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  • Hunsberger v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Natalie Paine, Henry Syms, (Office of The District Attorney), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2020

    Kidnapping conviction affirmed over defendant's multiple arguments of trial court error.

  • Woodall v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2019-03-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Van Matre, (The Law Office of Jordan K. Van Matre, P.C.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: LeAnne Cooper, (Attorney At Law), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1927

    Court Reverses Trial Court Order Granting Adoption to Stepparent and Terminating Biological Parent's Right on Basis That Trial Court Failed to Identified Basis for Granting Termination without Consent from Biological Parent

  • The State v. T. M. H.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Howard, Kevin Armstrong, (Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandon Bullard, (Appellate Division—Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, Charles Rooks, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1357

    Court not authorized to reduce a minor's mandatory sentence for armed robbery

  • Bowen v. Laird

    Publication Date: 2018-12-05
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Oldham, (Larry C. Oldham, PC.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Phillp Friduss, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, Phillip Landrum, (Landrum & Landrum), Jasper, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0915

    Court Reverses Award of Attorney's Fees in Quit Title Dispute on Basis that Jury Erroneously Attributed Bad Faith to Defendant for Unsuccessfully Defending Against the Underlying Claim

  • Weickert v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-27
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis Levenson, (Louis Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, Patrick Barnwell, (Barnwell Law Group, P.C.), Duluth, George Lott, (Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derrick Bingham, Stephen Sparwath, Ian Hall, (Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeny, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0904

    Court Affirms Grant of Summary Judgment to Home Depot in Slip and Fall Dispute Where Victim Claimed to Be Distracted by Store Employee

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  • Green v. Pateco Services, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-11-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Moses Kim, (The Moses Firm), Atlanta, Bethaney Embry Jones, (The Embry Law Firm, LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allison Escott, Devin Arnold, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Robert Wedge, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, William Strickland, (Temple, Strickland, Dinges & Schwartz), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1308

    Court Reverses Grant of Summary Judgment in Favor of Contractor That Maintained Lot Where Shopping Center Employee Was Injured

  • Georgia Department Of Public Safety v. Ragsdale

    Publication Date: 2018-11-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bunner, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Atlanta, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Kathleen Pacious, (Deputy Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Silverbach, James Watson, (The Silverbach Group, PC), Kennesaw, for appellee. Gary Morris, (Williams Morris & Waymire), Buford, Keith Moffett, (Chief Administrative Officer), Jackson, Kristin Hall, (The Law Office of Sharon Chester Barnes), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1220

    Statute of limitations for tort victims is tolled when injury occurs in the course of criminal conduct.

  • National Union Fire Insurance Company Of Pittsburgh, PA et al. v. Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-20
    Practice Area: Contracts | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Remar, Michael Eber, (Rogers & Hardin LLP), Atlanta, Patrick Walsh, Patrick Walsh, (Hinkhouse Williams Walsh LLP), Chicago, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Boyle, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Foy Devine, Charles McKnight, Gregory Schultz, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Hon. J. Smith, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1173

    Ambiguity in insurance policy language is construed against the insurer

  • Cromer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konrad Ziegler, (Lee & Ziegler, LLP), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Edwards, D. Reynolds, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0828

    Defense counsel's decision not to engage an expert was not unreasonable; trial court exhibited no bias in ex parte communication with prosecuting attorney.

  • Houseworth v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Sadow, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Gerald Mason, Buffy Thomas, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1105

    Introduction of evidence of subsequent acts that occurred 13 months after initial criminal conduct was improper and required reversal of convictions