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  • Chrysler Grp. LLC v. Walden

    Publication Date: 2016-12-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Brantley, Alicia Timm, Mary Owens, Bradley Wolff Swift, Currie, McGhee Hiers LLP, Atlanta, Bruce Kirbo Kirbo Kendrick, Bainbridge, Thomas Dupree, and Rajiv Mohan Gibson, Dunn Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Butler Butler Tobin LLC, Robert Betts Seacrest Karesh Tate Bicknese LLP, Leigh May Butler, Wooten, Fryhofer LLP, Karsten Bicknese, Atlanta, James Butler Butler, Wooten, Fryhofer LLP, Columbus, L. Catharine Cox Young Harris College, Young Harris, and George Floyd Floyd Kendrick LLC, Bainbridge, for appellees. Amicus Curiae: Madison Kitchens and Chilton Varner King Spalding LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A16A1285

    The Court affirmed the $40M verdict for plaintiffs in a wrongful death suit arising after the gas tank of a Chrysler Jeep Grand Cherokee was puncture during a collision, causing the vehicle to catch

  • Hill v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2016-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marsha Mignott The Mignott Law Group LLC, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: James West, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0692

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in holding the father in indirect criminal contempt in a child custody case based on his failure to adhere to a prior court order limiting the number of

  • In the Interest of S. P.

    Publication Date: 2016-06-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna Johnson, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Calandra Harps, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Joshua Earwood, Cartersville.
    Case Number: A15A2015; A15A2016

    There was clear and convincing evidence supporting the termination of a mother's parental rights to her minor child and the award of permanent custody to the Department of Family and Children Servic

  • Matthews v. Wells Fargo Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2016-02-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Lavoie and John Christy Schreeder, Wheeler Flint LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kwende Jones, Bryan Glover, and Erin Howell Burr Forman LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1823

    The trial court properly admitted certain business records at trial, because the plaintiff established a proper foundation for the admission of the evi

  • 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

  • In the Interest of J. C.

    Publication Date: 2016-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacqueline Cauble Public Defender's Office, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Calandra Harps, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Linda Taylor Hunnicutt Taylor, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1144

    There was not clear and convincing evidence that, at the time the juvenile court entered its order transferring temporary legal custody of a minor from the child's mother to the child's aunt, the ch

  • Dell v. Dell

    Publication Date: 2015-10-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leah Dell, Ocala, FL, proceeded pro se. Andrew Mosley Mosley Law Offices, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A15A1430

    The evidence was sufficient to support the trial court's findings that the mother, without justifiable cause, failed to have any contact with the child and failed to support the child for a period l

  • McCumber v. Petroleum Servs. Group LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-08-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Pinckney, Brent Savage, and Alan Payne Savage Turner PC, Savannah, for McCumber. Christopher Rouse Rouse Copeland LLC, Savannah, for Petroleum Servs. Group LLC. Christopher Phillips and Nicholas Laybourn Hunter, MacLean, Exley Dunn PC, Savannah, for K. C. Petroleum Inc.. Other party representation: Vera Edenfield Edenfield, Cox, Bruce Classens, Statesboro.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A15A0055; A15A0056

    Collateral estoppel barred the plaintiffs' claims for fraud and negligence, even though the plaintiffs were not parties to the prior action, because they were the sole owners of the plaintiff-compan

  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-08-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Kraus, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0634

    Andre Harris appeals from his convictions of child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, the allowance of certain rebuttal testim

  • 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