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  • Pearson b/n/f Pearson v. Tippmann Pneumatics Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Warshauer, Steven R. Thornton and Lyle G. Warshauer Warshauer, Thomas, Thornton & Rogers PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jonathan R. Friedman McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, and Mark J. Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.
    Case Number: A05A1581

    Trial court's jury charge and recharge on proximate charge were unlikely to have confused or misled the jury into believing that only the last action nearest in time to the plaintiff's injury could

  • Lee v. Thomason

    Publication Date: 2006-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicolle G. Holt, County Attorney, Willie J. Lovett Jr., Rory K. Starkey and Marina K. Duncan County Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen L. Broughton Broughton & Fernandez and Brian C. McCarthy, Roswell, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1945

    Loss of consortium damages are not absolutely dependant on proof of a loss or impairment of sexual rela

  • Cohen v. Allstate Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2006-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert A. Moss Moss & Rothenberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melynee Leftridge Sharon W. Ware & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Charis L. Johnson Law Office of Allen & Assoc., Atlanta.
    Case Number: A05A1986

    A nominal judgment against the defendant in an injury suit was a condition precedent to the plaintiffs' ability to recover against their UM ca

  • Freeman v. Wheeler

    Publication Date: 2006-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry B. Hatcher, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas E. Greer Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer PC, Carrollton, for appellees. Other party representation: Deborah S. Moses and Brittany L. Tuggle Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A05A1632

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to the defendants on the plaintiff's claim for damages to his "peace, happiness and feelings," since there was no evidence that the defendants' acti

  • Bentley v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seven A. Cook, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Ann B. Harris and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2058

    The trial court properly excluded evidence that the aggravated assault and child cruelty victim threatened to blow up his school with dynamite approximately three months prior to the crimes at

  • Bowman v. Century Funding Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William H. Arroyo and Paul G. Wersant William H. Arroyo & Assocs., Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James C. Joedecke Jr. Anderson, Tate & Mahaffey PC and Donald W. Osborne White, Schuerman, Rhodes & Burson LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A2080

    A factual question remained as to whether decedent's affidavit provided actual or constructive notice of the plaintiff's claimed interest in certain real pro

  • Cochran v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. McCarthy and Bentley C. Adams III Office of the Pub. Defender, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Stephen E. Spencer and Herbert M. Poston Jr., Assistant District Attorneys, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1700

    The defendant stabbed the victim repeatedly as the victim walked away from the defendant's ve

  • Norris v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Anagnostakis, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrolton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0377

    The trial judge did not participate in the plea process when he responded negatively to defense counsel's requests for assurance that he would not sentence the defendant to more than the state's 30-

  • Thornton v. Mankovitch

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. McDonald Jr. and Jamie P. Woodard Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Roy B. Roberts, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A2003

    The plaintiff lacked standing to sue, since the Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee's settlement of the estate resulted in the corporation becoming de

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Drew Findling and Cris E. Schneider The Findling Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jewel C. Scott, District Attorney, and Billy J. Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1491

    The defendant confessed that he was the masked gunman who accosted two employees, forced them into a business office and robbed a movie th