• Seals v. Major et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-05
    Practice Area: Contracts | Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Hall, John Hinton, (Baker, Donelson, Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luke Lantta, Aiten Mcpherson, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Michael Johnson, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Reginald Snyder, (Dye Snyder, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0493

    Genuine Issues of Material Were Presented as to Whether Partnership Was Formed

  • Star Residential, LLC et al. v. Hernandez

    Publication Date: 2020-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie Ellis, Warner Fox, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Warren Smith, William Smith, (W. Calvin Smith, II, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Jacob Daly, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A19A2267

    Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act Applies to Personal Injury Negligence Per Se Claim Against Property Owner and Operator

  • Lyle et al. v. Fulcrum Loan Holdings, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-05
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Brazier, Steven Hall, (Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry Quillian, Donald Boyle, John Richard, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Ronald Leventhal, (One Midtown Plaza Suite 750), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1702

    Trial Court Erred in Dismissing Judgment Creditors' Challenge to Prior Consent Judgment

  • Mobley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, Margaret Elizabeth Bullard, (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sharon Lee Hopkins, Darius T. Pattillo, (Flint Circuit District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee. Sean Jengwei Young, Nathan Freed Wessler, Jennifer Stisa Granick, (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation), Atlanta, Riana Pfefferkorn, Stanford, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: S18G1546

    Court reverses vehicular homicide convictions due to violations of defendant's Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures

  • Moats et al. v. Mendez

    Publication Date: 2019-05-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Ray, Steven Rodham, Ronald Womack, (Womack, Gottlieb & Rodham, P.C.), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Furlong, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee. Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for AM.

    Case Number: A18A1721

    Presentment of Personal Injury Claim For Which Sheriff Can Be Held Vicariously Liable Must Be Directed Specifically to Sheriff

  • National Union Fire Insurance Company Of Pittsburgh, PA et al. v. Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-20
    Practice Area: Contracts | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Remar, Michael Eber, (Rogers & Hardin LLP), Atlanta, Patrick Walsh, Patrick Walsh, (Hinkhouse Williams Walsh LLP), Chicago, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Boyle, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Foy Devine, Charles McKnight, Gregory Schultz, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Hon. J. Smith, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1173

    Ambiguity in insurance policy language is construed against the insurer

  • Gates et al. v. Taylor County School District et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-13
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta; G. Land (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Smith (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0118

    The trial court properly held that the officer de facto doctrine defeated plaintiffs' challenge to a school board's actions.

  • Cox v. Mayan Lagoon Estates Ltd.; Cox v. Constantino

    Publication Date: 2012-12-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Tribble The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Schultz, Deborah Livesay Taylor English Duma LLP, and Jonathan Crumly Maner Crumly Chambliss LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Frank Constantino, Rock Springs, proceeded pro se.

    Case Number: A12A1062; A12A1063

    A proposed settlement was admissible for the limited purpose of showing whether the individual defendant was the agent of two corporate defen