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  • Simpson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwayne Simpson, Bainbridge, proceeded pro se. Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, and Allen R. Knox, Assistant District Attorney, Douglas, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A1389

    The defendant was not entitled to an out-of-time appeal because the issues he sought to raise could not be resolved by reference to facts contained in the

  • City of Atlanta v. Yusen Air & Sea Serv. Holdings Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Hunter, Jason P. Wright, Cheryl A. Barnes and Laurie W. Daniel Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John M. Harris Jr. and Kirby A. Glaze Glaze, Glaze, Harris & Arnold PC, Jonesboro, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1230

    The city of Atlanta's declaration of taking violated O.C.G.A. § 32-3-6, because the authorizing ordinance allowed the City Attorney to choose between two alternative taking me

  • Singleton d/b/a Singleton Constr. Co. v. State of Ga., Dep't of Human Resources

    Publication Date: 2003-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. Blackburn Jr. Wiseman, Blackburn & Futrell, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Michael C. Taylor Office of District Attorney, Child Support Enforcement, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Nina J. Edidin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1546

    O.C.G.A. § 19-6-30 et seq. provides for service of notice upon payor by regular mail and notice is deemed to be perfected upon mailing so defendant had sufficient notice, even though his wife signed

  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack E. Harrell Jr. Clarke & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor, and Jason R. Samuels Solicitor General's Office, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1961

    The numeric accuracy of the air flow resulting in an insufficient breath sample was not relevant to the defendant's alleged refusal to take the breath

  • The Rental Equip. Group Inc. v. MACI LLC

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Childs, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles A. Gower, Columbus, and John P. Cannon, Albany, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1293

    The jury's award of $3.678 million in damages for promissory estoppel and/or breach of contract was within the range of damages shown by the evidence, including plaintiffs' detrimental reliance on d

  • State v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. McDade, District Attorney, Christopher R. Johnson and Pamela D. Brophy, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank C. Winn Winn, Price & Winn, Douglasville, and Bert W. Cohen, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1548, A03A1549

    Nothing in O.C.G.A. § 17-7-53.1 allows a quashed accusation to trigger the prosecutor

  • Lovelace v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Wolinski, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, and Sarah L. Stimac, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1228

    The defendant failed to show harm from the trial court's order requiring him to wear a "stun" belt, which was not visible to th

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, and Kevin W. Durmmond Hamrick, Drummond & Miller LLP, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1103

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's ruling that application of Georgia's rape-shield statute to evidence about the victim's non-sexual relationship with her ex-boyfriend violated the de

  • Bonner v. Brunson

    Publication Date: 2003-08-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter C. hartridge, Edgar P. Williams and David M. Conner Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David H. Johnson McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson LLP, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1514

    The individual defendant was not personally liable for his limited liability company's alleged debt because there was no evidence that he abused the form of the LLC by commingling or confusing LLC b

  • Weiss v. Old Republic Nat'l Title Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Parker, Brady S. McFalla Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, and Nicole L. Day Greenberg, Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William B. Brown and Jacqueline Marcucci Heyman & Sizemore LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0247

    The plaintiffs did not waive their right to assert a claim for breach of ty of title by not filing a written objection pursuant to the terms of the sales contract because the provisions of the