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  • In the Interest of R. N. R., R. E. R., M. R. & C. C. II

    Publication Date: 2002-09-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward R. Downs Jr., Riverdale, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Stephanie B. Hope, Special Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Donald R. Foster Foster & Foster PC, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1196

    Evidence that two of the mother's children —twin 2-year-old boys—weighed only 13 pounds when DFACS placed them in foster care and were unable to talk or crawl supported the juvenile court's order au

  • Ballard v. Burnham

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Benefield Jr. Law Offices of Robert H. Benefield Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederick A. Johnson, Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0394

    Plaintiff could not recover for the injuries she sustained in a fall at her son-in-law's home because she had equal knowledge of the hazard in que

  • Harvey III v. J. H. Harvey Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Dow N. Kirkpatrick II, Heather R. Peoples Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, J. Reese Franklin and W. Daniel Knight Jr., Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank C. Jones, Benjamin F. Easterlin IV and Rance L. Craft King & Spaulding, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0452; A02A0453

    The concept of constructive service was applicable to an action for breach of an employment contract which provided that the plaintiff would serve as the defending company's President and Chief Oper

  • Lifestyle Family LP v. Lawyers Title Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William H. Hughes Jr. Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard L. Robbins, Julianne N. Belaga, Deborah M. Danzig Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, and Kevin H. Hudson Rowe, Foltz & Martin PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0668

    Plaintiff's alleged brokerage agreement with defendant was unenforceable because the parties did not reach a meeting of the minds on an essential term—plaintiff's commi

  • Ballard v. Burnham

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Benefield Jr. Law Offices of Robert H. Benefield Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederick A. Johnson, Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0394

    Plaintiff could not recover for the injuries she sustained in a fall at her son-in-law's home because she had equal knowledge of the hazard in que

  • Earthgrains Baking Co. v. Bird

    Publication Date: 2002-06-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Franklin Edenfield Spivey, Carlton & Edenfield PC, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wilson R. Smith Smith & Jenkins, Savannah, and Thomas W. Tucker Dye, Tucker, Everitt, Wheale & Long, Augusta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1148

    Trial court's order acknowledging law firm's right to collect on award in underlying injury suits did not expressly command or prohibit any act on the part of former members of the firm with respect

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Persse Kicklighter & Persse, Springfield, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rene J. Martin III, District Attorney, Richard A. Mallard, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0249

    Any error in the trial court's sequential charge on malice m and voluntary manslaughter was harmless since the jury convicted the defendant of malice m

  • Golden Peanut Co. v. Bass

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Candace N. Smith, Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry and Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Griffin B. Bell, Benjamin F. Easterlin IV, Michael C. Russ, John P. Brumbaugh King & Spalding, Atlanta, Whitney G. Saunders Saunders, Babineau & Brewbaker LLC, Suffolk, Va., and Wayne S. Weaver Southwestern Peanut Shellers Assoc., Stephenville, Texas, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Evans J. Plowden Jr., Dawn G. Benson, and Charles K. Wainwright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, Albany.
    Case Number: S01G1157

    Contract clause relating to the sale of additional peanuts at a higher than contracted price was not void for violation of federa

  • Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP v. Six Flags Over Ga. LLC

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt Chandler & Britt, Buford, Ronald L. Reid Alston & Bird, John J. Dalton Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Evan R. Chesler and Keith R. Hummel Cravath, Swaine & Moore, N.Y., for appellant.
    for defendant: . James E. Butler Jr., George W. Fryhofer III, Joel O. Wooten Jr., Cale H. Conley Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daugherty & Sullivan, Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, H. Lamar Mixson, Michael B. Terry, Nancy J. Walsh and Joshua F. Thorpe Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, for appellees. Other party representation: Gerald Davidson Jr. Davidson & Tucker LLP, Duluth.
    Case Number: A00A0120

    The Court of Appeals overruled Kent v. A. O. White Jr., Consulting Engineers PC, A01A0756 1/29/02, 02 FCDR 374, to the extent that it held that the Georgia Supreme Court adopted the standard set for

  • Kull v. Six Flags Over Ga. LP

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph D. Perrotta, Louis R. Feingold Northcutt, Edwards, Gordon & Feingold, and Joseph H. King Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Mulholland Savell & Williams and Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A2315

    A jury question remained as to whether the plaintiff assumed the risk of injury by inserting metal pliers into a light socket on electronic scoreboard since the evidence did not show that the plaint