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  • Rabie v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James E. Barker and James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0940

    The defendant reinitiated contact with the officers following his pre-Miranda request for co

  • Whitley v. Piedmont Hosp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Howard The Howard Law Firm, Tucker, for Whitley and others. Russell B. Davis, Min J. Koo Downey & Cleveland, Marietta, Timothy H. Bendin Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, and Randolph P. Powell Jr. Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for Piedmont Hospital and others. Edward T. Garland, Robin N. Loeb and Anne H. Coolidge-Kaplan Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for Williams.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A06A1775; A06A1776

    The expert witness' contradicting affidavits and deposition testimony were sufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact on breach of care and causation issues in the plaintiff's medical mal

  • Gonzalez v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Bruce E. Roberts, Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2392

    The investigator's actions in requesting a lower bond did not constitute a hope of benefit under O.C.G.A. § 24

  • Turner v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, Jimmy D. Berry and D. Victor Reynolds Berry & Reynolds, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Edwina M. Watkins, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1971

    The trial court did not err in admitting evidence that the defendant's boyfriend died approximately six years after her husband died of similar ethylene glycol poisoning to show her motive, bent of

  • In re Pronk

    Publication Date: 2007-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Mark R. Pronk, Acworth. Gregory L. Fullerton, Chairperson Review Panel, Albany. Edward T. M. Garland Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S07Y0147

    An attorney, who pled guilty to aggravated assault, voluntarily surrendered his law li

  • Goldstein v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Brian Steel The Steel Firm PC, Atlanta, and Douglas N. Peters Peters, Townsend, Wilson & Roberts PA, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1280

    The child molestation defendant's trial counsel was ineffective in failing to present testimony regarding false allegations of child molestation made by the victim's mother in the

  • Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, and Mary K. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0376

    The trial court properly admitted pictures of the defe s damaged vehicle, which officers found in plain sight in the back of his home while investigating the victim's report that he saw the def

  • April 30, 2006 |

    Court Dismisses Pregnancy Discrimination Case

    When Noreen Hulteen took pregnancy leave, it reduced the amount of service credit toward her pension and related benefits decreasing the amount she collected in pension payments.

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  • April 30, 2006 |

    Getting Gouged

    Price-gouging laws pose increasing legal risks for corporations.

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  • Ferrill v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Griffin, and Cindy L. Spindler, Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2149

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting certain sexually explicit material obtained from the defendant's home because, in each case, the state linked the object introduced to the c