• Washington v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacque Hawk The Hawk Firm, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, and Joshua Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1430

    The trial court abused its discretion in denying defendant's double jeopardy plea in bar as to felony m

  • Forbes v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2016-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Kim and Beverly Lucas Leon Kim LLC, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Mitchell Beal Law Group, Atlanta, Joseph Cruser, and Raymond Grant Cruser Mitchell LLP, Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1327

    The statute of limitation barred the plaintiff's personal injury action arising out of an automobile acc

  • Harper v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-09-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Harper, Macon, proceeded pro se. Rebecca Grist, Solicitor General, and Sharell Lewis, Assistant Solicitor General, Macon, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A16A1008

    Although the evidence was insufficient to support the defendant's convic or criminal trespass in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-7-21 subsection b 2, the evidence was sufficient to support his convi

  • Lincoln Katherine Williams Irrevocable Trust v. Deliverance Temple Church of God In Christ of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2016-09-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joyce Lewis and Ashley Wilson Shingler Lewis LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Bruce Phillips, Marietta, Cheryl Richardson Richardson Legal Services PC, Calvin Darden, Patricia Darden, and Daryl Williams, Roswell, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1933

    The trial court erred in granting judgment on the pleadings for the plaintiff in its declaratory judgment action over the ownership of church property, because there was not a complete failure to st

  • Charter Commc'ns DE Inc. v Berwick

    Publication Date: 2016-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Johnson, Jason Prine, and George Moody Drew Eckl Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Bruce Berger Berger Law Firm, and Joseph Fried Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1737

    The plaintiff had long-term actual knowledge of the television cable that she tripped on, based on her frequent, successful negotiation of that condition, and her own lack of due care was the proxim

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  • Graham v. Wellstar Health Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Austin Austin Law Group Inc., Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William Anderson Downey Cleveland LLP, Marietta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A16A1600

    The expert affidavits specifically incorporated in the plaintiffs' amended complaint sufficiently stated specific examples of duty and alleged breach that supported claims for professional negligen

  • Moceri v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-08-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Mauldin, District Attorney, and Brian Patterson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0063

    In the defendant's trial for first degree vehicular homicide, the evidence was sufficient to support the trial court's determination that the defendant acted in bad faith in failing to preserve a ca

  • Brazzel v. Brazzel

    Publication Date: 2016-08-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Birg, Lucas Westby Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough LLP, and Kurt Kegel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathy Portnoy, Kynna Garner, Nancy Jordan Warner Bates McGough McGinnis Portnoy, and Robert Dokson Ellis Funk PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0680

    The trial court properly denied the father's motion to vacate an arbitrator's decision regarding child custody and other matters and properly granted the mother's motion to confirm the decision afte

  • In the Interest of O. B.

    Publication Date: 2016-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Jones Jones, Federal Appellate LLC, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: in Case No. A16A0231. Thinel Bishop The Bishop Law Group, Villa Rica, for appellant in Case No. A16A0383. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Andrea Moldovan Special Assistant Attorney General, Douglasville, for appellee. Other party representation: Jana Evans, Dallas, Sonya Chachere-Compton, Valerie Vie, Douglasville, and Cynthia Adams, Decatur.

    Case Number: A16A0231; A16A0383

    The evidence was insufficient to support the termination of the father's parental rights to his child, and the Court reversed the termination

  • Ladder Now LLC v. Hancock Roofing Constr. LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Capobianco and Adriana Scott Jackson Lewis PC, Atlanta, for Ladder Now et al.. Randall Grayson Delcampo, Weber Grayson LLC, Atlanta, for Trinity Inspections et al.. David Schaeffer Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins Bever LLP, Atlanta, for Hancock Roofing. Other party representation: Edward Buckley Buckley Klein LLP, Atlanta, Mark Anglin, Austin, TX, and Steven Starbuck, Conway, SC.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A15A1650; A15A1685

    The dismissed the appeal of the denial of the defendants' motions to dismiss a suit for lack of personal jurisdiction, because there was no independent basis for direct appeal after the Suprem