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  • Ellerbee v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brace W. Luquire and William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Melvin E. Hyde Jr., Assistant District Attorney, and Robert B. Bickerstaff II District Attorney's Office, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0355

    Defendant's conviction for theft by deception could not stand because there was no evidence to show that he used deceitful means or artful practice to intentionally defraud a vehicle supplier of its

  • Milby v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Tara M. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0431

    An officer's general practice of patting down anyone who exits a car does not provide a reasonable basis for concluding that the subject is a threat to the officer's s

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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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, Kevin W. Drummond and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorneys, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1103

    Application of Georgia's rape-shield statute to irrelevant evidence about the victim's relationship with her ex-boyfriend did not violate the defendant's confrontation

  • Blaney v. Heron

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert M. Pearson III and Nicholas C. Moraitakis Mills, Moraitakis & Kushel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Kara A. Hicks Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0698

    A doctor's actions raised factual issues as to whether she was entitled to the good faith immunity under O.C.G.A. § 19-7-5 f for reporting suspected child

  • Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am. v. Crutchfield

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Hannan III and Allen S. Willingham Love & Willingham, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey G. Casurella Law Offices of Jeffrey G. Casurella, Atlanta, Jerry A. Landers Jr. Browning & Tanksley, Marietta, John C. Bell Jr. Bell, James & Bentley, Augusta, and M. Scott Barrett Barrett & Assocs., Chicago, Ill., for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0476

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting class certification for claims against a life insurance company regarding underpayment of post-mortem interest on life insurance pro

  • Spencer v. Gary Howard Enters. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexander J. Repasky, Marietta, and Gerald W. Abendroth Abendroth Law Office, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas C. Rogers Douglas C. Rogers & Co. PC, Moultrie, and William E. Holland Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston & Holland, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0306

    Defendant's knowledge of one prior DUI incident involving his employee was insufficient to establish actual knowledge of the employee's habitual reckles

  • Yang v. Washington

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal H. Howard, William D. James Neal H. Howard PC and Joann Brown-Williams, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Gary R. McCain Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0274

    The trial court's error in refusing to allow the plaintiff an opportunity to voir dire the defendants' expert was harmless, given the expert's qualifica

  • Brock v. Allen d/b/a Complete Pest Control

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna S. Golden, Jefferson, and Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles E. Rogers Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Joseph R. Cruser, Jennifer M. McBath Cruser & Mitchell LLP, Philip W. Savrin and Brian K. Schumacher Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0114

    A plaintiff can maintain a professional negligence claim against an extermi

  • Ades v. Werther

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hayes M. Dever, Michael F. O'Neill and Alison D. Arce Dever & Merlin LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Ross, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0458

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the plaintiff based on the theory of unjust enrichment where the evidence showed the existence of a con

  • Flournoy v. Goble

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Franklin Jr. and Terri M. Yates Oliver, Maner & Gray, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald W. Hallman, Claxton, and Berrien L. Sutton Sutton & Assocs. PC, Homerville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0436; A02A0437

    The verdict awarding the plaintiff damages for personal injuries in a medical negligence action was inconsistent with the verdict denying her husband damages for loss of conso