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  • Georgia Dermatologic Surgery Ctrs. PC v. Pharis

    Publication Date: 2016-12-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shira Crittendon and Michael Flint Schreeder, Wheeler Flint LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Sherman and Sherri Kimmell Stanley, Esrey Buckley LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1331

    The trial court erred in allowing the jury, over defendant's motion for directed verdict, to award plaintiff costs his PC incurred in establishing its business, because the PC was a non-party with n

  • Bloom v. Camp

    Publication Date: 2016-06-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Kane and Jill Johnson Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams Aughtry, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Black Bannister Black, Austell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0066

    There was sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict against the defendant on the plaintiff's claim for fraudulent tra

  • Mayor City Council of the City of Richmond Hill v. Maia

    Publication Date: 2016-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick O'Connor, Benjamin Perkins Oliver Maner LLP, Savannah, and Ray Smith, Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Billy Jones and Carl Varnedoe Jones, Osteen Jones, Hinesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A2334

    The trial court erred in denying the defendants' motion for summary judgment on the plaintiff's claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy and pain and suffering ar

  • West Asset Mgmt. Inc. v. NW Parkway LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-06-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Jerome Elmore, Timothy Rigsbee Bondurant, Mixson Elmore, and Michael Caplan Caplan Cobb LLP, Atlanta, for West Asset Mgmt. Inc.. Roy Barnes and John Salter The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for NW Parkway LLC.
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    Case Number: A15A1830; A15A1831

    The Court partially reversed the trial court's summary judgment rulings in a suit arising out of the alleged breach of a 20-year commercial property lease agre

  • Ferguson v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Robinson Robinson Associates, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Deborah Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1818

    The evidence sufficiently supported the defendant's convictions for trafficking a person for sexual servitude, pimping a person less than 18 years of age, enticing a child under the age of 16 years

  • Day v. Floyd County Bd. of Educ.

    Publication Date: 2015-08-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario Williams and Julie Oinonen Williams Oinonen LLC, Atlanta, for Day. C. King Askew, Samuel Lucas, Ivy Duggan, and Lee Carter Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson Davis LLP, Rome, for Floyd County Bd. of Educ.. Amicus Curiae in Case No. A15A0401: John Beasley, Watkinsville, and Phillip Hartley, Gainesville.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A15A0401; A15A0402

    Because the teacher who was appealing the board of education's decision not to renew her employment contract was employed at a charter school, she was not entitled to the procedural rights and remed

  • State v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2015-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kristin Howell Public Defender's Office, David Jones King, King Jones PC, and Lawrence Korn Georgia Justice Project, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A0456; A15A0457

    The Court vacated the judgments of acquittal in favor of the defendants because the trial court lacked jurisdiction to proceed with trial, as the State had filed an appeal from the trial court's sup

  • In the Interest of B.H.-W.

    Publication Date: 2015-06-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karimah Boston Boston Legal Consultant Group LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melanie D. F. Thompson Fenwick Thompson Associates LLC, Snellville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0613

    The Court affirmed the trial court's grant of the father's petition to legitimate his 10-month-old child, the placement of the child with the father and the dismissal of a third-party petition for p

  • In the Interest of D. H.

    Publication Date: 2015-06-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clare Nolan Public Defender's Office, Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Milam, District Attorney, and Anita Reynolds District Attorney's Office, Jackson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0749

    The juvenile court properly dismissed the juvenile's motion for various kinds of relief after he was adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of Juvenile Ju

  • Cheeley Invs. LP v. Zambetti

    Publication Date: 2015-06-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cale Conley, Andre Tennille Conley Griggs Partin LLP, Atlanta, and Dana Miles Miles Patterson Hansford Tallant LLC, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Andrew Becker Merbaum Law Group PC, Alpharetta, and Jeffrey Evans, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1771

    Genuine issues of material fact remained as to the plaintiffs' breach of contract and promissory estoppel claims related to an alleged oral agre