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  • Summers v. Wasdin

    Publication Date: 2016-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leamon Smith, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Allen, Moultrie, for appellees.
    Case Number: A16A0122; A16A0277

    Because the plaintiff filed the proof of ce more than five business days after the ce date, the time for the defendants to answer did not begin to run until the plaintiff filed the proof o

  • Hantz v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry Jackson and Hannah McLear Lister Holt LLC, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Pipkin, Solicitor General, and William Kennedy Solicitor General's Office, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0249

    Defense counsel did not render ineffective assistance of counsel based on the failure to file a meritless plea i

  • Hughes v. The Cornerstone Inspection Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-05-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Schlanger Law Office of HP Schlanger, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip Savrin and Michael Wolak Freeman Mathis Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A2264

    The trial court erred in dismissing the pl f's negligent inspection action for failure to state a claim, because there conceivably could have been evidence to sustain a grant of relief to the p

  • Weaver v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-05-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Phillips, Public Defender, and Kenneth Kondritzer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A2044

    The trial judge did not violate the defendant's right to be present when she responded to a note indicating that one of the jurors wanted to speak with the court about possible juror misconduct, si

  • Goldstein, Garber Salama LLC v. J. B.

    Publication Date: 2016-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Lane Young, Matthew Barr Hawkins Parnell Thackston Young LLP, Atlanta, Jonathan Freiman, and Tadhg Dooley Wiggin and Dana LLP, New Haven, CT, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Jordan Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward, William Bird Bird Law Group PC, and Michael Regas, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1491

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant dental practice's motion for directed verdict in the plaintiff's suit alleging that the defendant's negligence resulted in a certified registere

  • Burden v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronnie Wotorson The Wotorson Firm LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, and John Edwards District Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0621

    A jury found Ishmael Burden guilty of aggravated assault. The trial court entered judgment of conviction, imposed a 15-year sentence and denied a motion for new trial. Burden appeals, claiming th

  • Little v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Waters, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. David Cooke Jr., District Attorney, Ft. Valley, Myra Tisdale, Assistant District Attorney, and William Johnson District Attorney's Office, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0017

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for practicing dentistry without a license following an undercover investig

  • Owens v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne Burnaine, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Nigel Lush, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0419

    The trial court properly considered inculpatory statements the defendant made to officers in finding him guilty of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, because the statements were not

  • Partin v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2015-05-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Joffe, Sean Cox, Atlanta, Noble Boykin Jones, Boykin Associates, Savannah, and Howard Kaufold, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James Kreyenbuhl and G. Mason White Brennan, Harris Rominger LLP, Savannah, for appellee. Other party representation: Joseph Sumner Sumner Avery LLC, Dublin.
    Case Number: A14A2025

    The trial court erred in finding that the farm package insurance policy's motor vehicle exclusion applied to preclude coverage for claims asserted against the insured for injuries sustained on a fou

  • Olvera v. University Sys. of Georgia's Bd. of Regents

    Publication Date: 2015-04-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Kuck Kuck Immigration Partners LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Russell Willard, and Allen Lightcap Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A14A2352

    Sovereign immunity barred the declaratory judgment action filed by non-citizen college students, who were beneficiaries of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, seeking a decl