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  • 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

  • Watkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bearden, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. David Cooke Jr., District Attorney, and Dorothy Hull, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A2411

    The trial court erred in sentencing the defendant on each of his three convictions for child molestation to a term of confinement rather than exercising its discretion and imposing split sent

  • Global Ship Sys. LLC v. RiverHawk Group LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-01-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rosemary Armstrong Armstrong Nix PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert Threlkeld Morris Manning Martin LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: William Bowen Bowen Painter Gorman LLC, Savannah.
    Case Number: A15A1057

    Res judicata barred the plaintiffs' third civil action arising from the same set of

  • Ridley v. Turner

    Publication Date: 2015-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Greenfield Jack F. Witcher, Breman, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jeffrey Duncan, Tallapoosa, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A0769

    The trial court did not err in denying the appellants' motion for new trial after a jury awarded the appellees $90,000 in their trespass and nuisance action, in which they alleged that erosion from

  • Williams v. The Columbus Clinic PC

    Publication Date: 2015-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John K. Larkins Jr. Chilivis Cochran Larkins Bever LLP, Atlanta, Kimberly N. Martin, and Thomas F. Martin Martin Martin LLP, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glen R. Fagan Constangy Brooks Smith Prophete LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0559

    A genuine issue of material fact remained as to whether a medical clinic was authorized to terminate a physician for cause when a hospital "restricted" his privileges by imposing a proctorship o

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy W. Copeland Copeland Walker, Valdosta, and Robert R. McLendon IV, Blakely, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and Moruf O. Oseni District Attorney's Office, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0748

    The evidence showed that the defendant's guilty plea to two counts of selling cocaine was knowingly and voluntarily en

  • Slay v. Calhoun

    Publication Date: 2015-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Romero Pearson Pearson Law Group LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lindsay Erwin, Phenix City, AL, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0612

    The trial court properly found that it had subject matter jurisdiction with respect to the child custody issues raised in the father's petition for legitimation, custody, child support and visitatio

  • Golden Isles Outdoor LLC v. The Lamar Co. LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Johnson and Tawny D. Mack McCorkle Johnson LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas J. Laybourn and Allan C. Galis HunterMaclean, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A2020

    The trial court erred in its construction of the digital billboard ordinance in the City of Savannah's Code of Ordin

  • Rodriguez v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford Crawford and Boyle LLC, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Ayanna K. Sterling-Jones District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A2397

    The Supreme Court vacated the Court of Appeals' judgment, as the Court of Appeals should have immediately transferred the case to the Supreme Court rather than rendering a decision, since its 12 jud