardianship of the child to the child's aunt, because there was clear and convincing evidence authorizing the juvenile court to find that reunification was not in the best interests of the child based on the likelihood that it would only prolong her dependency.

  • Summit At Scarborough Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2017-11-16
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Gibson McCauley (The Gibson Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ltanya Williams, Ellenwood, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1289

    The trial court erred in denying homeowners association's motion for court costs and attorney fees after it obtained a judgment against a homeowner for unpaid annual assessments, because a provision of the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for the subdivision stated that the association was entitled to such costs and fees and the homeowner cited no statute that prohibited such recovery.

  • Kelly v. Fann

    Publication Date: 2017-11-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Dozier, Michael Hill (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hawkins (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial), Atlanta; Christopher Rodd (Whitehurst Blackburn & Warren), Thomasville, for appellee. Charles Shenton (Young Thagard Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta; Elissa Haynes (Goodman McGuffey LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A17A1328

    The trial court properly granted defendant's motion for summary judgment in plaintiff's personal injury suit alleging that defendant failed to keep a proper lookout for potential hazards when she hit a loose bull in the highway and then hit plaintiff's vehicle, because there was no evidence of how the collision with the bull occurred so there was no evidence of anything defendant could have done to avoid the collision.

  • McDonald v. Silver Hill Homes, LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-11-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond Williams, Christopher Collier (Williams Teusink, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Schneider (Weissman, PC.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0648

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff's claims for punitive damages and attorney fees in a boundary line dispute because genuine issues of material fact remained.

  • McAllister v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert James (District Attorney), Decatur; Deborah Wellborn (Assistant District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1026

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for aggravated stalking and criminal trespass after he broke into his former girlfriend's home, kissed her and crawled into her bed.