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  • SunTrust Bank Middle Ga. NA v. Harper

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hubert C. Lovein Jr. Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, for SunTrust Bank. William H. Larson, Thomas P. Allen III Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, and Sarah S. Harris, Macon, for Harper. Other party representation: Eugene S. Hatcher Anderson, Walker & Reichert, Macon.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0105; A01A0106

    Guardian breached his duty of undivided loyalty to his ward by failing to inform the probate court of his interest in the ward's joi

  • Trammel v. Clayton County Bd. of Comm'rs

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Lee Sexton & Assocs. PC, Jonesboro, for Trammel. Jack R. Hancock and Brian R. Dempsey Hancock & Echols, Forest Park, for Clayton County Bd. of Comm'rs.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0202; A01A0203

    The trial court lacked jurisdiction over plaintiff's post-jud motion for sanctions because plaintiff did not file his motion within 45 days of the entry of the final jud

  • Harris v. Distinctive Builders Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas C. Harney Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Michael T. Carithers Love, Willingham, Peters, Gilleland & Monyak, Atlanta, for Harris. Craig A. Gillen Gillen, Cromwell, Withers & Brantley, Atlanta, for Dolive. Adam M. Gleklen and Michael Weinstock Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for Distinctive Builders.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0665; A01A0666

    The parties did not enter into an enforceable real estate sales contract involving trust property because plaintiff's offer was conditioned on obtaining the co-trustee's signature and the co-truste

  • Gooch v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-06-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman S. Gunter, District Attorney, and Lynn M. Akeley-Alderman District Attorney's Office, Dahlonega, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0123

    The trial court erred in sentencing defendant for selling methamphetamine after directing a verdict of acquittal on that

  • Corporate Property Investors d/b/a Lenox Square Mall v. Milon

    Publication Date: 2001-05-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George E. Duncan Jr. Duncan & Mangiafico PC, Atlanta, for Corporate Property Investors. Kimberly L. Miller City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Atlanta, for Locke. Charles A. Mathis Jr., David N. Krugler Middleton, Mathis, Adams & Tate, and Thomas F. Cuffie Cuffie and Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for Milon.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0706; A01A0707

    Defendant's could not rely on the arresting officer's professional judgment because the officer did not independently investigate a security guard's claim that plaintiff attempted to shoplift a whit

  • American Global Dev. Group Inc. v. Sasser & Weatherford Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-05-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard K. O'Donnell Menden & O'Donnell, Roswell, and G. Brian Raley The Raley Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donna W. Howell James S. S. Howell Law Offices, and Dennis K. Calhoun, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0007

    A separate created by the defendant to purchase property and build a hotel was entitled to a directed verdict in the plaintiff's suit for breach of a real estate contract because the separate

  • Durrance v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-05-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin H. Eaves, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0828

    Defendant's own testimony that he crossed the center line while speeding, causing the pursuing officers to drive off the road, supported a finding that defendant intended to commit aggravated as

  • Hoffman v. AC&S Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas P. McManamy, Leslie S. Pickett and Charles A. Mathis Jr. Middleton, Mathis Admas & Tate, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ivan A. Gustafson, Christopher G. Conley Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, Bryant & Ashley, Athens, Michael J. Crist Hawkins & Parnell, Jeffrey A. Burmeister and Stevan A. Miller Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2409

    Plaintiff failed to raise a jury issue in her asbestos-related injury suit because none of her witnesses could testify that she was exposed to defendants' pro

  • Gilbert v. Montlick & Assocs. PC

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fred A. Gilbert, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth L. Milwood Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough and Craig E. Bertschi Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Michael J. Gorby and Martha D. Turner Gorby, Reeves, Peters & Burns PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A2284; A00A2286

    Assignment of an attorney's to a third party did not affect the validity of the

  • Bogle v. Bragg

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marvin P. Nodvin The Nodvin Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert G. Tanner Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Robin N. Loeb and Ann H. Coolidge-Kaplan Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2081

    Plaintiff could not show justifiable reliance on any material misrepresentations regarding liens on real property owned by a company that he invested in because the liens were a matter of public r