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  • Portman v. Zipperer et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-13
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Pinckney, (Savage & Turner, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Francesca Macchiaverna, (Hunter Maclean), Savannah, for appellee; Beverly O’Hearn, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0213

    Orders Awarding Attorney Fees Failed to Include Necessary Factual Findings and Conclusions of Law

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Dwayne C. Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Richard Caplan, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0132

    Older Prior Convictions Were Admissible at Trial Where Defendant's Credibility Was Central to Case

  • Williams v. Silvers

    Publication Date: 2023-07-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy Jordan, (Kessler & Solomiany), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rickie Brown, (Attorney at Law), Dalton, Julia Hill, (Brown, Toland, & Hill Attorneys), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0208

    Court affirms childcare modification order granting a father primary physical and legal custody and vacates an order denying the mother's contempt allegations against him

  • Low et al. v. Swift et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Low, Darlene Low, St. Mary's, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Newcomb, (Stites & Harbison PLLC), Atlanta, James Roberts, Theresa Beaton, (Roberts Tate, LLC), St. Simons Island, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0077

    Court dismisses appeals to a denial of a motion to set aside a summary judgment order in a real estate fraud matter because it had no jurisdiction over the appeals

  • Coastal Home Care et al. v. Fann-Roberts

    Publication Date: 2023-06-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ernest Burriss, (Burriss Law Group, LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph Lorberbaum, (Zipperer & Lorberbaum, P.C.), Savannah, for appellee; Amy Urban, (Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0053

    Court affirms that an injured employee's five-year period for a hearing on her workers' compensation claim was extended by the State's COVID-19 Emergency Order

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  • Huff v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin Wilson, (Attorney at Law), Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Christopher Lewis, (Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0026

    Court affirms convictions for identity fraud and theft by taking over defendant's several contentions of trial court error

  • Deaton Holdings, Inc. v. Reid et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, David Rhodes, (Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Taylor & Lazarus, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Rogers, Michael Goldberg, Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, Robert Finnell, (The Finnell Firm), Rome, for appellee; John Hadden, (Penn Law, LLC), Atlanta, Austin Atkinson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0005

    A defendant in a car accident lawsuit is not entitled to add joint tortfeasors as indispensable parties where that defendant has a right of contribution against them

  • Jefferson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara Becker, (Sara Stewart Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0484

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation over defendant's objection to admission of inconclusive DNA evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance

  • Wilkinson et al. v. Richello

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, Catherine Sartain, (Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor), Marietta,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heidi Honis, Aubrey Villines, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0603

    Court affirms ruling dismissing grandparents' petition to be named equitable caregivers because litigating the relevant issue was barred by collateral estoppel

  • Hutcheson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, 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: A23A0396

    Court affirms convictions and sentence for attempted murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions on ineffective assistance of counsel