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  • Anderson v. Laureano

    Publication Date: 2017-10-16
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Adamson (Adamson & Cleveland, LLC), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Gardner (Gardner Trial Attorneys), Atlanta; April Robinson (Attorney At Law), Atlanta; Benjamin Levy (The Werner Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0986

    The Court of Appeals dismissed appellant's appeal due to lack of jurisdiction based on appellant's failure to follow the discretionary appeal procedure.

  • Tyson et al. v. Scottsdale Indemnity Company

    Publication Date: 2017-10-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Savage (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip Savrin, Connor Bateman (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta; Walter Adams (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1824

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to insurer in plaintiff's suit arising after he suffered serious injuries when he was hit by a tree limb while on the job, as the trial court did not err in ruling that the insurance policy excluded plaintiff from coverage.

  • Reynolds v. CB&T

    Publication Date: 2017-10-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate | Toxic Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Self
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Denison (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Gunby (Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, P C.), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0891

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to bank on plaintiff's claims for wrongful foreclosure, breach of contract, intentional and grossly negligent infliction of emotional distress, unjust enrichment and promissory estoppel because there were genuine issues of material fact remaining.

  • Houston v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-10-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Houston, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Jason Matthew Rea, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, Matthew Jon Landreau (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's), Columbus; Gary Drew Bergman, Charles Alan Spahos, Sheila Ann Ross (Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0769

    The trial court properly denied defendant's motion for an out-of-time appeal following his convictions by guilty pleas to two murders and numerous other crimes in connection with a series of home invasions because to the extent that the issues presented on appeal could be resolved by reference to the existing record, the record refuted defendant's claims.