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  • Boaz v. Latson

    Publication Date: 2003-03-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Roberts and Brandy C. Snyder The Roberts Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Albert B. Wallace, Stephen B. Wallace Albert Bailey Wallace PC, and William R. Latson, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1663

    The 4-year statute of limitation was not tolled on the plaintiff's fraud claim because the defendant did not prevent him from discovering an allegedly fraudulent promissory

  • Head v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2003-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles W. Stephens Stephens & Shuler, Gainesville, and W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward L. Long Jr., Mark L. Degennaro Willis, McKenzie & Long, LaGrange, Paul E. Weathington and Dena K. Stoddard Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A2366

    The original trial court retained jurisdi to revoke its transfer of venue in the underlying medical malpractice case because the trial court did not transfer jurisdi

  • Goldston v. Bank of Am. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott R. King and Andrew N. Gross Slater & King, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Linkous Jr., David G. Ross, Nicole J. Wade and Heather E. Harper Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A2431

    If proven, the allegations in the plaintiff's complaint were sufficient to show that fraud tolled the 10-year statute of limitation on her claims against a bank involving the bank's management of tr

  • Crowe v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Strauss, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Reed, District Attorney, and Robert A. Earnhardt, Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0463

    The defendant failed to show the relevance of the other's driver's chemical test results where his own expert testified that the traces of three drugs in her system would not have affected her abili

  • Sood v. Smeigh

    Publication Date: 2003-02-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert G. Tanner, Shawn D. Scott Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, and Paul E. Weathington Allen, Weathington & Reeves, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam S. Jaffe, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2471

    O.C.G.A. § 9-11-9.1 did not apply to the plaintiff's medical malpractice claim involving simple negligence—defendant's installation of a prosthetic device backwards during plaintiff's total knee rep

  • Razor v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, Jason E. Ashford and Emily E. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1758

    The arresting officer smelled alcohol on defendant's breath during a valid traffic stop, defendant admitted drinking two beers and he failed all but one field sobriety

  • Grant v. Douglas Women's Clinic PC

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph H. King Jr. and Adrienne P. Hobbs King & Hobbs, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ramon D. Sammons Jr., Paul E. Weathington, Gary R. McCain, Robert T. Strang III Allen, Weathington & Reeves PC, and John E. Hall Jr. Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A2187

    The defendant doctor was not entitled to summary judgment where a jury issue remained as to whether a physician/patient relationship existed between the doctor and the plaintiff at the time of the

  • Karoly v. Kawasaki Motors Corp. U.S.A.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul R. Jordan Lawson, Davis, Pickren & Seydel LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert P. Catlin III Coleman & Dempsey, Atlanta, and Richard A. Brown Jr. Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1854

    The plaintiffs could not challenge the trial court's failure to give a requested charge on risk-utility for the first time on a

  • Scara v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen J. Tuggle, Solicitor General, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0022

    The evidence presented by the state showed compliance with O.C.G.A. § 40-6-392 and the corresponding Division of Forensic Services' methods and

  • Head v. CSX Transp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Taylor, John A. Harp and Jefferson C. Callier Taylor, Harp & Callier, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sandra Gray, James E. Gilson Casey, Gilson & Williams PC, Atlanta, and Ray Patterson University of Ga., Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0146

    Defendant could not challenge an alleged conflict of interest between plaintiff's co-counsel and her partner after judgment was en