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  • Endsley v. Geotechnical Env't Consultants Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lester Dozier Dozier Law Firm LLC, and Charles Cork, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Holly Portier Hamilton Westby Antonowich Anderson, Atlanta, and William Cowsert Cowsert Avery, Athens, for appellees.
    Case Number: A16A1003

    Because the jury found defendants not liable and never reached the issue of damages, the trial court's errors in not bifurcating the personal injury trial after allowing insurer to intervene in the

  • In the Interest of D. M B. A. M.

    Publication Date: 2016-11-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Pope, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Calandra Harps, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Robert Jewell, Special Assistant Attorney General, Moultrie, for appellee. Other party representation: David Herndon and Mickey Waller, Moultrie.
    Case Number: A16A1295

    The juvenile court failed to provide the requisite findings of fact in its order terminating mother's parental rights to her two minor

  • Summerour v. City of Marietta

    Publication Date: 2016-08-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Evans and Thomas Camp Evans Rhodes LLC, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel White and Douglas Haynie Haynie, Litchfield, Crane White, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0640

    The trial court should have dismissed the condemnation petition, because the City failed to provide a summary of the basis for its just-compensation offer in violation of O.C.G.A. § 22-1-9 subsect

  • State v. Bowman

    Publication Date: 2016-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rosanna Szabo, Solicitor General, John Weitnauer, Assistant Solicitor General, Amina Bakari, and Nicole Wong Solicitor General's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: T Kevin Mooney and George Stein Stein Ward, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0555

    The evidence supported the trial court's findings, under the totality of the circumstances, that the defendant did not voluntarily consent to a State-administered blood test following his arrest in

  • Kogel v. Kogel

    Publication Date: 2016-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis Kleem McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle Fordham LLP, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Yancey, Chatsworth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0128

    The trial court erred in denying the mother's motion to vacate a temporary order granting custody of her minor child to the child's father, because the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction

  • Wright v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2016-04-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie Wright, Nicholls, proceeded pro se. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Angela Cusimano Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellees.
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    Case Number: A15A1788

    The trial court erred in ruling that an inmate's previously dismissed federal lawsuits counted as strikes under the Georgia Prison Litigation Reform Act for the purpose of his request to proceed in

  • Sevilla-Carcamo v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chirag Patel and Norman Cuadra Cuadra Patel LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Drew Unger District Attorney's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A2351

    After the defendant was arrested for driving without a license and agreed to allow her pastor to take her vehicle, the pastor possessed authority to consent to a search of the vehicle because there

  • Elliott v. Resurgens PC

    Publication Date: 2016-03-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Hertz and M. Andy Clark, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Smith and Paul Weathington Weathington Smith PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A2275

    The medical malpractice plaintiff was entitled to a new trial following a verdict in favor of the defendants, because the trial court abused its discretion in excluding a witness's probative and mat

  • Fincher Road Invs. LLLP v. City of Canton, GA

    Publication Date: 2015-12-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konrad Ziegler Lee Ziegler LLP, John Connolly, and Douglas Flint Flint, Connolly Walker LLP, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel White, Douglas Haynie Haynie, Litchfield Crane PC, Marietta, Robert Dyer, and Alicia Argo Dyer Rusbridge PC, Canton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A1280

    Although ity eventually sought to dismiss its condemnation action against a property owner, the property owner was entitled to compensation for ity's temporary taking of its property, whic

  • Sherod v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Pilgrim The Pilgrim Law Group LLC, Villa Rica, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Fortner, District Attorney, and Rachel Ackley, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1460

    Viewing the totality of the circumstances, including the officer's experience and training, the Court found that the officer had reasonable articulable suspicion of other illegal activity to justify