• Estrada-Nava v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for Estrada-Nava. Tadia Whitner, Norcross, for Padilla-Chavez. Angela Dillon, Norcross, for Duron. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Dan Mayfield District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for State.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A14A1822; A14A1958; A14A2004

    The evidence supported the defendants' convictions for cocaine trafficking arising after a long-term investigation, during which investigators wiretapped a defendant's cellphone and conducted surveil

  • 9766 LLC v. Dwarf House Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James McClung and Carol Clark Carol Clark Law, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Calvert and Brooke Voelzke Hunton Williams, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1595

    The plaintiff's failure to include its verified application within a document entitled "complaint" did not subject it to dism

  • Reinhard v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Daniell Daniell Law Firm LLC, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Hartwig, District Attorney, and Marie Banks District Attorney's Office, Perry, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1725

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for rape, aggravated sexual battery, child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes for acts he committed against his daughter and hi

  • Duncan v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Bryan Lumpkin, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, and William Carter District Attorney's Office, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1927

    The evidence obtained as the result of a search of the defendant's car was inadmissible, since the officer impermissibly continued to detain and question the defendant after the completion of the

  • Gerguis v. Statesboro HMA Med. Group LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Cochran Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins Bever, Atlanta, and Daniel Snipes Franklin, Taulbee, Rushing, Snipes Marsh, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael Thomerson and William Freeman Thomerson McChiaverna Smith Freeman PC, Greenville, S.C., for appellee.

    Case Number: A14A1616

    The doctors were only entitled to copies of the medical re of their former patients who specifically authorized the disclosure of their re

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  • Orr v. River Edge Community Serv. Bd.

    Publication Date: 2015-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell Boston and Wendy Boston The Boston Law Firm LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Kirsten Daughdril Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A14A1510

    The criminal prosecution of the driver who struck and killed the plaintiff's husband did not toll the 2-year statute of limitation for the plaintiff's wrongful death action, since the driver was no

  • Buttacavoli v. Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones Sweeney LLP

    Publication Date: 2015-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Koski The Koski Firm, Fairburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: . M. Elizabeth O'Neill and Kathryn Whitlock Hawkins Parnell Thackston Young LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A14A2039

    The plaintiff's action against a law firm and an attorney was an unauthorized collateral attack on a settlement agreement entered in an underlying medical malpractice la

  • Mornay v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, P.A.

    Publication Date: 2015-04-06
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Burkey The Burkey Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David Rhodes and Matthew Lazarus Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Taylor Lazarus LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Melanie Eyre and Barbara Marschalk Drew Eckl Farnham LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A14A2307

    The plaintiffs could not sue the liability insurer directly because the vehicle in question fell within an exemption to the Georgia Motor Carrie

  • In re: Patterson

    Publication Date: 2015-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Patterson, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. John Pipkin, Solicitor General, Brian Johnston, and Jefferson Upchurch, Assistant Solicitors General, McDonough, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A14A1937

    Because the trial found that the attorney was negligent, not wilfully disobedient, in missing his client's scheduled arraignment, the erred in holding him in contempt of

  • Strickland v. Strickland

    Publication Date: 2015-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hylton Dupree and Blake Carl Dupree Kimbrough LLP, Marietta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A14A1577

    The grandparents did not overcome the rebuttable presumption that it was in the best interest of the children for custody to be awarded to their m