• Garden City, Ga. v. Herrera

    Publication Date: 2014-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Gerard, Patrick O'Connor, and Benjamin Perkins Oliver Maner LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jarome Gautreaux Gautreaux & Adams LLC, Charles Cork, Macon, and Brent Carter, Metter, for appellees. Other party representation: Jennifer Burns Chatham County Attorney's Office, Malcolm Mackenzie Weiner, Shearouse, Weitz, Greenberg, Ryburn Ratterree Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, and R. Jonathan Hart, Savannah.

    Case Number: A14A1397

    The defendant city was entitled to summary judgment on the plaintiff's negligence claims pursuant to the borrowed servant doctrine, as the city police officer involved in the motor vehicle collision

  • Brittain v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah W. Young, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1145

    The tr urt had ample evidence to support its finding by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant had procured the victim's absence for purposes of preventing her testimony, thus the t

  • Park v. Bailey

    Publication Date: 2014-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Outman, Atlanta, Jerrold Hester, Justin Hester Hester & Hester PC, Norcross, and Joseph McGovern Dubberly & McGovern, Glennville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Leslie Cushner and April Stafford Stafford Law Group LLC, Statesboro, for appellee. Amicus: Sherriann Hicks, Lawrenceville.

    Case Number: A14A0929

    The biological father substantially complied with the requirements under Georgia law for legitimating his child by establishing paternity under the law of his home state of Al

  • Holcomb v. Long

    Publication Date: 2014-12-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Coppedge and Daniel Laird Coppedge & Evans PC, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Jenkins and Robert Walker Jenkins & Bowen PC, Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0815

    The defendant was entitled to civil immunity under the Equine Activities Act, since the plaintiff was unable to prove that the defendant provided faulty equipment or that the defendant willfully dis

  • Norman v. Norman

    Publication Date: 2014-11-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wilburn Burnham Dodd & Burnham, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William McCalley, Moultrie, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0922

    The overnight-guest provision in the parties' divorce settlement agreement did not violate public policy because it was neither overly broad nor unduly burde

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  • Algren v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rafe Banks Banks & Stubbs LLP, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, District Attorney, and Ramsey Magaro, Assistant District Attorney, Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1098

    The trial court properly joined the defendant's indictments for statutory rape and child molestation for trial in the same proce

  • Holman v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Trieshmann Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, Newnan, and Lynda Caldwell, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1284

    The Court of Appeals sua sponte vacated its prior opinion and reinstate the case to address the defendant's enumerations of error on the m

  • Freeman v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Kondritzer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Peggy Katz, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Lenny Krick, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1222

    The confidential informant's out-of-court statements were improperly admitted into evidence, since the statements violated the defendant's confrontation

  • In the Interest of J. V. J.

    Publication Date: 2014-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greg Bell, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Calandra Harps, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Walter Sammons, Warner Robins, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0943

    The Court reversed the order terminating the mother's parental rights, since there was no clear and convincing evidence demonstrating that the child's deprivation was to continue or would not

  • Oliver v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia Bower Justin Wyatt PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A0751

    The trial court did not err in excluding evidence of t tim's propensity for violence, as the defendant failed to make the required prima facie showing that he acted in self-defense in shooting