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  • Bd. of Regents of the Univ. System of Georgia v. Casey

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Joan G. Crumpler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Brian F. Dorsey, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . George D. Bush and Martin C. Puetz, Augusta, for appellee. Other party representation: James S. V. Weston Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley PC, Augusta.
    Case Number: A09A0797

    A medical expert's opinion derived from applying his medical knowledge and experience with previous cases to plaintiff's medical records and deposition testimony was admis

  • Hollis & Spann, Inc. v. Hopkins

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vanice H. Sikes Jr., Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard H. Middleton JR., Savannah, for appellee. Other party representation: Ryburn C. Ratterree and Kimberly C. Harris Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, Savannah.
    Case Number: A09A1224

    Fact questions existed as to whether an independent contractor who constructed a handicap access ramp negligently performed the ramp constru

  • Kringle v. Elliott

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Cotton, Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles A. Shenton IV Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1043

    The dog owner was entitled to a directed verdict on the issue of her dog's propensity to

  • Lewis v. Nicholas Fin. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew H. Agatston, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott R. King Slater & King, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A2072

    Under O.C.G.A. § 11-9-609 b 2, a secured party may take possession of the secured collateral without judicial process, only if the repossession proceeds without a breach of the

  • Bergen v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Dunn Jr. Public Defender's Office, LaFayette, and Deborah L. Allen, Assistant Public Defender, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, LaFayette, and Melissa A. Pittman District Attorney's Office, Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2350

    The trial court erred in revoking more than two years of the defendant's probation in the absence of evidence that he committed a f

  • Reynolds Properties, Inc. v. Bickelmann

    Publication Date: 2009-11-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristine R. Tarrer, Eatonton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas P. Allen III Martin Snow LLP, Macon, for appellee. Other party representation: Ned Blumenthal Weissman, Nowak, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A09A1164

    A realty was not entitled to a commission where the buyers and sellers agreed to terminate the real estate sales contract and to release all parties from their responsibil

  • Martin v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Kenner Jr., Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles A. Spahos, Solicitor General, and Jefferson F. Upchurch, Assistant Solicitor General, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1656

    Trial counsel was not deficient for failing to object to prior difficulty evidence that a few months earlier, while his girlfriend was pregnant, the defendant pushed her several times during an arg

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, and W. Scott Brannen, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0894

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the videotape of the victim's forensic interview, since the interviewer developed rapport with the child, did not attempt to influence the c

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas C. Vassy, Solicitor General, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1141

    A state trooper had authority to do to the door of the defendant's apartment in the court of his DUI investig

  • Bauman v. Humphries

    Publication Date: 2009-10-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Cole, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen W. Bodiford, Stockbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1096

    The trial court erred in incarcerating the appellant based only upon a letter from opposing counsel asserting that she had not complied with the terms of a prior