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  • Copeland v. Copeland

    Publication Date: 2021-10-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samantha Lennon, (Heredia & Lennon Family Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lindsay Dodson, (Collard Shockley, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0921

    Court affirms rejection of father's petition for reconsideration of entry of a 12-month family violence protective order that was based on father's violent tendencies

  • Hill v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Harty, Greg Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Jeffrey Lee, (Elbert County District Attorney's Office), Elberton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0264

    Court Reverses Denial of Motion to Suppress Evidence Obtained in Search Following Traffic Stop

  • Hill v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Family Law | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Hill, Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garnett Harrison, (Garnett Harrison P.C.), Kingsland, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0285

    Court affirms denial of litigant's motion to recuse an entire court from presiding over his ex-wife's contempt action in a child support payment matter

  • Tarver et al. v. Sigouin et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Steel, (Steel and Moss, LLP), Atlanta, Zev Gershon, John MacLellan, (Gershon, Willoughby & Getz, LLC), Baltimore, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bailey, Sharonda Boyce, David Mackenzie, (Huff Powell & Bailey LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Crystal Filiberto, Jonathan Peters, (Peters & Monyak, LLP), Atlanta.
    Case Number: A21A0476

    Court reverses summary judgment order that favored physicians because of open issues of material fact as to whether the applicable standard of care had been breached

  • Bentford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keenen Twymon, (Law Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vincent Faucette, Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for Appellee
    Case Number: A21A0333

    Court vacates and remands matter for consideration of substance of defendant's objection to other acts evidence after defendant was convicted of rape and child molestation

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  • Potts v. Clowdis

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene Butt, (James Hugh Potts II, LLC), Atlanta, David Webster, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis Levenson, (Louis Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1966

    Court reverses jury verdict and award for legal malpractice damages because trial court failed to properly redact a complaint and to give proper jury instructions.

  • Pruitt v. Thigpen

    Publication Date: 2021-07-27
    Practice Area: Contracts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Wyrick, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Atlanta, Joseph Cruser, Robert Noens, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novits, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Bell, (Law Office of David B. Bell), Augusta, Sharon Enoch, (Bell & Bell Associates), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0331

    Judgment Against Personal Injury Defendant Vacated and Remanded as Trial Court's Order Varied From Terms of Settlement Agreement

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    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 Akins, Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0119

    Court affirms convictions for firearm possession by a convicted felon, leaving the scene of an accident, and driving without a license, but vacates sentence of restitution

  • Coin-Op Solutions, LLC v. Metro Carrollton Corporation, et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-23
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Hawkins, (Law Firm GC (Hawkins), LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Kushner, Joseph Hart, (Fellows LaBriola LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0010

    Coin operated amusement machine provider followed improper procedure to appeal an arbitration award, but retailers have a basis to seek confirmation of the award

  • Rose v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula Free, (Law Office of Paula O'Neal Stewart), Winder, David Thomson, (Beisswenger & Thomson P.A.), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0172

    Court affirms contempt finding as to child support payments in a divorce proceeding but vacates an attorney fee award that was not supported by findings of fact or statute