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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.

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  • In re Jerry W. Sessions, Deceased

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Lane, (Met Lane & Associates, P.C.), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Abney, (Law Offices of Eric S. Abney, P.C.), Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0352

    Court affirms probate court judgment that awarded a life estate of a certain value to a surviving spouse where her husband had died intestate

  • Lynch et al. v. Lynch et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Deutsch, (McCurdy and Candler, LLC), Decatur, Benjamin Pierman, (Harrison & Held, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Smith, (Attorney at Law), Winter Garden, John Park, (Law Offices of Jack Park), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1747

    Court affirms summary judgment on breach of contract claim against a decedent's executor but reverses as to the executor's personal liability for that claim

  • Burnett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Gough, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, 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: A22A1640

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated sodomy and child molestation over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claims of ineffective assistance

  • Sanderwala, LLC v. Biles

    Publication Date: 2023-04-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Murphy, (Andrew T. Murphy LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Dickinson, (Dickinson & Willis), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1371

    Court affirms dismissal of an appeal in a quiet title action because appellant failed to timely pay appellate costs

  • Porter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Oxford, (Oxford Law Firm), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Adams, (Office of the District Attorney, Towaliga Judicial Circuit), Jackson, Dorothy Hull, (Assistant District Attorney), Forsyth, Jessica Haygood, (Towaliga Judicial Circuit), Forsyth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1719

    Court dismisses appeal because it had no jurisdiction over it, given that defendant had pending motions for a new trial or arrest in judgment before the trial court