• Crafter v. State Farm Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-09-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Malone, S. Bradley Houck Thomas W. Malone PC, Atlanta, and Gerald S. Mullis Mullis, Marshall, Lindley & Powell, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert R. Gunn II and Thomas P. Allen III Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, Macon, for appellee. Other party representation: Alfred B. Adams III Holland & Knight, Scott D. Delius Magill & Atkinson LLP, Atlanta, and Melody P. F. Laine Shivers & Assocs., Alpharetta.

    Case Number: A01A1549

    Plaintiff was not entitled to additional UM benefits under the negligent driver's policy because the driver's vehicle could not serve as the uninsured vehicle for the purpose of triggering an entitl

  • Martin v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Zoffmann, Smyrna, and Jay L. Palmer, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman and Irvan A. Pearlberg, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1878

    Defendant could not complain about the stipulated admission of unauthenticated crime lab reports in the absence of an allegation of fraud or mi

  • Hollifield v. Monte Vista Biblical Gardens Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Wayne Pierce Pierce & Young, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: F. Carlton King Jr. King & Croft, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A1329

    Defendant acted in bad faith by knowingly building structures that encroached on the plaintiffs' property and admittedly violating the county's building code by building the structures too close to

  • State v. Dodge

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmen Smith, Solicitor, Jody L. Peskin and Cynthia G. Strong-McCarthy, Assistant Solicitors General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1497

    Defense counsel's notice of a of absence failed to comply with USCR 16 because he did not give the state 10-days notice that he was requesting a 33-day

  • Baker v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Chestney The Chestney Hawkins Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and A. Dionne Allen, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1090

    Given the evidence of defendant's intoxication, he could not show prejudice from the state's failure to lay a proper foundation for admission of his Alcosensor test re

  • Byrd v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teddy L. Henley, Rockmart, and Christopher A. Frazier, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tambra P. Colston, District Attorney, and C. Stephen Cox, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1345

    Defendant failed to show that a juror accessed her employer's records to inquire into defendant's hospital trea

  • Hixon v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. House, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Lafayette, and Leonard C. Gregor Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Ringgold, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1267

    Evidence that def ordered her 13-year-old daughter to have sexual intercourse with one man and intentionally encouraged her daughter to continue a sexual relationship with another supported de

  • Stewart v. Bourn

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy D. Chambers Chambers, Chambers & Chambers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John W. Spears Jr., Malane T. Spears Spears & Spears PC, Decatur, and Panos J. Kanes Kanes & Benator, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: John E. Stewart, Smyrna, William O. Johnson Jr., Atlanta, Sarah F. Adams, Jefferson, and Beatrice E. Collier, Chattanooga, Tenn.

    Case Number: A01A0823

    The wrongful death settlement proceeds of a decedent who was survived by siblings and the children of deceased siblings should be distributed according to the laws of descent and distrib

  • Page v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee W. Fitzpatrick, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Scott T. Poole, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A0735

    Defendant's possession of a device commonly used to avoid theft detection sensors supported his conviction for possession of crime

  • Stewart v. Bourn

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy D. Chambers Chambers, Chambers & Chambers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John W. Spears Jr., Malane T. Spears Spears & Spears PC, Decatur, and Panos J. Kanes Kanes & Benator, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: John E. Stewart, Smyrna, William O. Johnson Jr., Atlanta, Sarah F. Adams, Jefferson, and Beatrice E. Collier, Chattanooga, Tenn.

    Case Number: A01A0823

    The wrongful death settlement proceeds of a decedent who was survived by siblings and the children of deceased siblings should be distributed according to the laws of descent and distrib