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  • Ruemker v. Ruemker

    Publication Date: 2016-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Landers, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: in Case Nos. A16A1200 and A16A1201. Dawn Levine and Alan Levine Lyle Levine LLC, Marietta, for appellant in Case Nos. A16A1202 and A16A1203. Edwin Varner, Warner Robins, for appellee. Other party representation: Jocelyn Daniell Daniell Law Firm LLC, Claire Chapman, Lena Ruemker, Warner Robins, and Rebecca Moody, Perry.
    Case Number: A16A1200; A16A1201; A16A1202; A16A1203

    The Court did not have jurisdiction over appellants' appeals, because the orders appellants appealed were interlocutory rulings and not directly appealable, as they did not include any decision as t

  • Weathers v. Dieniahmar Music LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-08-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne Kendall, East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Hayden Pace Stokes Wagner ALC, and Alan Clarke, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A16A0663

    The trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's breach of contract and fraud claims against a well-known hip hop producer in a dispute involving a music publishing business, since the complaint

  • Mitchell v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Speights Law Office of Gregory Hicks, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shannon Wallace, District Attorney, Cliff Head, and Wallace Rogers, Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0041

    Although the evidence supported the defendant's convictions after he broke into his ex-girlfriend's home, held her and her son captive and repeatedly raped and sodomized her at knife-point, the Cour

  • In the Interest of M. M. R.

    Publication Date: 2016-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Rafter The Rafter Law Firm LLC, Springfield, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Calandra Harps, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Jennifer Mock The Mock Law Firm LLC, Statesboro, for appellee. Other party representation: Evelyn Hubbard, Sylvania.
    Case Number: A15A2017; A15A2018

    There was not clear and convincing evidence supporting the juvenile court's orders terminating parental rights in two related ma

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gabriel Cliett, Metter, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, and Joshua Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0907

    Although the trial court erred in admitting the defendant's custodial statement, which investigators had improperly obtained after the defendant unequivocally invoked his right to remain silent, th

  • Amah v. Whitefield Academy Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-04-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell Hippe, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Chambliss, John Fawcett Maner Crumbly Chambliss, Antonio Thomas, Atlanta, and Justin O'Dell O'Dell O'Neal, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A2101

    The trial court erred in ruling as a matter of law that the plaintiff's easement granted it an unrestricted right of access for all purposes, since the language of the easement created an uncert

  • Perez v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Homero Leon Leon Kim LLC, and John LaRose, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. David Cooke Jr., District Attorney, Ft. Valley, Neil Halvorson, and Myra Tisdale, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1992

    The defendant failed to show that his trial counsel performed deficiently in allegedly failing to effectively communicate with him due to a language ba

  • Kids R Kids Int'l Inc. v. Cope

    Publication Date: 2015-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore Freeman, Donald Grate Freeman Mathis Gary, and Michael Eshman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Veronica Cope The Cope Law Firm PC, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A14A2241

    The franchisor was not vicariously liable for its franchisee's alleged negligence and was therefore entitled to summary judgment in the plaintiff's personal injury a

  • Blake v. KES Inc.

    Publication Date: 2014-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bobby Aniekwu, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jatrean Sanders, Christopher Gunnels, and Thomas Sippel Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan PLLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A14A0995

    A trial court is authorized to rely on deposition excerpts filed by a party in support of a motion, even if they are not certified c

  • Alizota v. Stanfield

    Publication Date: 2014-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Grubbs Grubbs Law Firm LLC, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Outman, Atlanta, and Stephen Ott, Fayetteville, for appellees. Other party representation: Anne Myers and Lloyd Walker, Peachtree City.
    Case Number: A12A0981

    A finding of deprivation cannot be based on evidence that a custodial parent may be forced to return to his country of origin or because he does not have a driver's li