• In the Interest of A. G.

    Publication Date: 2008-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A08A1327

    Evidence that the mother neglected her children's needs, failed to take the steps necessary to develop a parental bond with the children, failed to finish her GED, develop job skills, keep a job

  • Weatherly v. Weatherly

    Publication Date: 2008-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A08A1474

    A question of fact remained as to whether the decedent's change of beneficiary designation on her life insurance policy arose from fraud or fo

  • In the Interest of C. G.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A08A1135

    Although the state cannot initiate a charge of involuntary manslaughter against a 16-year-old in the superior court, the superior court can prosecute such a charge upon a proper transfer of the case

  • McLaine v. McLeod

    Publication Date: 2008-05-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A08A0422; A08A0423; A08A0424; A08A0425; A08A0426; A08A0427

    The defendant was not acting as the negligent driver's employer at the time of the fatal collision, and, thus, was not vicariously liable for the driver's negli

  • Hamlin v. Ramey

    Publication Date: 2008-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A08A0214

    The father failed to show that the proportional amount of his parenting time constituted a special circumstance, which would make the presumptive amount of child support exce

  • In the Interest of P. W.

    Publication Date: 2008-02-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A07A1803

    A trial court's contempt power set forth in O.C.G.A § 15-11-5a applies to juveniles as well as a

  • Cleaveland v. Gannon

    Publication Date: 2007-12-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rolfe M. Martin Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for Cleaveland. Charles M. Cork III, Macon and Preyesh K. Maniklal Maniklal & Dennis LLP, Duluth, for Gannon and others. Robert R. Gunn II and Richard A. Epps Jr. Martin Snow LLP, Macon, for Entrekin and others.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A0837; A07A0838

    The plaintiff and her husband timely filed their original medical malpractice complaint under the subsequent injury exception to O.C.G.A. § 9-3-71 a's statute of limitation, since they filed it wit

  • Duke Galish LLC v. Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

    Publication Date: 2007-11-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charlotte K. Perrell and Stephanie M. Wright Perrell & Wright LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terrance C. Sullivan, Robert G. Tanner Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial and Karen B. Bragman Arnall, Golden & Gregory LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A07A1431

    The plaintiff filed his legal malpractice claim more than four year's after the defendant's alleged b

  • State v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2007-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and John A. Tully District Attorney's Office, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clarence R. Patton, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0831

    The arresting officers had specific, articulable facts sufficient to give rise to a reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct to conduct a brief investigative stop of the defendant's vehicle, based o

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl J. Spence, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosanna M. Szabo, Solicitor, and Liza M. Moultrie Solicitor General's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A1356

    Two breath tests taken 11 minutes apart were taken sequentially for the purposes of O.C.G.A. § 40-