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  • Golden v. Vickery

    Publication Date: 2007-05-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Akin, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donald J. Grate and Theodore Freeman Freeman, Mathis & Gary, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: John M. DeFoor II, Mark S. Gannon Savell & Williams LLP, Atlanta, and Bobby L. Cook, Summerville.
    Case Number: A07A0669

    The owner or operator of a high-voltage line has discretion under the High-voltage Safety Act, O.C.G.A. § 46-3-33, to guard against danger from accidental contract by either ' "deenergizing and grou

  • Freese v. Regions Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2007-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cary S. Wiggins Cook, Youngelson & Wiggins, and Drago Cepar Jr. The Webb Law Group LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. William J. Holley II and Cinnamon V. Davis Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A06A2154

    O.C.G.A. § 11-4-103 a allows parties to a contract of deposit to change O.C.G.A. § 11-4-406 f's notice provision from 60 to 30 days, the parties did so in their customer agreement and the appellant

  • Hammontree v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Atlantic Beach, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, and Kurt J. Martin, Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2367

    Defendant's actions on night in question, when he repeatedly made inappropriate sexual comments to his daughter's 15-year-old overnight guest and exposed his erect penis to her, were admissible as

  • State v. Cauley

    Publication Date: 2006-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Timothy M. Marlow District Attorney's Office, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: A. James Rockefeller The Rockefeller Law Ctr., Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1208

    A parole officer's search pursuant to a special condition of the defendant's parole was valid because officers had reasonable grounds to believe that his vehicle contained

  • Dickson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Stephen M. Gray, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0931

    The defendant did not have adequate opportunity to cross-examine his deceased father about his pre-trial statement to an investigator at his bond hearing, which dealt with other issues and involved

  • Gladowski v. Department of Family and Children Servs.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victoria L. Collier, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Michelle Townes, Assistant Attorney General, and Neal B. Childers, General Counsel, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1706

    The Civil Practice Act's 3-day rule, which adds three days to the prescribed periods after service of notices or papers other than process, does not apply to appeals of administrative deci

  • Lockhart v. Marine Manufacturing Corp.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben B. Mills Jr. Mills & Chasteen PC, Fitzgerald, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert H. Preston, Douglas, and Wallace E. Harrell Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin PC, Brunswick, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A1888

    The racist and insulting comments, which defendant's employees made to the plaintiff on four occasions, did not constitute extreme and outrageous co

  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-06-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Murcier-Ashley, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray and Charles P. Boring, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0654

    The state proved venue in Cobb c for the aggravated sexual battery charge, since the evidence established that the vehicle in which the crime occurred traveled through that c

  • Tant v. Purdue

    Publication Date: 2006-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Lester Tate III and William M. Akin Akin & Tate, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark A. Adelman, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0821

    The individual defendant was performing a discretionary act, when he concluded from his police investigation that the plaintiff drove recklessly and under the influence on the night he was involved

  • State v. Stafford

    Publication Date: 2006-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Nancy G. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael L. Edwards Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1849

    In the absence of prejudice, the state's failure to sign or date the copy of the search warrant it left with the defendant was a "technical" violation of O.C.G.A. § 17-5-25, which did not constitute