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  • Zipperman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Rachel Ashe, (Cherokee County Solicitor Generals Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0345

    Court affirms denial of a motion to modify a sentence in a family violence and drug case, and rejects defendant's arguments regarding trial court's failure to hold a hearing and exercise discretion

  • Crawford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Bradley, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0217

    Court affirms child molestation convictions and rejects ineffective counsel claim over his trial counsel's decision not to strike and remove a juror for cause

  • Ferguson et al. v. Bowers et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Speed, Michelle King, (Speed & King, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Terry, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hall, Beth Kanik, (Hall, Booth, Smith, & Slover, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1715

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of physicians in a medical malpractice action stemming from the discharge of a patient with mental disorders who drowned after being released

  • Premier Petroleum, Inc. v. Heer, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-26
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Energy
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justyn Alioto, (Mills & Hoopes, LLC), Atlanta, John McGoldrick, (Mills & Hoopes, LLC), Macon, Timothy Walls, (Mills & Hoopes, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Cooper, Kenneth Barton, Kareem Kashlan, (Cooper, Barton & Cooper, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1432

    Court affirms ruling that a gasoline supply contract was void and unenforceable due to procedural and substantive unconscionability of its terms, which unduly favored the supplier

  • McCommons, et al. v. White, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Fierman, (Attorney at Law), Madison, Ben Fierman, (Fierman Law Firm), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Joedecke, Render Freeman, Tyler Dillard, Hayley Rymer, (Andersen Tate & Carr PC), Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1541

    Court affirms $22 Million Award in wrongful death lawsuit against dirt bike trail operator, finding evidence of gross negligence that precluded operator's reliance on a waiver signed by decedent

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  • Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation v. Georgia Public Service Commission

    Publication Date: 2024-04-19
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Eckrote, Griffin Ingraham, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Lee Peifer, James Orr, Benjamin Reed, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jeffrey Stump, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Thomas Reilly, Thomas Bailey, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Robert Highsmith, Allen Hendrick, Talis Trevino, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for other party; Richard Tisinger, (Tisinger, Vance P.C.), Carrollton, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A1381

    Court affirms Public Service Commission's decision allowing Georgia Power to service Electric Vehicle charging station and rejects challenge based on interpretation of the Electric Service Act

  • McDaniel v. McDaniel et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-18
    Practice Area: Family Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Colvin, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Evans, Fisher Law, (Evans Law Firm), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1310

    Court reinstates ex-wife's malicious prosecution claims against ex-husband and his family members, citing trial court's misapplication of interspousal tort immunity

  • Ameriprise Holdings, Inc. v. Kathy McCampbell, as Surviving Child of Etta McCampbell, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Byrne, Stacey Mohr, Samantha Darnell, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Evans, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Kevin Quirk, (Quirk & Quirk, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: A23A1736

    Court reverses denial of a motion to set aside a default judgment in a garnishment case due to use of an incorrect garnishment form

  • Yntema v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-04-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Franklin, (Franklin Family Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lynne Bradley, (Dawn H. Taylor, Attorney at Law), Suwanee, for appellee; Ulice Sauls, (Attorney at Law), Peachtree Corners, Nicholas Martin, (Martin DeMelfi, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1562

    In a complex dispute over a petition for child custody modification, court modifies speech restrictions and vacates order sealing certain case records

  • Wal-Mart Stores East, LP v. Howell et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-12
    Practice Area: Damages | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ernest Beaton, (McLain & Merritt PC), Atlanta, Mark Pickett, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, Jack Reiter, Sydney Feldman, Jack Reiter, (Gray Robinson, P.A.), Miami, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Sexton, Jacob Weldon, (Sexton Law Firm, LLP), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1198

    Court affirms trial decision allowing plaintiffs to seek damages beyond initial limitation in slip-and-fall case against Wal-Mart, finding that changed circumstances justified larger damages