• BDI Laguna Holdings, Inc. v. Marsh

    Publication Date: 2010-01-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tiana S. Mykkeltvedt, Jeffrey O. Bramlett, Corey F. Hirokawa, Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, David A. Donohoe and Daniel F. McInnis Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, D.C., for BDI Laguna Holdings Inc. Steven G. Hall, Robert G. Brazier and Kevin A. Stine Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, for Charles L. Marsh. Other party representation: Ellen G. Schlossberg and Charles C. Murphy Jr. Vaughan & Murphy, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A09A0990, A09A0991

    No consideration from the plaintiff supported a post-employment-contract promise to the plaintiff of 2 percent of the corporation's

  • Laytart v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda N. Steger Public Defender's Office, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Venita S. McCoy, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0955

    The defendant had sufficient notice of his probation cond , even though the term sex offender treatment was not further explained in the final dispos

  • OnBrand Media v. Codex Consulting, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Levi Breedlove Breedlove, Lassiter & York, LLP, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark L. Seigel and Mitchell G. Weatherly Weatherly, Kerven & Seigel, LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0867

    Middle-level scrutiny applicable to professional partnership agree applied to the parties' Non-Disclosure agree

  • Riddle v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dante L. Hudson, Public Defender, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Woodbine, and David E. Perry, Assistant District Attorney, Jesup, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0473

    The defendant's actions in presenting a stolen lottery ticket as legitimate supported his conviction under O.C.G.A. § 50-27

  • Henry v. Beacham

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall M. Kessler and David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert G. Wellon and Keisha R. Bottoms, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1129

    O.C.G.A. § 19-6-15 provides for instances where the trial court has discretion to deviate from the support table and the statute as a whole gives the trial court broad discretion when ruling o

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney A. Williams, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Nigel R. Lush, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1053

    The 35-month long delay between the defendant's arrest and his trial prevented the defendant from introducing exculpatory statements by two witnesses, who were no longer in the co

  • In the Interest of M.D.P.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Walker, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and R. Christopher Montgomery Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1003

    The juvenile court had authority to discount the witness's alibi testimony in the juvenile's delinquency

  • Oconee Land & Timber v. Buchanan

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas F. Richardson and Jason D. Lewis Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carr G. Dodson Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0918

    An agreement to sell real property was unenforceable, because it did not contain a legally sufficient description of the property to be and did not identify the quantity of land to be

  • Bd. of Regents of the Univ. System of Georgia v. Casey

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Joan G. Crumpler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Brian F. Dorsey, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . George D. Bush and Martin C. Puetz, Augusta, for appellee. Other party representation: James S. V. Weston Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley PC, Augusta.

    Case Number: A09A0797

    A medical expert's opinion derived from applying his medical knowledge and experience with previous cases to plaintiff's medical records and deposition testimony was admis

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Green B. Moore III, Gray, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Milledgeville, and Shelly S. Tice, Assistant District Attorney, Irwinton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1247

    Given the evidence, the trial court's error in giving a level of certainty charge was har