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  • 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

  • Fuller v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George L. Williams Jr., Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles H. Weston, District Attorney, and Henry O. Jones III, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0284

    Trial court violated defendant's right to remain silent by forcing him to take the stand during his sentencing hearing after he entered a nolo

  • Hodor v. GTE Mobilnet Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gordon L. Joyner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lisa H. Cassilly and Anne E. Lubell Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1270

    Supervisor's insensitive comments in front of plaintiff's co-workers, including a joke that plaintiff had to eat baby food, did not constitute extreme and outrageous beh

  • St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church Inc. v. Townsend

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carrie L. Christie, Vincent A. Toreno Christie, Toreno & Hatcher LLP and E. R. Lanier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Anne M. Landrum and W. Wray Eckl Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1838

    The trial court had no authority to consider whether the defendants were members in good standing with the power to participate in the affairs of their parish church because the church was subject t

  • Markowitz v. Wieland

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. McKenney McKenny & Froelich, Robb E. Hellwig and Richard R. Hays Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A99A1888, A99A1889

    Since plaintiffs chose to affirm a purchase and sale contract which included a merger clause and a disclaimer provision, they could not claim that they relied on the sellers' alleged misrepresenta