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  • In the Interest of J. M. S.

    Publication Date: 2015-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James McIlvaine McIlvaine Law Group LLC, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, District Attorney, and Whitney Hunter, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1624

    The juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in transferring the juvenile's case to the superior court, as there was evidence supporting the juvenile court's determinations that it w

  • Raheem v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Deborah Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1318; A15A1319; A15A1320

    The trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for an out-of-time appeal from his convictions in 1981 and 1982 because he was not informed of his Boykin rights before pleading guilty to tho

  • Hall v. Prosero Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-08-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Genevieve Dame and Hayes Dever Friedman, Dever Merlin LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vincent Bushnell and Alan Bakowski Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0040

    Lawrence W. Hall appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment to Prosero, Inc., formerly known as FacilityPro.com Corp. Prosero, on Prosero's suit to recove

  • In the Interest of S. O. C.

    Publication Date: 2015-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Irene Serlis, Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Franklin Patterson Bart Patterson Associates LLC, Gainesville, for appellee. Other party representation: Kellie Rogers, Connie Stephens, Gainesville, and Christopher Willis, Cumming.
    Case Number: A15A0533

    The mother of a minor child, S. O. C., appeals from an order of the Juvenile Court of Hall County terminating her parental rights and its subsequent denial of her motion for new trial. Specifi

  • EZ Green Assocs. LLC v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.

    Publication Date: 2015-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Stuart, Matthew Hood Stuart Johnston LLC, Atlanta, Thomas Dossett Todd Dossett PC, Kingsport, Tenn., and Thomas Jessee Jessee Jessee, Johnson City, Tenn., for appellant.
    for defendant: Merritt McAlister, Joseph Rockers, Elizabeth Tanis, and Xavier Carter King Spalding LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A14A1950

    The plaintiff's proposed methods for calculating damages in its breach of contract action were too speculative, unreliable and failed to account for market real

  • DOCO Credit Union v. Chambers

    Publication Date: 2015-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Davis and Charles Ingraham Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sarah Kjellin, Christopher Cohilas Watson Spence LLP, Albany, and David Mullis, Valdosta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A13A2465

    A previously-filed action in one county seeking monetary damages for certain allegedly wrongful foreclosures did not abate a quiet title suit filed in another county, as the two causes of action wer

  • Lockwood v. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2015-01-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Tallant and Molly Anderson Miles Patterson Hansford Tallant LLC, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrea Pawlak and Kevin Ward Schulten Ward Turner, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1539

    While the p ff's letter informing the defendant of his default on a promissory note was deficient in that it failed to specify that payment was due within 10 days of receipt of the letter, the

  • 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

  • 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