• Slappey v. Slappey

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deena Plaire-Haas Gardner, Willis, Sweat & Goldsmith, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman J. Crowe Jr., Sylvester, for appellees.

    Case Number: A08A1633

    In this suit to foreclose a laborer's special lien, there was reasonable cause to believe a valid debt ex

  • Kilday v. Kennestone Physicians Ctr. LP

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd N. Bell Bell Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter A. Jacxsens and William H. Major III Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A08A2375

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence of the plaintiff's prior car accident, and the lawsuit she filed with regard to that incident, in which she injured her neck and ba

  • Bailey v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell R. Bird Bird & Assocs. and Robert D. Feagin Decker & Hallman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lemuel H. Ward City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A2173

    The plaintiffs' inverse condemnation claim failed as a matter of law, because the city never began construction of certain proposed side

  • Grogan v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry L. Duttweiler Public Defender's Office, Gainesville, and James C. Bonner Jr. GPDSC Appellate Division, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, and Lindsay H. Burton, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A1825

    O.C.G.A. § 16-5-23.1 f 2 authorized the trial court to rely on the defendant's prior conviction for family violence ba to enhance his sentence on his present conviction for family violence ba

  • Evans v. Sandersville Georgian Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifton Boone, Sparta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tyron C. Elliott, Manchester, for appellees.

    Case Number: A08A2038

    The plaintiff failed to show actual malice on the defendant's part in publishing a letter to the editor in which the letter's author stated his concern that the city council would rehire the plainti

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  • Smith v. Chemtura Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph J. Villani Villani & Assocs. PC, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John J. Dalton, Kevin A. Maxim and Merle R. Arnold III Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A08A1952

    The plaintiffs failed to state a claim for attractive nuisance, since such a theory is unavailable to adult plaintiffs and no evidence showed that any of the children plaintiffs were trespassing on

  • ABM Realty Co. v. Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Betts Betts & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Eric A. Kane, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta Kenneth L. Levy and Kenneth W. Carpenter Zachary & Seagraves PA, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A2195

    The trial court reversibly erred in charging the jury that difficulty relocating the business in the same general area was not a test for uniqueness when evaluating the availability of business loss

  • Cook v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
    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: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Thomas R. McBerry, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A2070

    The defendant had the right to represent himself on appeal if he adequately waived his right to counsel and elected to exercise his constitutional right to

  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Watkins, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Atha H. Pryor, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A2206

    The defendant beat a deputy in his head and face, causing a concussion and bone fra

  • Burden v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Morgan III, Abbeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, and Deshala D. Bray, Assistant District Attorney, Cordele, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A2000

    Both victims identified the defendant as the man, who robbed them at knife