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  • 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

  • Baxter v. Wakefield

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Cyrus Malone III, Freisem, Swann & Malone, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charis L. Johnson Law Office of Allen & Assoc., Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1787

    The trial court's refusal to charge on joint enterprise in a case involving two speeding drivers headed to a common destination deprived the plaintiff of her theory of her case as raised by the evi

  • Pregler v. C&Z Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Kiser Kiser & Assocs., Loganville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sharon T. McCoy and Lance T. McCoy Rich, Smith & McCoy, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0119

    A non-disclosure clause was unenforceable as to inform that was not a trade secret because the clause had no time limit

  • Stokes v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Fulton County Conflict Defender Inc., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1668

    Evidence that the defendant threw the victim to the ground repeatedly and fell on and broke her ankle supported his conviction for aggravated ba

  • Coker v. Deep S. Surplus of Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Fred Orr II and James G. Edwards II Orr & Edwards, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell B. Davis, Sean L. Hynes Downey & Cleveland, Marietta, Theodore Salter Jr. Salter & Richards, and Michael J. Goldman Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1359

    A safety inspection company was not immune from suit under the Workers' Compensation Act since it was not the employer's insurance carrier and had no contract or agreement with the plaintiff's empl

  • Lincoln v. Tyler

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen E. Lockerman IV Newman, Sapp & Lockerman LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donald D. Stack and Jonathan L. Schwartz Stack & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0938

    Evidence that defendants took inadequate erosion control measures in developing adjacent land and did not respond to tiffs' complaints about flooding on their property supported the fee award t

  • Crowther v. Estate of Crowther

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Hamrick Gnann Jr. Gannam & Gnann, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert R. Cook Hendrix Law Firm, Richmond Hill, Kimberly C. Harris and Karen D. Barr, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2291

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to allow decedent's wife to withdraw her admissions that she was married to another man when she married the decedent and that she had not d