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  • January 31, 2007 |

    Employees Sue for Birth Control Coverage

    The proverbial last straw snapped for Jackie Fitzgerald when she found herself short of cash and debating whether to fill her car's fuel tank or her birth control prescription in 2001. Fitzgerald, a trainman for Union Pacific Railroad Co. (UP), spent her last $40 to buy gas to get to...

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  • November 30, 2006 |

    Deferred Problems

    The IRS's extension of the 409A compliance deadline offers corporations little relief.

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  • Baker v. Sweat

    Publication Date: 2006-11-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry S. Harrell, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard B. Eason, David S. Crawford Eason, Kennedy & Assocs., Atlanta, Wade H. Coleman Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston & Holland, Valdosta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0892

    The defendant lacked standing to maintain a wrongful death action for his adult daughter, since he failed to support, visit or establish a relationship with her during her lif

  • Wells v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brooks S. Franklin Franklin & Hubbard and Sandra L. Michaels, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Vonnetta L. Benjamin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A1488

    Absent a proffer, the defendant could not show that his trial counsel were deficient for failing to request a continuance to locate potential exculpatory witn

  • Carey v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel J. Cahill, Danielsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Carnesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1754

    The defendant took a substantial step toward molesting his daughter's cousin when he solicited her interest in photographs of naked women and raised the subject of masturbation wit

  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward W. Clary, St. Marys, and Richard O. Allen, Atlantic Beach, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, Leslie K. DeVooght, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, George C. Turner Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Woodbine, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Patricia B. A. Burton, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Holly L. Geerdes, Georgia Capital Defender, Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr., and Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S06P0992

    The state's failure to include the statutory aggravating circumstances in its notice of intent to seek the death penalty was harmless, since one of the statutory circumstances on which the state rel

  • Dickens v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, John S. Melvin, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Julie A. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A2077

    Trial counsel's proffer of an uncalled witness's testimony constituted hearsay and could not serve to establish the defendant's claim that the witness's testimony would have been relevant and favo

  • February 28, 2006 |

    Copycat Wars

    Trademark owners develop aggressive legal and marketing strategies to fight counterfeiters.

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  • King v. Goodwin

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig N. Cowart Miller, Cowart & Howe LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Wolfe Chambliss, Higdon & Carson, and Oliver W. Horne III Reynolds, McArthur & Horne, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1595

    The administer of the decedent's estate lacked standing to assert a wrongful death claim under O.C.G.A. § 51-4-2 a, since the decedent had a son over the age of 21, who failed to bring such an actio

  • Collier v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick G. Longhi, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Robin J. Leigh, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1958

    The defendant shot the victim in the leg and then shot him in the head after the victim's vehicle stalled out a few blocks from where the victim grabbed a bag of crack cocaine from the defendant and