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  • Dodd v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2001-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert A. Weber Jr. Smith, Gilliam & Williams, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0172

    A jury question remained as to whether decedent's daughter and her husband held six acres in a constructive trust for decedent's e

  • Gooch v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-06-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman S. Gunter, District Attorney, and Lynn M. Akeley-Alderman District Attorney's Office, Dahlonega, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0123

    The trial court erred in sentencing defendant for selling methamphetamine after directing a verdict of acquittal on that

  • Washington Rd. Developers LLC v. Weeks

    Publication Date: 2001-05-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Trotter III, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allison M. Lawler Misner Scott & Grate, Atlanta, Wendell E. Johnston Jr. and William J. Williams Johnston, Wilkin & Williams, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1220

    A developer who sold a structurally defective townhouse to the plaintiff could not insulate itself from liability for defects by claiming that any negligent work was performed by independent contra

  • Chaney v. Burdett

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Gaulden Jr., Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. William Haley Perrie, Buker, Jones & Morton PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1895

    Because the surviving partner elected to continue the business following dissolution of the par ip by operation of law, the deceased partner's widow had no right to compel liquidation of the pa

  • Patel v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce F. Morriss and Daniel Shim Morriss, Lober & Dobson LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, Shukura L. Ingram and Craig E. Miller, Assistant Solicitors, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2390

    The trial court erred in concluding that it lacked discretion to grant defendant's motion for leniency on his misdemeanor sentences after the term of court in which the sentences were en

  • Arnold v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan J. Baverman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Timothy B. Lumpkin, Assistant District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2375

    Evidence that defendant threatened to shoot one of the arresting officers supported his convi for felony obstru

  • Harkins v. CA 14th Investors Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George A. Koenig Dennis, Corey, Porter & Gray, James S. Strawlinski and Nicole L. Wolfe, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William E. Zschunke, Melissa C. Duffey Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Allan R. Perry Jr., Marcus S. Sacks Kilpatrick Stockton LLP and R. Chris Irwin, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Matthew H. Patton and J. Michael Wiggins Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A1990

    Former employee could not recover damages for the injuries he sustained when he slipped and fell in his former employer's parking lot because he executed a release discharging all claims against the

  • Wade Driggers d/b/a Falcon Constr. Co. v. Campre

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James P. Gerard and Timothy M. O'Brien Oliver, Maner & Gray, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David H. Johnson McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson, LLP, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2411

    The plaintiff was not prejudiced by the defendant's failure to raise her affirmative defenses in the pretrial order because defendant raised those defenses in her prior motion for summary jud

  • Stimson v. George Laycock Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles F. Peebles and Lane R. Frostbaum, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John C. Amabile Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks LLP, Atlanta, for appellant. Other party representation: William M. Akin Akin & Tate LLC, Cartersville, and James C. Clark Jr. Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, Columbus.
    Case Number: A00A0953

    The homeowners' claims against their builder, arising out of the improper installation of synthetic stucco, were subject to the 6-year statute of limitations for simple written contracts, rather tha

  • Joel v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie C. Abernathy, Solicitor, and Laura A. Janssen, Assistant Solicitor General, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1201

    Arresting officer's refusal to accommodate defendant's request for an independent blood test based on the officer's unfamiliarity with the area in which the requested hospital was located was not ju