• Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-08-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Natalie Glaser, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louie Fraser, District Attorney, and LaShonda Harris, Assistant District Attorney, Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1263

    The officer lacked reasonable, articulable suspicion to justify the traffic stop an informant's tip pro

  • Bacchus v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-08-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anton Rowe Rowe & Rowe LLC, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Campbell, Rosemary Greene, District Attorneys, Jana Allen District Attorney's Office, Cartersville, and Stewart Bratcher, Assistant District Attorney, Calhoun, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0925

    The defendant waived his sole enumeration of error—that defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance—by choosing to pursue this appeal with the same attorney who defended him at

  • Monitronics Int'l Inc. v. Veasley

    Publication Date: 2013-08-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A13A0090; A13A0091

    Although a purported limitation-of-liability clause in the parties' contract limited the defendant's liability to $250, the security system monitoring company owed an extra-contractual duty of care

  • In The Interest of S. M.

    Publication Date: 2013-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Renata Newbill-Jallow, Public Defender, and Robert Persse Public Defender's Office, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Mallard, District Attorney, and Kathy Bradley, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0807

    The minor child's prior adjudication could not be used to render his present act a designated felony since he was not represented by counsel at the prior hearing and did not knowingly and voluntaril

  • City of Atlanta v. Bennett

    Publication Date: 2013-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ernest Greer, Michael King, and Mark Trigg Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chesin and Allan Parks Parks, Chesin & Walbert PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A2063

    In a class-action lawsuit alleging that a firefighter promotional examination was tainted by cheating, the trial court abused its discretion in excluding the testimony of the owner of the company th

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  • Williams v. Russo

    Publication Date: 2013-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario Williams Williams Oinonen LLC, and David Betts Betts & Associates, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashley Culberson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and James Knox, Commerce, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0462

    Private citizens, in addition to law enforcement officials, may procure arrest warrants, and a probable-cause hearing must be held for a judicial officer to determine if probable cause for arrest ex

  • State v. Conner

    Publication Date: 2013-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry Morgan, Solicitor General, Kevin Bradberry, and Kristi Pearson Solicitor General's Office, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Magarahan and Jeffrey Filipovits Law Offices of Charles T. Magarahan, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0371

    The Court of Appeals rejected the contention that the roadblock at issue had to be identified by signs or cones in reversing the trial court's ruling that the roadblock was not "well-identified as a

  • Fulton Cnty. v. Lord

    Publication Date: 2013-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A13A0694; A13A0695; A13A1605

    The trial court erred in requiring that the terms of an arbitration agreement be achieved as of the date of the confirmation order, as this was not in conformity with the arbitrator's

  • District Owners Ass'n Inc. v. Amec Envtl. & Infrastructure Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Dermer and Ariel Shapiro Magill Atkinson Dermer LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Greenfield Greenfield, Bost & Kliros PC, Burleigh Singleton Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, William Johnson, Angela Smith Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta, William Mitchell, and Christopher Conway Cruser & Mitchell, Norcross, for appellees. Other party representation: Jacob Daly, Theodore Freeman Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Tony Jones, Michael Gorby Gorby, Peters & Associates LLC, Michael Rust, David Sawyer Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Julie Oinonen Williams Oinonen LLC, Atlanta, and William Casey Hicks, Casey & Barber PC, Marietta.

    Case Number: A13A0621

    The trial court did not err in dismissing the defendant's third-party claim for apportionment, as O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33 abrogated such actions under the commo

  • Nixon v. Pierce Cnty. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2013-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger Dodd Dodd & Burnham, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John Smith Young Thagard Hoffman Smith & Lawrence, Valdosta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A13A0403

    Although the medical expert's opinion was weak, it was sufficient to create a jury issue when considered in totality with other evidence that the car accident caused the plaintiff's unborn child to