• Hutcherson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Moon, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle Harrison, Bradfield Shealy, (Southern Judicial Cir. District Atty Ofc), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0235

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motions to withdraw guilty plea and for a new trial on charges of armed robbery, aggravated sodomy, and kidnapping

  • Spence v. Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

    Publication Date: 2021-06-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jermaine Spence, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Wallace, (Brown & Adams, LLC), Columbus, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Correnti, (C/O Ms. Curtis Carter, West Cen. GA. Reg Hospital), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0588

    Court affirms dismissal of inpatient's appeals of involuntary hospitalization orders, finding that superior court had no jurisdiction to hear the appeals

  • McBride v. Kelly et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Jones, (Attorney at Law), Thomson, Glee Smith, (Attorney at Law), Warrenton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0502

    Court Erred in Entering Final Decree Adopting Special Master's Report Without Affording the Required Time to Reject or Modify Report

  • Collins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Pearlman, (Office of the Public Defender Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Kwiatkowski, Deborah Gonzalez, Kenneth Mauldin, (Office of the District Attorney Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, Brian Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0084

    Court affirms convictions for serious injury by vehicle and other crimes over defendant's contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • In the Interest of G. G., a child.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Smith, (Attorney At Law), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Cynthia Johnson, (Johnson Law PC), Cohutta, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Matthew Thames, (Matthew D. Thames, Attorney at Law), Dalton, William Barnwell, Dalton, for Other party.

    Case Number: A21A0313

    Parent's Continuing Inability to Provide For Infant Child's Basic Needs Supported Dependency Determination

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  • Rhoden v. Rhoden

    Publication Date: 2021-05-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Petrona Rhoden, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carmen Rhoden, Conyers, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0210

    Trial Court Lacked Sufficient Evidence to Issue Protective Order

  • A&M Hospitalities, LLC et al. v. Alimchandani

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Scott, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, Timothy Tanner, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, John Floyd, Jennifer Peterson, Kamal Ghali, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, James Garland, (Alexander & Vann, LLP), Thomasville, John Kennedy, (James-Bates-Brannan-Groover, LLP), Macon, Timothy Tanner, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry Scott, (H. Pearce Scott, P.C.), Valdosta, Vineet Roney, (Roney Law LLC), Atlanta, Daniel Lombard, David Lakin, Jonathan Bunge, Daniel Scwartz, (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP), Chicago, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1688

    Court affirms arbitration award, but vacates order appointing an individual as a special receiver, because he was intimately involved in the business contract dispute

  • Robinson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Luttrell, (Attorney at Law), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sonya Chachere-Compton, (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, Elizabeth Racine, Ryan Leonard, Kaitlyn Fain, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1900

    Court reverses convictions for felony obstruction and DUI less safe due to jury charge error and introduction of prejudicial evidence

  • Kennison v. Mayfield et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Damages | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Dallas, (Beck, Owen & Murray), Griffin, Karl Broder, Griffin, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A2074

    Court affirms $33 million wrongful death damages award and apportionment of fault in a wrongful death case, but reverses and remands as to attorney fees

  • Wright v. Nelson

    Publication Date: 2021-04-13
    Practice Area: Contracts | Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Curtright, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Creasy, (The Law Offices of James K. Creasy, LLC), Atlanta, Joseph Cruser, Maggie Beall, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1868

    Trial Court Erred in Denying Personal Injury Action Defendant's Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement; Insurer Had Accepted Personal Injury Action Plaintiff's Settlement Offer