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  • Rouse v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth.

    Publication Date: 2004-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew J. Hinton Jr. Hinton & Powell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Malcolm Smith and Kevin A. Doyle Lokey & Smith, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A2492

    A question of fact remained as to whether the defendants were obligated to install a safety feature specially designed to avoid the type of injury that the plaintiff received on an escalator in a tr

  • Pope v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brett D. Turner Turner & Willis PC, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2186

    The evidence authorized the jury to find the defendant guilty as a party to the crimes of armed robbery, kidnapping, false imprisonment, burglary and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon arising

  • Lowery v. Atlanta Heart Assoc. PC

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis R. Feingold Northcutt, Edwards & Feingold, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul E. Weathington and John D. Hocutt Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: James T. McDonald Jr. Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A04A0193

    It was the plaintiff's duty to obtain a ruling on his motion to extend the period for filing an expert affidavit in his medical malpractice action, and the failure to do so before the trial court gr

  • State v. Gomez

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor, and Gary S. Vey, Assistant Solicitor, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Martin M. Del, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2347

    The state court should not have considered the defendant's untimely motion to suppress DUI evi

  • Bennett v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, St. Mary's, for Bennett. Robert W. Lenzer and Thomas P. Lenzer Lenzer & Lenzer, Norcross, for Jacobs. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Dan W. Mayfield, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A2439; A03A2440

    The trial court's error in admitting the defendant's statement in violation of the co-defendant's Sixth Amendment rights under Bruton was harmless, since the evidence against the co-defendant was ov

  • Nash v. Ohio Nat'l Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hayes M. Dever and Patricia J. Duffy Friedman, Dever & Merlin LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen S. Willingham Love & Willingham, and Michael T. Thornton, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1822; A03A1823

    The plaintiff was on notice in 1992 that the life insurance policy he purchased was a variable life insurance policy since his accountant informed him at that time that the policy was based on a pro

  • Ogden v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, St. Mary's, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0097

    The defendant demanded money from the victim while displaying a closed knife with a quick release b

  • Evans v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D. Wilson, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Margaret E. Bagley and Julia A. Slater, Assistant District Attorneys, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0287

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to sever the rape and false imprisonment charges relating to one victim from the charges involving the other victims because the incidents de

  • Tunnelite Inc. v. Estate of Rebecca Wight Cherry Sims

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Koski The Koski Firm PC, Vincent M. Tilley and G. Roger Land, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shelby A. Outlaw The Outlaw Firm, Decatur, Irwin W. Stolz Jr. Winburn, Lewis, Barrow & Stolz PC, Athens, James L. Paul and Michael S. Welsh Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Vernitia A. Shannon and John A. Ayoub Fulton County Attorney's Office, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A1861

    An intrastate federal judgment does not need to be domesticated before it is recognized or attains lien status in Georgia state c

  • Galardi v. Steele Inman

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aubrey T. Villines Jr. and Heidi A. Honis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Spencer J. Krupp Spix, Krupp & Reece PC and Lawrence L. Bennett Jr., Atlanta, for appellant. Other party representation: O. Jackson Cook The Cook Law Office, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A2565

    The doctrine of respondeat superior does not apply in slander