• Torres v. Piedmont Builders Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth R. Ozment The Ozment Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Carol V. Clark, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A09A1241

    The plain language of the parties' contract called for arbitration by a names arbitration

  • Georgia Dept. of Transportation v. Miller

    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, Paul R. Jordan, Donald P. Boyle Jr. and William G. Bertram Lawson, Davis, Pickren & Seydel LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derek C. Nuce, Thomaston, Manley F. Brown, John C. Clark O'Neal, Brown & Clark, Charles M. Cork III, Macon, and Charles W. Byrd Walker, Hulbert, Gray, Byrd & Christy, Perry, for appellees.

    Case Number: A09A1031

    A DOT employee's dec to inspect or not after a storm is not the type of discretionary function contemplated by the Georgia Tort Claims Act, since it is not a policy dec

  • Hernandez v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jad B. Johnson and David J. Dunn Jr. Public Defender's Office, LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher A. Arnt, Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1462

    Any error in the jury's failure to specifically find that the victim was under age 16 was harmless, given the overwhelming evidence that the victim was under 16 when the crime occ

  • In the Interest of T.S. & L.S.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph M. Winter Callner, Portnoy & Strawser PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan W. Connell, Thomaston, Larry J. Overman II, Atlanta, and Stephen D. Ott, Fayetteville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1294

    A juvenile court cannot considered improved circumstances of one parent in determining a material change in circumstances in awarding sole custody to that parent, but can use such evidence to determ

  • In the Interest of S.P.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin T. Butler, Cairo, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn A. Fox, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Robert D. Jewell, Moultrie, for appellee. Other party representation: Kenneth B. Still, Moultrie.

    Case Number: A09A1515

    The mother's history of displaying bizarre, paranoid behavior supported the termination of her parental r

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  • Ling v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Griffin, and Robert W. Smith Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1271

    Trial counsel is not ineffective for strategically deciding no to use an interp

  • Sheppard v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Krembs, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Isabel M. Pauley, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1438

    The trial court did not err in admitting evidence regarding the defendant's arrest one week after he stole tools from an Advanced Door employee outside of the U.S. Attorney's Office in downtown Sav

  • Cline v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-13
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Jones, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary T. Moss, District Attorney, and Wallace W. Rogers Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1143

    A spoliation charge, based on O.C.G.A. § 24-4-22, is not appropriate in a criminal

  • Grissom v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-13
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathanael A. Horsley, Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, and Lindsay H. Burton, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1503

    The trial court erred in allowing the state to comment on the defendant's si

  • Webb v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-13
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Camp, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Hartwell, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0789

    The trial court erred in refusing to allow the testimony of a witness, whom was on the state's witness list, but not the defend