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  • 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

  • White v. Kaminsky

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry A. Ballew, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory J. Digel, Fred R. Slotkin Jr. Holland & Knight LLP and Louis R. Cohan Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2111

    The trial court erred in failing to apply the rules of contract construction to resolve an ambiguity in certain real property covenants with regard to the design and construction of property improve

  • Copper Tire & Rubber Co. v. Merritt

    Publication Date: 2004-12-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip W. Savrin and Sun S. Choy Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Kermit S. Dorough Jr. Divine & Dorough, Albany and Jesse G. Bowles Bowles & Bowles, Cuthbert, for Merritt.
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    Case Number: A04A0811; A04A0812

    Workers' compensation provided the exclusive remedy for the plaintiff's injury due to his employer's negligence in failing to maintain a faulty for

  • Handschuh v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph S. Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven L. Harris, Solicitor General, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0838

    The line of cases typified by Kahl v. State, 268 Ga. App. 879 2004, State v. Goolsby, 262 Ga. App. 867 2003, and State v. Lentsch, 252 Ga. App. 655 2001 are overruled to the extent they hold that p

  • Henderson v. Gandy

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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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

  • Rhone v. Bolden

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. McDonald Jr. and Jamie P. Woodard Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for Rhone and others. Allen W. Bodiford, Stockbridge, and James B. McGinnis, Lawrenceville, for Bolden. Johannes S. Kingma, Shannon M. McKenzie Carlock, Copland, Semler & Stair, and Roger E. Harris Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for Devlin and others. Other party representation: Richard B. Maner Goodman, Hudnall, Abrams PC, Elizabeth J. Bondurant Carter & Ansley, Atlanta, and Ann J. Herrera Russell & Herrera PC, Decatur.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A1596; A4A1597; A04A1598

    The trial court erred in identifying the contempt as criminal instead of civil, where the parties found in contempt were not punished for their past deeds and could purge themselves of the contempt

  • Timeless Architectural Homes Inc. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. McKenzie Jr., Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Taylor W. Jones Taylor W. Jones & Assocs., Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2386

    Factual issues remained as to whether the parties mutually mistakenly believed that the city of Atlanta would automatically grant a single-family residential building permit to the defendant on land

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan P. Layne, Lyons, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, Russell P. Spivey and Karen J. Young, Assistant District Attorneys, Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2146

    The defendant admittedly knew something was going to happen, he was present during the robbery and he told one of the victims to get on the