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  • Pajaro v. South GA Bank

    Publication Date: 2016-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan Tucker, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sarah Akins, Megan Manly Ellis Painter Ratterree Adams LLP, Savannah, and Joseph McGovern Dubberly McGovern, Glennville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1125

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to commercial landlord on renter's claims for defective construction and loss of consortium after a staircase collapsed and renter suffered i

  • Woodruff v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Overocker Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kaitlin Doyle, and Timothy Marlow District Attorney's Office, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0882

    A person who informed a drug enforcement agent that defendant was selling marijuana from a particular house and conducted three controlled buys from defendant, which provided the basis for a search

  • State v. Bonawitz

    Publication Date: 2016-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, and Joshua Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Holly Chapman, Assistant Public Defender, and Katherine Mason Public Defender's Office, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1153

    The trial court did not commit reversible error in its analysis of defendant's speedy trial claim under the applicable Barker-Doggett test, and the Court thus affirmed the grant of defendant's motio

  • Seagraves v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Smith, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, District Attorney, Gregory Wagner, Assistant District Attorney, and Michael DeTardo District Attorney's Office, Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0951

    Even assuming that defendant had a right to allocution when he entered his non-negotiated guilty plea to aggravated assault, aggravated battery and reckless driving, any such right was satisfied whe

  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alisha M. Scott and Arjun Nair Public Defender's Office, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jamie Inagawa, Solicitor General, Joseph Myers, Chief Assistant Solicitor, and Audrey H. Cruzan Solicitor General's Office, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1059

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting other acts evidence in defendant's trial for battery and obstruction of a law enforcement officer, as the evidence was relevant and admis

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  • GEICO Indem. Co. v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2016-09-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wallace Miller, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Boyd Reynolds Horne Survant, Macon, for appellee. Other party representation: John Smith Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith Lawrence, Valdosta.
    Case Number: A16A0566

    The insurer was entitled to summary judgment in an uninsured motorist coverage dispute arising from a motor vehicle collision, because the insured failed to give timely notice of the collision, as r

  • Avion Sys. Inc. v. Bellomo

    Publication Date: 2016-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore Lackland Lackland Associates LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mari Myer The Myer Law Firm, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0060

    The trial court properly granted the defendant's motion for summary judgment on his former employer's claim for breach of fiduciary duty arising after he allegedly solicited his employer's customer

  • State v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2016-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie Inagawa, Solicitor General, and Audrey H. Cruzan Solicitor General's Office, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Harris The Law Firm of Harris Harris LLC, Avondale Estates, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0501

    The officer's act of placing an emergency call phone the defendant left in the back of taxi cab when he fled without paying and obtaining the defendant's name, date of birth and phone number

  • James v. Georgia Dep't of Pub. Safety

    Publication Date: 2016-08-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger Dodd Dodd Burnham, Valdosta, William Fryer, Bainbridge, and Matthew Dodd Dodd Law Firm PC, Bozeman, MT, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Kathleen Turnipseed, and Angela Cusimano Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0018

    The evidence supported the trial court's conclusion that sovereign immunity barred the plaintiff's wrongful death action arising after her mother died from injuries she sustained when her car crashe

  • Howell v. Beauly LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-08-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony Ware, Atlanta, Delvin Clanton, and Annette Howell, Decatur, proceeded pro se. Joseph Farrell Quirk Quirk PC, Atlanta, and Dana Jackson, Snellville, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A16A0327

    The trial court erred in dismissing the defendants' counterclaim based on a purported violation of the Georgia Civil Practice Act in the magistrate court proceedings, because the Civil Practice Act