• 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

  • Glass et al. v. Faircloth et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Letitia McDonald, Lohr Beck-Kemp, Peter Diaz, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Robert Reeves, Thomas Tate, Robert Thomas, Dana Lohrberg, (Andersen, Tate & Car, P.C.), Duluth, Nathan Hovey, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Mandi Goodman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, J. Randolph Evans, Derek Centola, (Squire Patton Boggs), Atlanta, James Lamberth, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Dara Mann, (Squire Patton Boggs LLP), Atlanta, James Manley, Jill Kuhn, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Zachary Johnson, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Charli Davis, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1402

    Court reverses injunction for former trustees' legal fees in Trust dispute, and affirms that no reimbursement of fees paid to former trustees is required

  • Harco National Insurance Company v. Eric Knowles, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-10
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Mining and Resources
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenan Loomis, (Cozen O’Connor), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hillary Shawkat, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter), Alpharetta, for appellee; Richard Staggard, (Farah and Farah, P.A.), Jacksonville, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A1263

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment as to an insurer's claim that a worker's injuries were not covered by a commercial liability policy due to policy exclusions for workplace injuries

  • Blowe v. Roberts et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-10
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Stewart, Dianna Lee, Michael Roth, (Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys), Atlanta, Maxwell Thelen, Seth Lowry, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1470

    Court reverses a ruling and finds that a teacher's actions in classroom chemistry experiment were discretionary, not ministerial, and affirms that ordinances and safety codes do not create ministerial duties

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  • Coverstone v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wallace Rogers, (Burns Law Group PC), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Damion Overstreet, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1619

    Court affirms denial of suppression of evidence seized during a warrantless vehicle search, finding probable cause based on the totality of circumstances amid legal CBD possession

  • The State v. Gunsby

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, Joanna Helsby, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1444

    Court affirms orders suppressing evidence improperly obtained by police misrepresentations in an affidavit for a warrant, and denying defendant's motion to dismiss certain charges

  • Combs v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, (John Monroe Law, P.C.), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Francis Moran, (Lumpkin County District Attorney’s Office), Dahlonega, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1704

    Court affirms one conviction for theft by conversion by a business partner but reverses a second conviction due to lack of evidence that funds were not used for business purposes

  • Shackelford et al. v. Georgia Department of Public Safety

    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Jordan, (Adams Jordan & Treadwell, P.C), Milledgeville, Savanna Roughen, (Adams, Jordan & Herrington, P.C.), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Kimberly Schwartz, (Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1649

    Court affirms dismissal on sovereign immunity grounds of negligence claims against Department of Public Safety for injuries that resulted from a collision in a high-speed police pursuit

  • Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Downs

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Chandler, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Buckley, Taylor Hensel, (Buckley Christopher, PC), Atlanta, Bennett Bryan, Laura Johnson, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0663

    Court clarifies that organizations do not have standing but individuals plaintiffs do have standing to challenge removal of a Confederate monument, and remands for analysis of sovereign immunity issues