• Anderson v. Amason

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Trent B. Speckhals and Hector R. Cora Speckhals & Cora, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew T. Allen, Edward A. Miller Webb, Zsckunke, Miller & Dikeman LLP, Atlanta, and John E. Stell Jr. Russell, Stell, Smith & McLocklin PC, Winder, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A0361

    Official immunity protected a volunteer firefighter who was involved in a deadly accident with plaintiff's wife while rushing to the scene of a head-on collision in a county rescue ve

  • Ow v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward T. Garland, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, Barnesville, and Mark S. Daniel, Assistant District Attorney, Forsyth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0182

    Any error in trial court's refusal to admit audiotape for purposes of showing officer's demeanor during encounter was harmless since tape only recorded statements made after sc

  • Forest Commodity Corp. v. Lone Star Indus. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-05-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy E. Paul, Walter C. Hartridge and David M. Conner Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert S. Glenn Jr. and Colin A. McRae Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A0141

    No jury question remained regarding whether plaintiff was entitled to enforce term of the contract requiring defendant to ship a minimum amount of aggregate stone through plaintiff's terminal space

  • Richards v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold A. Sturdivant and Michele W. Ogletree Sullivan & Sturdivant, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Fayetteville, and Robert H. English, Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0150

    The defendant beat the victim in the with a hammer, causing injuries that required 25 stitches in the victim's left eye and 16 staples in his

  • Atlanta Orthopedic Surgeons v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexander H. Booth and Culley C. Carson IV Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David G. Adams, Savannah, proceeded pro se.

    Case Number: A01A2362

    The trial court erred in failing to grant dismissal of the plaintiff's appeal of his medical malpractice action since the plaintiff's actions in causing three year and four month delay in filing of

  • Craft v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Anagnostakis, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: James R. Osborne, District Attorney, and Laura L. Herrin, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2197

    Evidence that the defendant shot victim in leg with rifle supported his aggravated assault convi

  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney E. Davis, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Amy E. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2458

    The trial court erred by limiting defendant's cross-examination of his co-defendants regarding the maximum sentence for armed robbery where the co-defendants negotiated reduced sentences in exchange

  • Unified Gov't of Athens-Clarke County, Ga. v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Berryman Jr. McLeod, Benton, Lowery & Meeks, Athens, and Charles N. Pursley Jr. Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Edward Allen Jr. and Richard L. Ford Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2441

    Evidence showing condemned property's close proximity to the University of Georgia and the city of Athens as well as the deteriorated nature of the immediately surrounding neighborhood allowed the

  • Joel v. Chastain

    Publication Date: 2002-03-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin H. Rubin and David C. Joel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren R. Hinds, Roswell, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2501

    Evidence that defendant's inadequately supervised employee falsely represented himself to be an attorney and settled plaintiff's case without her consent supported the jury's award of mental distres

  • Thompson v. Ledbetter

    Publication Date: 2002-03-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Salvatore J. Serio Serio & Swilley, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Edward Allen Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A2494

    The trial court erred by directing a verdict for the defendant in plaintiff's personal injury suit where the evidence showed that defendant's employee had driven defendant's truck on several prior o