• Marcus et al. v. Country Mutual Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2020-07-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virgil Adams, Dawn Lewis, (Adams, Jordan & Herrington PC), Macon, Lauren Childs, (Lumley & Harper, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay Traynham, Amanda Smith, (Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, LLP), Macon, for appellee. Allen Broughton, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, Floyd Buford, (Buford & Buford), Macon, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A0391

    Homeowner Who Shot At Children Outside Her Home Committed Criminal Acts, Precluding Coverage Under Home Insurance Policy

  • Perez v. Cunningham

    Publication Date: 2020-07-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brad Macdonald, (Hill/MacDonald, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christina Cunningham, Woodstock, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0601

    Court Erred in Retroactively Modifying Father's Child Support Obligation and Improperly Applying Upward Deviation Based on His Lack of Parenting Time

  • Richards et al. v. Bose et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly Butler, (Ellis Painter Ratteree & Adams), Savannah, Kevin Tallant, Jonah Howell, (Miles Hansford & Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Teague, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Keisha Martin Chambless, (Teague & Chambless), Cumming, Jeffrey Schneider, (Weissman, P.C.), Atlanta, Larry Oldham, (Larry C. Oldham, P.C.), Cumming, Vinay Bose, Atlanta, for appellee

    Case Number: A19A2076

    Because Proper Service Had Not Yet Occurred, Trial Court Erred in Concluding That Defendants Were in Default

  • The State v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2020-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joyette Holmes, Amelia Pray, John Melvin, Stephanie Adrean, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, David Willingham, (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2358

    Undue Prejudice From Prior Bad Acts Evidence Outweighed Minimal Probative Value as to Intent, Knowledge, and Motive

  • Timmons et al. v. Suntrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2019-11-08
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Hall, Jordan Bell, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1262

    Bank was not entitled to summary judgment because it was not entitled to holder in due course status under a vehicle sales contract

  • Ceballos v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-06
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ramon Alvarado (Attorney at Law), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosanna Szabo (Solicitor-General), Lawrenceville; Samuel D'Entremont (Gwinnett County Solicitor-General's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0597

    State's Failure to Provide Police Officer's Scene-of-Incident Notebook Did Not Violate Best Evidence Rule or Due Process

  • Hughes v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-03-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Hagler Hagler, Jackson Walters, Columbus, and Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, and Wesley A. Lambertus, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: S14G0622

    The Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals' reversal of the grant of the defendant's motion to suppress the results of a blood test following a fatal car accident, holding that the officers had

  • Ford Motor Co. v. Conley

    Publication Date: 2014-03-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher S. Anulewicz, Michael J. Bowers Balch & Bingham LLP, Michael R. Boorman, Audrey K. Berland Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Curtis A. Garrett Jr. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, and Adam H. Charnes Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem, N.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: Robin F. Clark, Atlanta, Andrew W. Jones, Marietta, Benjamin E. Baker Jr., and Dana Taunton Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles LLC, Montgomery, Ala., for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Chilton D. Varner, Stephen B. Devereaux, Susan M. Clare King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Robert D. Ingram, and Angela H. Smith Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta. Amicus Appellee: Madeline E. McNeeley and Darren W. Penn Harris Penn Lowry & Delcampo LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S13A1601

    The plaintiffs were properly granted an extraordinary motion for new trial since they met the requirements of showing that they exercised due diligence in asking the defendant for its insurance info

  • February 27, 2014 |

    Ford Motor Co. v. Conley

     Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Ford Motor Co.v.Conley2014 WL 695224Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.Supreme Court…

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