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  • Brock v. Sumter County Sch. Bd.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal H. Howard, Atlanta and JoAnn B. Williams, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thomas G. Tidwell Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta and Mark D. Link Hertz & Link, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1131

    The school district and its employees were immune from liability for the death of a 7-year-old girl who arrived at her bus stop several minutes early and ran into the road in front of a passing

  • Shepherd v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard W. Marks, Public Defender, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy and Maria Murcier-Ashley, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1301

    The trial court had discretion under O.C.G.A. § 24-9-61.1 a to allow the victim to remain in the courtroom while the other witnesses test

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Michael Maloof and Maurice G. Kenner, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Keith E. Adams and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0656

    Given evidence of informant's reliability, police officer's failure to tell magistrate that informant had a criminal history and pending criminal charges was not fatal to magistrate's finding of pro

  • Strange v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr., Atlanta, and Arthur L. Gibson Jr., Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Milledgeville, and Richard M. Gailey Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Madison, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1535

    Evidence that during a shooting spree, the defendant fired four or five shots at the vehicle which directed its lights toward his hiding place, causing the driver to take off quickly and the passeng

  • State v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2000-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Kevin N. Levitas, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Willace D. Magee, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0309

    Trial court should have addressed whether the defendant had standing to challenge the seizure of evidence before granting his motion to sup

  • Atkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Friedewald, Public Defender, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1697

    The victim's pediatrician could testify as to whether the victim's medical history was consistent with molestation, so long as she did not give an opinion as to whether the victim was actually mol

  • In re Estate of Thomas Edward Davis

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Parker and Lisa J. Bucko Savell & Williams LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Ebel, F.T. Davis Jr. Long, Aldridge & Norman, Atlanta, David E. Ralston, Blue Ridge, and Heather C. Smith Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Miami, Fla., for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A1821

    Probate court had grounds to remove executor of estate because he destroyed pornographic material in decedent's home and on his computer that was relevant to a child molestation suit pending against

  • Russell v. Superior K-9 Serv. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen V. Kern Kitchens, Kelley & Gaynes PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry D. Fellows Jr. Fellows, Johnson & La Briola LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Glenn A. Loewenthal Loewenthal & Jackson LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A99A2442

    Evidence that the plaintiff volunteered to let her employer's guard dog out of his pen raised a jury question as to whether she assumed the risk that the dog would attac

  • Hall v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David S. West and Bruce S. Harvey Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Gregory K. Schwarz, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2201

    Since defendant abandoned his backpack containing co by dropping it before he fled police, he could not challenge the admissibility of the co

  • Rolling Pin Kitchen Emporium Inc. v. Kaas

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Everett W. Gee III and Carl L. Meyer Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Shawn A. Kachmar Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP, Charleston, S.C., and Charles T. Huddleston Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2415

    The existence of subordination agreements between the plaintiff and other creditors of the defendants did not affect the plaintiff's right to recover against the defendants for debts arising from th