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  • Perlman v. Perlman

    Publication Date: 2012-11-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne Keaton, Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carol Baskin Baskin & Baskin, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1363

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the father's petition for family violence protective orders on behalf of his two minor daughters, as he did not show by a preponderance of the

  • Settles Bridge Farm LLC v. Masino

    Publication Date: 2012-11-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ariel Zion, Simon Bloom, and Stephanie Everett Bloom Sugarman Everett LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johannes Kingma, William Jones, Christopher Hoffman Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP, Jack Slover, and Chad Wingate Hall Booth Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A0898

    The alleged statements forming the basis of the plaintiff's tortious interference with business and contractual relations complaint against a chamber of commerce and its vice president were privileg

  • Douglas v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Yurachek The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Assoc., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy Floyd, District Attorney, and Blair Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1263

    The trial court improperly denied the defendant's m to withdraw his guilty plea because the defendant did not have counsel for the m

  • Christopher v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew T. Dale Public Defender's Office, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, and Henry O. Jones III, Assistant District Attorney, Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A2421

    The defendant could not show prejudice from any deficiency in his trial counsel's performance because the defendant admitted that he was at the scene of the shooting and fired his gun, and four eyew

  • DB50 2007-1 Trust v. Dixon

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kyle S. Kotake Morris, Schneider & Prior LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James E. Carter Hurt, Stolz & Cromwell LLC, Athens, and Peter J. Rice Jr., Greensboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1726

    The trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter a permanent injunction after the defendants filed a notice of removal to federal district court and before the district court remanded the

  • Piedmont Healthcare Inc. v. Kowal

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seslee S. Mattson Morris, Manning & Martin LLP, Atlanta, and Thomas T. Tate Andersen, Tate & Carr PC, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Gary R. McCain Allen McCain & O'Mahony PC, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A2137

    The trial court abused its discretion in granting an injunction based on its erroneous legal interpretation that, absent an appeal by either party, the hospital's Board of Directors acquiesced in an

  • Jenkins v. Wachovia Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Kytle, Atlanta, David Humphreys and Paul Catalano Humphreys Wallace Humphreys PC, Tulsa, Okla., for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert R. Ambler Jr. and John G. Perry Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A2053

    The plaintiff's complaint set for claim for negligence and negligence per se based on a teller's actions in improperly accessing the plaintiff's confidential inform

  • Villanueva v. First Am. Title Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh C. Wood Wood & Meredith LLP and Derick C. Villanueva, Atlanta, for appellants. Frederic S. Beloin and Charles W. Brown Beloin & Assocs. LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A1344

    In a case of first impression, the Court held that a legal malpractice claim for financial loss, involving solely the right of property, was assig

  • Shelley v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant. Brian K. Fortner, Solicitor General, and Sherrill N. Britt, Douglasville, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A2172

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress, as the evidence supported a finding that a supervisory officer implemented the roadblock at which the defendant was stopped

  • Calmes v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard Public Defender's Office, Dallas, for Calmes. Dennis Allen, Helena, proceeded pro se. Donald R. Donovan, District Attorney, Thomas A. Cole, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Dallas, and Fred A. Lane Jr. Georgia Department of Insurance, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1245; A11A2203

    The Court remanded the co-defendant's case for reconsideration of the grant of his appellate counsel's motion to withdraw, as the record did not show he knowingly waived his right to counsel or that