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  • Steele v. Georgia Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2005-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T. Cathey, David A. Sleppy Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, and Matthew T. Allen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston and Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1626

    The DOT is not exempt from liability for failing to conform a roadway's shoulder slope ste to generally accepted engineering and design standards after road-widening projects increased the st

  • Nowill v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirk E. Gilliard Garrett & Gilliard PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Madonna M. Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2141

    Although the trial court's Allen charge contained inappropriate language, the charge as a whole was not impermissibly coe

  • Benton v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan R. Melnick, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Daniel M. Hirsch, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1300

    Generally, a jury's recommendation of leniency is mere surplusage, which does not affect the validity of a ve

  • Dixon v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Strauss, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Monroe, and Layla V. Hinton, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1682

    The officer had probable cause, under the totality of the circumstances, to stop the defendant for a suspected violation of O.C.G.A. § 40-8-7, which prohibits the operation of a vehicle with lightin

  • Blockum v. Fieldale Farms Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victor Blockum, Athens, proceeded pro se. Jay D. Bennett and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A04A2027

    The Court could not consider the plaintiff's supplemental because it was a complete revision of his initial

  • Bryan v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Corbin, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Mark P. Higgins Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1512

    The trial court should have merged the defendant's convictions for methamphe possession and methamphe possession with intent to distribute with his conviction for manufacturing methamph

  • Porter v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Strauss, Newton County Public Defender, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Monroe, and Layla V. Hinton, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2218

    Because the defendant's letter to his ex-wife regarding his alleged molestation of a similar transa victim was not testimony, it was not subject to a continuing witness obje

  • DeSouza v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight L. Thomas and Caprice R. Jenerson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Samuel W. Lengen and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1844

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in declaring a mistrial where the jury was hopelessly deadl

  • Henderson v. Gandy

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Venker, Andrew R. Kirschner Kirschner & Venker PC, Atlanta, and Michael W. McElroy, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Paul E. Weathington, Robert T. Strang III, Simuel F. Doster Jr. Allen & Weathington PC, Jeffrey D. Braintwain Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Brynda R. Insley Insley & Race, and Ashley P. Nichols Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A1478

    Georgia's Fair Business Practices Act does not apply to private transac

  • Navajo Constr. Inc. v. Brigham

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ravelle D. Smith Vaughn & Evans, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sidney P. Wright, Rome, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A2272

    The trial court erred in granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment where the plaintiff presented a prima facie claim of tre