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  • Crumpler v. Henry County Ga.

    Publication Date: 2002-10-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald C. English, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: David P. Brenskelle, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0888

    The plaintiff was not required to petition the county board of commissioners for a discretionary review of his demotion from police sergeant to patrolman before seeking certiorari in the superior

  • The Kroger Co. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2002-10-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas A. Wilde and Deborah A. Heineman Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott G. Monge and Marc W. Grawert Monge & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1848

    Plaintiffs' knowledge that milk often fell from pallets while being unloaded from trucks at defendant's store precluded his recovery for injuries he sustained while assisting a store employee with t

  • Georgia Dep't of Corrections v. Barkwell

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Senior Assistant Attorney General, John B. Ballard Jr., Assistant Attorney General, K. Prabhaker Reddy and Donahue S. Silvis Reddy & Silvis LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert C. Harrison Downey & Cleveland LLP, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1355

    The Department of Corrections can sue for reimbursement of state funds used to treat inmates injured in an automobile coll

  • Bossard v. Atlanta Neighborhood and Dev't Partnership Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Ford Sr. and Michael G. Webb Ford & Barnhart, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heather C. McGrotty, Jason P. King Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Peter R. York and William H. Major III Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A2139

    Although the plaintiff knew that there were multiple overhead lines in the area where he was installing metal gutters, there was no evidence that he knew that one of the lines was energized and unin

  • Gatewood v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-02-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Schiavone Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rene J. Martin III, District Attorney, and Anthony A. May, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2391

    Defendant's admission that he took photographs of the victims' breasts and photographs of the nude victims together supported his conviction for count 8 of his indictment which concerned the creati

  • Hendrix v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-01-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen J. Tuggle, Solicitor General, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2175

    The officer's refusal to drive the de t's 50 miles round trip to accommodate his request to have independent chemical testing done at the hospital of his choice did not constitute a denial of d

  • Multi-State Contracting Corp. v. Midwest Indem. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karsten Bicknese and Amy E. Loggins Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jefferson B. Slagle Thompson & Slagle PC, Norcross, Richard A. Marchetti Marchetti & Lomas LLP, Columbus, Stephen L. Goldner Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, and Brian C. Near, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1203

    A surety was not responsible for a sing agent's diversion of funds held in escrow because the disbursement agreement did not establish a principal/agent relationship between the surety and the

  • Swartz Invs. LLC v. Vion Pharm. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce H. Beerman Burr & Forman LLP, Atlanta, Ross J. Adams, Marietta, and Carlton M. Johnson Jr. Swartz Investments, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. D. Humphries III, Paul J. Pontrelli and David S. Mohl Stites & Harbison PLLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1316

    A non-circumvention agreement which sought to prevent a pharmaceutical company from entering into any agreement or transaction with six named investors for a period of five years was unenforceably o

  • Bowen v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-11-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Jay M. Jackson, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1620

    The court improperly limited defendant's cross-examination of the victim about her financial interest in the outcome of his

  • Murph v. Maynard Fixturecraft Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce H. Carraway III Moskowitz & Carraway, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert C. Semler, Lynda S. Williams Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, and Teri Y. Callahan Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, Columbus, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1665

    A Tennessee company was estopped from denying workers' compensation coverage for the plaintiff's injuries, because the company contractually obligated itself to ensure that its subcontractors' emplo