• The State v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2020-04-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1893

    Court reverse order suppressing evidence seized from a vehicle where the arresting officer had a reasonable suspicion of a traffic violation

  • Glass et al. v. Faircloth et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-23
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ann Ferebee, Jennifer Odom, Pierce Hand, (Bryan Cave LLP), Atlanta, Letitia McDonald, Lohr Beck-Kemp, (King & Spalding), Atlanta, Robert Reeves, Thomas Tate, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julie Jacobs, William Banks, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Gerald Davidso, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, James Manley, Jill Kuhn, William Withrow, Kathleen Campbell, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Whitney Groff, (Georgia Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2190

    Trust Beneficiaries Could Seek to Modify Trust Without Having to Demonstrate Good Cause or Misconduct by Trustees

  • The State v. Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Porter, Brandon Delfunt, (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Armond (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2413

    There Is No Evidence to Support Trial Court's Grant of Immunity as to Aggravated Assault Charge

  • Taylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Louttit, (Assistant Public Defender), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Mooradian, John Cranford, (Coweta County Da's Office), Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1973

    Court reverses order granting the State's untimely motion to reconsider a petition terminating a defendant's probation

  • Dietzen v. Radiology Associates of Atlanta, P.C. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-20
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: McNeill Stokes, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Weathington, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, David Hanson, (Weathington Smith, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2430

    Court affirms summary judgment for a medical practice on a malpractice claim because plaintiff's expert affidavit did not establish violation of a standard of care

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  • The State v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2020-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joyette Holmes, Amelia Pray, John Melvin, Stephanie Adrean, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, David Willingham, (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2358

    Undue Prejudice From Prior Bad Acts Evidence Outweighed Minimal Probative Value as to Intent, Knowledge, and Motive

  • Levine v. Regions Bank

    Publication Date: 2020-04-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Carlisle, (Carlisle Law Firm), Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Myles Levelle, Brian Moore, Vivian Fisher, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1951

    Court vacates dismissal of appeal and remands case with directions for trial court to address appellant's request for a substitute trial transcript

  • Kinslow v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Cybersecurity | Internet Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Law, (Whitmer and Law), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, Ryan Fisher, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2460

    Employee's Unapproved Transfer of Supervisor's Incoming Work Emails to Employee's Own Personal Email Address Constituted Computer Trespass

  • Leeper et al. v. Safebuilt Georgia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Downs, (Busch Reed & Jones, P.C.), Marietta, Chad Reed, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cecily McLeod, Chad Shultz, Vernon Hill, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Nanette Wesley, (Wesley Firm, LLC), Roswell, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A1175

    Court affirms opening a default and the grant of an extension of time to answer where defendant cited a meritorious to default and plaintiff would suffer no prejudice

  • Leeper et al. v. Safebuilt Georgia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cory Close, (Busch Reed & Jones, P.C.), Marietta, Chad Reed, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cecily McLeod, Chad Shultz, Vernon Hill, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Nanette Wesley, (Wesley Firm, LLC), Roswell, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A1175

    Trial court has no authority under applicable statutes to open a default or to grant an extension of time to answer following an automatic default