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  • Bantz v. Allstate Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George P. Donaldson III Donaldson, Bell & Pickett, and Lewis R. Lamb, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Marvin D. Dikeman Webb, Zsckunke, Moller & Dikeman LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1650

    The trial court abused its discretion in refusing to allow plaintiffs to question a witness about the fact that he changed his story to arson investigators after learning the results of his polygraph

  • Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Croley

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Duke R. Groover Groover & Childs, Macon, and Charles W. Byrd, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Croley Jr., Fitzgerald, Gary C. Christy and Preyesh K. Maniklal Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, for appellee. Other party representation: Terry A. Dillard Dillard, Bower & Crowley, Waycross.
    Case Number: A03A0876

    The defendant was entitled to summary judgment on its former attorney's breach of contract claim because the oral agreement between the parties had no stated dur

  • Liberty Ins. Corp. v. Ferguson

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Burke B. Johnson Carter & Ansley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: H. Emily George George, Bartles & Wallach, Forest Park, Gino L. Montoya Mabry & McClelland LLP, Craig R. White Donahue, Hoey & Skedsvold LLC, Scott P. Archer and J. Daran Burns Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Todd S. Colarusso George, Bartles & Wallach, Forest Park, and Robert M. Darroch Mabry & McClelland LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A0950

    Since O.C.G.A. § 33-24-45 regulates the cancellation of automobile insurance policies, the plaintiff could not rely on O.C.G.A. § 33-24-7 or cases construing that statute to retrospectively void a p

  • Fortson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward D. Tolley and Ronald E. Houser Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael LLP, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Hartwell, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1169

    Causing a defendant to unnecessarily use a peremptory strike on a juror that should have been excused for cause is per se harmful

  • Champion v. Dodson

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul W. Burke Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael A. Anderson Horton, Maddax & Anderson, Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1949

    The plaintiff failed to prove damages for lost furniture and equipment because her testimony as to the purchase price was not sufficient to establish the fair market

  • Shuler v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas W. McDonald Jr. McDonald & Cody Law Offices, Cornelia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman S. Gunter, District Attorney, and Kerry I. Banister, Assistant District Attorney, Cleveland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1392

    Defendant's constitutional right to a speedy trial did ttached until the state filed an accusation charging him with DUI since the evidence supported the trial court's finding that defendant wa

  • Wisham v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert R. McLendon IV, Blakely, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, Bainbridge, and Ronald R. Parker, Assistant District Attorney, Camilla, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1423

    Proof of legal title to the damaged vehicle is not necessary to sustain a conviction for arson in the second d

  • Roddy v. Tanner Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Diment and Charles S. Conerly, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard G. Tisinger Jr. and Kenneth B. Crawford Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer PC, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0664

    Plaintiffs did not show that hospital personnel reckless or intentionally failed to locate fetal remains in the wife's clothing following her miscar

  • McCondichie v. Groover, Henry Superior Court.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Robert Oliver and Anne M. Zavala-Moushey Oliver & Winkle PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: William A. White Smith, Welch & Brittain, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0222

    The parties' engaged in unlawful conduct when they agreed that defendant would use his employee discount to purchase stock for the plaintiff during an initial public off

  • Middlebrooks v. Bibb County

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra G. Gomez Gomez Law Group, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin T. Brown Sell & Melton LLP, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1098

    The defendants were officially immune from liability for the death of the plaintiff's father who strangled himself in jail while awaiting trial for murdering the plaintiff's m