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  • In the Interest of L. K.

    Publication Date: 2013-06-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Condon and Jodie Wasson Office of the Child Advocate Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Robert Hall, Roswell, for appellee. Other party representation: Reginald Williams Renaissance Events Inc. and Diana Johnson, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A13A0211

    The isolated instance wherein the child was without supervision due to the mother's emergency hospitalization did not constitute parental unfitness authorizing a finding of deprivation and severance

  • Rivers v. K-Mart Corp.

    Publication Date: 2013-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Creasy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Strawinski and Daniel Cheek Strawinski & Stout PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0363

    The Court remanded the plaintiff's malicious prosecution claim against a retail store for determination of whether evidence of the plaintiff's prior criminal record should be excluded because of its

  • Circle K Stores Inc. v. T. O. H. Assocs. Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2012-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley Harmon Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sammie Mitchell, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1595

    The trial court apparently awarded damages to the commercial landlord based on the amount of monthly rent due as shown on the property manager's invoice, but failed to account for the discrepancy be

  • In the Interest of K. F.

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anne P. Rodman, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, Diane M. McLeod and Bess L. Walthour, Assistant District Attorneys, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0032

    The evidence supported the juvenile's sentence as a designated

  • In the Interest of K. L. M.

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Bennett Bennett & Connell LLC, Adel, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren Mixon Mixon & Mixon, Ocilla, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0272, A12A0273

    The juvenile court failed to make specific findings supporting its conclusion of a likelihood of serious harm from continued depriv

  • Abundant Animal Care LLC a/k/a Animal Kingdom Veterinary Hosp. v. Gray

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hollis Cobb Law Offices of F. C. Schenck, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Philip Price Abernathy and Assocs., Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0571

    An animal care clinic was not liable for personal injury following a dog bite because it was not foreseeable that the dog with no prior vicious or dangerous propensity would bite a

  • In the Interest of A. R. K. L.

    Publication Date: 2012-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. Newton, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason R. Clark Clark & Williams PC, and Frances W. Dyal, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A2038

    The juvenile court properly exercised jurisdiction over the termination procee

  • Bone v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-08-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell K. Walker, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: George H. Hartwig III, District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0983

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to suppress certain statements he made to police because they were unsolicited, and thus not protected under Mi

  • In the Interest of K. A. F.

    Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yolanda Bacharach, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, Bess L. Walthour and Diane M. McLeod, Assistant District Attorneys, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0553

    The evidence supported the juvenile's delinquency adjudication for entering an automobile with the intent to commit a theft or felony because the victim testified that the juvenile and another man w

  • Howard v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, and Benjamin Von District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2208

    Under the circumstances, including the complexity of a multi-defendant RICO indictment, 42-month delay did not violate the defendant's constitutional right to a speedy