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  • Cox v. Athens Reg'l Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T .Cathy, Edward E. Strain III, David A. Sleppy Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, Bryan A. Vroon and John W. Crongeyer Vroon & Crongeyer LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Edward Allen Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, and Edward D. Robertson Jr. Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Obetz PC, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0341

    The plaintiffs were not entitled to declaratory relief, since all possible rights between the parties had accrued and all possible obligations had att

  • Estes v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Christopher R. Reeves, Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fred A. Lane Jr., District Attorney, and Allen R. Knox, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0495

    The defendant could not complain that the trial court admitted similar transaction evidence, which the defendant elicited from a witness he c

  • Koncul Enters. Inc. v. Fleet Fin. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher D. Britt and Brent J. Savage Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Howell A. Hall and Michael L. Edwards, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0271

    The 6-years statute of limitation for written agree applied to the plaintiff's claims for breach of contract arising out of five partial purchase agree

  • Henson v. Tucker

    Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John J. Capo and Larry K. Butler Butler & Capo, Jasper, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Eugene B. Chambers Jr. Roach, Hasty & Geiger, Canton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1735

    The defendants did not acquire prescriptive title to the disputed 5.9 acres of land by building a driveway less than seven years before the plaintiffs filed their quiet title

  • Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. Of Ga. v. Doe

    Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Bryan K. Webb, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ralph W. Ellis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren N. Sams III The Sams Law Firm, T. Joshua Archer and Michael J. Bowers Balch & Bingham, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1892

    Material issues of fact remained as to whether the Board of Regents of the University System rgia breached a 1997 employment contract to hire the plaintiff as a tenured full professor and dean

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Smith, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donald N. Wilson, District Attorney, and Charles D. Gafnea, Assistant District Attorney, Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1947

    Trial counsel's former prosecution for murder by the assistant district attorney who prosecuted the defendants' child cruelty case did not present a conflict of int

  • Draper v. Reynolds

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Millard C. Farmer Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher D. Balch and John M. Hamrick Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2155

    Collateral estoppel barred the plaintiff from relitigating issues of whether the defendant acted illegally and without probable cause when he stopped the plaintiff for a tag light violation and arre

  • Malice v. Coloplast Corp.

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen I. Hirsch and Debra M. Buster Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: LeRoy P. Spell Jr. Welch, Spell, Reemsnyder, Pless & Davis PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1983

    The arbitrator did not manifestly disregard the law in determining that the non-compete and non-solicit covenants in the defendant's executive employment agreement were reasonable and enforc

  • Clark v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Word Johnson, Word & Simmons, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2336

    The record belied the defendant's contention that the trial court denied him his right to effectively represent hi

  • Douglas v. Bigley

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin I. Fink and Steven A. Wagner Freed & Berman PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Joseph H. Fowler Hartley, Rowe & Fowler PC, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1970

    The defendants were entitled to a j.n.o.v. on the plaintiff's claim for rescission of her investment con because the alleged illegalities of the scheme were incidental to the purpose of the co