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  • Hampton v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2024-12-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, Mark Nonni, (Barrett Nonni Homola & Ferraro, PLLC), Tallahassee, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Spurlin, (Spurlin & McCorvey), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0933

    Court reverses dismissal of amended personal injury complaint and allows plaintiff's amendment to correct defendant name where original name was a misnomer

  • In the Interest of A. E., a Child

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle Gopman, (Office of the DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Nathan Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Lytia Brown, Joshlynn Clark, (Brown Geiger & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee; Ronald Richards, (The Law Office of Ronald M. Richards & Associates, LLC), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A1018

    Court reverses juvenile court's order that granted temporary custody of a minor child to DFCS, citing insufficient evidence of parental unfitness, and remans case for an evidentiary hearing

  • Geiger v. Allmond

    Publication Date: 2024-06-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Lavoie, (Bruce, Mathews & Lavoie), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gabriel Cliett, (Attorney at Law), Metter, Jimmy Howell, (Howell Law Group, LLC), Statesboro, Madison Everett, (Gabe T. Cliett, P. C.), Statesboro, for appellee; Dale Busbee, (Busbee Law Group, LLC), Statesboro, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0061

    Court reverses custody award that favored a grandmother over a mother, citing insufficient evidence to overcome parental presumption

  • The State v. Gunsby

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, Joanna Helsby, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1444

    Court affirms orders suppressing evidence improperly obtained by police misrepresentations in an affidavit for a warrant, and denying defendant's motion to dismiss certain charges

  • The State v. Black

    Publication Date: 2023-10-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Alana Driscoll, Kelly Nugent-Chavis, (Cherokee County District Attorney's Office), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence Zimmerman, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0939

    Court reverses evidence suppression order to the extent it had limited admission of evidence seized from warranted search of a cell phone to communications between a defendant and a rape victim

  • Williams v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2023-08-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tommy Thigpen, (Tommy L. Thigpen, LLC.), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karla Walker, (Copeland, Haugabrook And Walker), Valdosta, for appellee; Rhonda Mumford, Valdosta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0302

    No Record Evidence That Minor Child Would Suffer Significant Emotional Harm If Father Was Granted Custody

  • Williams v. Silvers

    Publication Date: 2023-07-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy Jordan, (Kessler & Solomiany), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rickie Brown, (Attorney at Law), Dalton, Julia Hill, (Brown, Toland, & Hill Attorneys), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0208

    Court affirms childcare modification order granting a father primary physical and legal custody and vacates an order denying the mother's contempt allegations against him

  • Guven v. Guven

    Publication Date: 2023-01-27
    Practice Area: Family Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Cooper, (David F. Cooper, P.C.), Marietta, Shiel Edlin, (Stern & Edlin Family Law, P.C.), Atlanta, Christopher Hoffman, (Kitchens Kelley Gaynes, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Simon Bloom, Shannan Oliver, Sean Ryan, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Matthew Thiry, (Matt Thiry Law, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Jon Gottlieb, (Flynn & Gottlieb, P.A.), Atlanta, for other party; Jon Gottlieb, (Flynn & Gottlieb, P.A.), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A22A1442

    Court affirms order extending an ex-husband's right of first refusal after he filed a contempt motion to his ex-wife's proposed sale of a marital property

  • Hernandez v. Great American Alliance Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2022-11-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Lacy, (Lindsey & Lacy, P.C.), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Athans, Rachael Slimmon, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Marcovitch, (Sinton Scott Minock & Kerew), Atlanta, for appellee; John Hipes, (Hipes & Belle Isle, LLC), Alpharetta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1147

    In an insurance coverage dispute, court affirms summary judgment in favor of umbrella insurer's denial of coverage for injuries sustained in a shooting incident

  • Hicks et al. v. Universal Health Services, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Gebhardt, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Stockbridge, Darren Penn, Alexandra Cole, Kevin Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Kevin Ketner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marcella Ducca, Lori Cohen, Michael King, Gerond Lawrence, Precious Johnson, Brandon Cox, (Greenberg Traurig LLP), Atlanta, Margaret McClatchey, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Hostetter, Molly McCall, Jacob Madsen, (Nall & Miller, LLP), Atlanta, Alison Currie, Mikell Reynolds, Christina Essex, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Lavender, (Lavender Hoffman Alderman, LLC), Atlanta, , for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0204

    Court affirms dismissal of survivors' wrongful death claims filed after expiration of statute of limitations, and reverses denial of a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction