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  • Wilkinson et al. v. Richello

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, Catherine Sartain, (Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor), Marietta,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heidi Honis, Aubrey Villines, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0603

    Court affirms ruling dismissing grandparents' petition to be named equitable caregivers because litigating the relevant issue was barred by collateral estoppel

  • Hutcheson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0396

    Court affirms convictions and sentence for attempted murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions on ineffective assistance of counsel

  • In the Interest of B. L., et al., Children (Father)

    Publication Date: 2023-06-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Zezima, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Estes, (Drake & Estes Law Firm), Lawrenceville, Mercy Paszkiewicz, Winder, for appellee; Chevelle Douglas, (Gwinnett County Guardian ad Litem Office), Lawrenceville, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0008

    Court affirms order granting permanent physical custody of two children to their mother over father's allegations of trial court error as to evidence and other matters

  • Roberts v. Beacon Funding Corporation

    Publication Date: 2023-06-08
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yasmin Cunningham, (The Law Office of Trey Ross, PC), Atlanta, Tremaine Ross, Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Hays, B. Potter, (Hays Potter & Martin, LLP), Peachtree Corners, James Martin, (Law Office of James W. Martin, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0031

    Court determines that lessee's affidavit was parol evidence that could not be used to alter the terms of an underlying equipment lease that went into default

  • Freeman Capital Group, LLC v. Drury et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-07
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Belinfante, Richard Robbins, Daniel Monahan, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Evan Dunn, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Ashe, (Attorney at Law), Woodbine, Frank Wilensky, (Macey, Wilensky, & Hennings LLP), Sandy Springs, Carl Drury, Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0429

    Court reverses summary judgment for defendants in a lawsuit involving breach of an LLC operating agreement, breach of fiduciary duty, and unjust enrichment

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  • James v. Farley

    Publication Date: 2023-05-31
    Practice Area: Privacy
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine Scartz, (University of Georgia School of Law Family Justice Clinic), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Farley, Sparta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0186

    Court reverses trial court's grant of a 12-month stalking protective order because it did not hold a requisite hearing on a petition for the order within 30 days

  • Rivers v. McCullers

    Publication Date: 2023-05-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmy Hwang, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Jones, (Attorneys at Law), Marietta, Joel Hausman, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0554

    Court vacates a trial court's order dismissing an appeal because the trial court did not have jurisdiction to issue that order, but then dismisses that appeal

  • Coe et al. v. Proskauer, LLP

    Publication Date: 2023-05-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry MacDougald, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, Jeven Sloan, (Deary Ray LLP), Dallas, W. Canada, John McKenzie, David Deary, (Loewinsohn Flegle Deary Simon, LLP), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Morris, (Akerman LLP), Atlanta, Shari Klevens, (Dentons US LLP), Washington, Mark Trigg, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, David Lederkramer, (Proskauer Rose), New York, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0142

    On remand from the Georgia Supreme Court, the court vacated its prior opinion regarding expiration of the statute of limitations and remanded the case to the trial court

  • Ball-Rodriquez et al. v. Progressive Premier Insurance Company of Illinois

    Publication Date: 2023-05-10
    Practice Area: Contracts | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Beauchamp, Del Percilla, Jessica Idlett, (Robert M. Beauchamp, Attorney at Law, LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Darneille, John Wooten, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0491

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of insurer where auto insurance policy was void from its inception due to failure of consideration

  • The State v. McKnight

    Publication Date: 2023-05-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fani Willis, Virginia Davis, Abigail Potter, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence Korn, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Steven Phillips, (Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0201

    Court reverses modification of a sentence for armed robbery where trial court modified defendant's original sentence without the State's approval.