• Bayview Loan Servicing LLC v. Baxter

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily L. Shoemaker, J. Allen Maines and Shauna T. Phillips Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Atlanta, for Bayview Loan Servicing. John W. Gibson, Michael R. Dunham Gibson, Deal, Fletcher & Dunham PC, Norcross, for Baxter.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1352, A11A1353

    The defendant's lis pendens provided constructive notice of his claimed security interest as of the date it was recorded, regardless of whether it was indexed and/or placed on the public database wh

  • Grant v. Kooby

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley W. Bledsoe and Ernest C. Trammell, Anderson, S.C., for Grant. Hunter S. Allen Jr. Cara E. Weiner Allen, McCain & O'Mahoney PC and Simuel F. Doster Jr., Atlanta, for Kooby.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0237; A11A0335

    The trial court erred in denying defendants' motion to dismiss the plaintiff's appeal for failing to timely pay the bill of costs without first making the required findings of

  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn E. Rhodes, Fortson, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Crawford L. Seals District Attorney's Office, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A1937

    The trial court's statement when ruling on an objection did not bolster the witness' credibility in violation o G.A. § 17-8-57, because sustaining or overruling an objection is not a violation

  • Davenport v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cinque M. Axam Axam-Roberts Legal Group, Riverdale, for Davenport. Robert L. Mack Jr. Mack & Harris PC, Stockbridge, for Walsh. Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Anece Baxter, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A10A1750; A10A1751

    The trial judge did not err in commenting on venue and the open-container charge after both the state and defense rested because the comments were made outside the jury's presence, the case was reop

  • Triple Eagle Assocs. Inc. v. PBK Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Renee Huskey and Cary Ichter Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ann M. Vaughn, Kenya L. Patton and Jack C. Lance Jr., Blairsville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A10A0988

    The trial court erred in holding that a settlement agreement requiring property to be "marketed" within a "suitable period of time" was unenforceable for lack of certainty and definit