• Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-05-22
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shelton Thomas, Oglethorpe, proceeded pro se. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and David Getachew-Smith District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A14A2052; A14A2053; A14A2054; A14A2055

    The Court vacated the trial court's ruling on defendant's speedy trial motion and remanded the case to the trial court for it to re-balance the Barker fa

  • Synovus Bank v. Peachtree Factory Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-05-21
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy Ross and John O'Brien Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp Nasuit PC, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carl Anderson, Sarah Bright, and H. Lane Young Hawkins Parnell Thackston Young LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1695

    A trial court's decision not to certify an order as final under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-54 subsection b is not appea

  • Veatch v. Aurora Loan Servs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-05-20
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Robinson and Gregory Blazer Robinson Blazer LLP, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kent Altom McCalla Raymer LLC, Lori McGowan RCO Legal PS, Atlanta, Steven Flynn, Brett Giordano McCalla Raymer LLC, Roswell, and Mindi Robinson McCalla Raymer LLC, Birmingham, AL, for appellees.

    Case Number: A14A2108

    Plaintiff failed to present any evidence to establish special damages in his lawsuit alleging slander of

  • All Star Inc. v. Georgia Atlanta Amusements LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-05-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Belinfante, Kimberly Anderson, Craig Kunkes, Alexander Denton Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC, and Paul Oliver Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider Stine PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Christina Baugh, Steven Kushner Fellows LaBriola LLP, Sana Ayubi, and Mark Spix, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A2138

    O.C.G.A. § 50-27-70 et seq. requires the parties to any written lease agreements for Class B coin-operated amusement machines that existed prior to the enactment of House Bill 487 to conform their c

  • In Re: Estate of John M. Wade

    Publication Date: 2015-05-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Carter and Emily Hancock Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Gibson, Kenneth Taft, and Adrienne Gibson Gibson Associates PC, Waycross, for appellees.

    Case Number: A14A2013

    A question of fact remained as to when the statute of limitations began to run on the appellant's action for an accounting of her father's e

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  • Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. of GA v. Winter

    Publication Date: 2015-05-08
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, William Banks, Deputy Attorney General, Julie Jacobs Attorney General's Office, and Elizabeth Harris Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: A. Blair Dorminey Dorminey Cox LLC, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1851

    The Board of Regents was entitled to sovereign ity in the plaintiff's breach of contract action, as there was no written contract that would support a finding that the Board waived its sovereig

  • Barrow v. Mikell

    Publication Date: 2015-05-07
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Chaney, Atlanta, and Sara Thompson, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Joseph Drolet, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Amy Radley Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A2312

    The appellant's appeal from the denial of his request to have his driver's license reinstated was unt

  • In the Interest of H. J. C. Jr.

    Publication Date: 2015-05-06
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Heap, District Attorney, and Austin D. Roberson District Attorney's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Yolanda Bacharach, Public Defender, and Mark J. Nathan, Assistant Public Defender, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A2237

    The juvenile court erred in dismissing the State's petition alleging that the minor had committed the delinquent act of violating his probation for previous delinque

  • Nelson v. Hamilton State Bank

    Publication Date: 2015-05-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Bikoff and Louis McBryan Howick Westfall McBryan Kaplan LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Ames and Walter Jones Balch Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1921

    The trial court's judgment as to the amount of the debt owed in a bank's suit on a commercial promissory note lacked a sufficient

  • Befekadu v. Addis Int'l Money Transfer

    Publication Date: 2015-04-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Oldham, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amelia Phillips Phillips Law LLC, Alpharetta, and Harold Ehrman, Tucker, for appellees.

    Case Number: A14A1643

    The trial court failed to apply the correct legal standards when disqualifying the defendant's co