• Navy Fed. Credit Union v. McCrea

    Publication Date: 2016-07-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Denise R. Griffin Shapiro Pendergast Hasty LLP, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lynnae F. Thandiwe Thandiwe Law Group LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0332

    The trial court erred in denying the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in its declaratory judgment action involving a dispute over title to

  • Smith v. Northside Hosp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucas Andrews, Peter Canfield, Samantha Mandell, Rebekah Plowman, Daniel Conner, and Laura Gura Jones Day, Atlanta, for Smith. Thurbert Baker, James Rawls McKenna Long Aldridge LLP, Stephen Bauer, Ian Byrnside Baker Hostetler LLP, Bryan Bates, Nathan Garroway, James Evans Dentons US LLP, Susan Sommers Northside Hosp. Inc., Charles Huddleston, S. Wade Malone, Jessica Rutledge Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough LLP, Jeremy Burnette Polsinelli PC, Sidney Welch Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP, Edward Konieczny, Atlanta, Geoffrey Raux, and Stephen Quinlan Foley Lardner LLP, Boston, MA, for Northside Hosp. Inc.. Amicus Curiae: David Hudson Hull Barrett PC, Augusta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A15A2303; A15A2304

    The trial court properly found that documents an attorney requested related to a hospital's acquisition of four private entities were not subject to the Georgia Open Records Act, because the hospita

  • Family Thrift Inc. v. Birthrong

    Publication Date: 2016-04-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Gray Law Office of Dan J. Colley, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Roy Kelly Kelly Kelly LLP, and Gini Jenkins, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A2150

    The trial court erred in denying the defendants' motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a premises liability action, because there was no evidence that the defendants had superior knowl

  • State v. Harlacher

    Publication Date: 2016-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and John Cranford District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Gross Kam Ebersbach Lewis, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1856

    The indictment charging the defendant with one count of criminal attempt to commit aggravated assault with a deadly weapon failed to allege any criminal offense under the laws of the State of Ge

  • Wright v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2016-04-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie Wright, Nicholls, proceeded pro se. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Angela Cusimano Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A15A1788

    The trial court erred in ruling that an inmate's previously dismissed federal lawsuits counted as strikes under the Georgia Prison Litigation Reform Act for the purpose of his request to proceed in

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  • Samuels v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Maines, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, District Attorney, Vandana Murty District Attorney's Office, Savannah, and Andre Pretorius, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1804

    The trial court properly admitted the defendant's hospital records arising from an automobile accident that led to her arrest for DUI, as the records were made to facilitate the defendant's treatmen

  • Swanson v. Tackling

    Publication Date: 2016-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Sweat Gardner, Willis, Sweat Handelman LLP, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Alfred Corriere, Albany, for appellees.

    Case Number: A15A2378

    The defendants were entitled to summary judgment in the plaintiff's personal injury action arising after the defendants' dog bit her son, since there was no evidence that the dog ever displayed vici

  • Sevilla-Carcamo v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chirag Patel and Norman Cuadra Cuadra Patel LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Drew Unger District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A2351

    After the defendant was arrested for driving without a license and agreed to allow her pastor to take her vehicle, the pastor possessed authority to consent to a search of the vehicle because there

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise Fachini, District Attorney, and Lauren Warbington District Attorney's Office, Cordele, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1665

    Although the evidence supported the defendant's convictions for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of cocaine and possession of less than one ounce of marijuana, the trial cour

  • Elliott v. Resurgens PC

    Publication Date: 2016-03-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Hertz and M. Andy Clark, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Smith and Paul Weathington Weathington Smith PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A15A2275

    The medical malpractice plaintiff was entitled to a new trial following a verdict in favor of the defendants, because the trial court abused its discretion in excluding a witness's probative and mat