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  • Barber v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shawna M. Woods Head, Thomas, Webb & Willis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0618

    The defendant willingly participated in a gunfight in a parking lot and an innocent bystander was fatally wounded during the exchange of gu

  • Gingold v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2005-04-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Bart Gary and Erica S. Jansen Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linley Jones, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0338

    The plaintiff's malpractice a against his bankruptcy attorney was the property of his bankruptcy estate, because his cause of a accrued prior to commencement of his bankruptcy a

  • Gingold v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2005-04-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Bart Gary and Erica S. Jansen Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linley Jones, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0338

    The plaintiff's malpractice a against his bankruptcy attorney was the property of his bankruptcy estate, because his cause of a accrued prior to commencement of his bankruptcy a

  • Baskin v. Georgia Dep't of Corrections

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter D. Adams, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Reagan W. Dean and David E. Langford, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A1878

    The plaintiff was not required to follow the discretionary appeals procedures provided in the Prison Litigation Reform Act, since he was no longer a prisoner at the time he filed his renewed 42 USC

  • Crenshaw v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Dowell, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0399

    Trial counsel's failure to object to references to defendant's silence did not contribute to the outcome of his trial, given the evidence of his

  • Knight v. American Suzuki Motor Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy M. Budow, Eric S. Fortas and Adam J. Krohn Krohn & Moss Ltd., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jefferson M. Allen McGuire Woods LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2106

    Plaintiff's claim for breach of an express warranty in connection with the purchase of a new vehicle manufactured by d nt could not survive summary judgment, since the evidence showed that the

  • At Sys. Southeast Inc. v. Carnes

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. McCarter Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Allen L. Broughton Broughton & Fernandez, Roswell, and Peter A. Law, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1879

    $1.25 million award to plaintiff for injuries she sustained when vehicle she was riding in was hit by an armored truck operated by the defendant's employee was supported by evidence of her considera

  • Howard v. Barron

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary F. McCord, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert W. Lamb and Hannibal F. Heredia, Cartersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A2007

    The misrepresentation of or failure to disclose the zoning on property for sale cannot serve as a basis for a fraud action, because zoning is a matter o

  • Vasser v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2267

    The trial court's error in admitting an in-custody videotaped statement that was taken after the defendant invoked his right to counsel was harmless, since the jury already knew he was convicted of

  • Hill v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah M. Vaughan Novy, Jaymes & Vaughan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey H. Brickman, Acting District Attorney, Thomas E. Csider and Barbara B. Conroy, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0777

    The trial court had authority to correct the defendant's original sentence so that it complied with the recidivist statute, O.C.G.A. § 17-10-7 c, because the defendant's original 12-year sentence was