• Heston v. Lilly

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Van C. Wilks, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stuart Theodore Allen & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2509

    The trial court erred in denying the plaintiff's motion for a new trial without hearing oral arguments as mandated by Uniform Superior Court Rul

  • Pine Tree Publ'g Inc. v. Community Holdings Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren R. Power Power & Westbury LLP, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Katharyne C. Johnson Smith, Welch & Brittain, McDonough, for appellees.

    Case Number: A99A1829

    The trial court had no authority to open the defendant's default under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-55 b without considering whether the plaintiff's final judgment could be set aside pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-11

  • Artzner v. A & A Exterminators Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carol V. Clark and Peter L. Lublin McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . G. Melton Mobley Lokey & Smith, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Allen R. Hirons Krause & Hirons, Marietta.

    Case Number: A00A0620

    The plaintiffs could not rely on a termite inspection report that stated there was no active infestation in the home they purchased from the defendant since they knew the home had prior termite dam

  • Manzi v. Cotton States Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles A. Gower, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward L. Long Jr. Willis, McKenzie & Long, LaGrange, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2021

    The plaintiff lost her right to seek uninsured motorist benefits because her insurance policy required her to notify the defendant within 60 days of her accident with the uninsured driver and she fa

  • State v. Warren

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael G. Kam and Brian D. Lewis Kam & Ebersbach PC, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2085

    The trial court applied the wrong standard of proof when it ruled that the officer lacked "probable cause" to stop the defe

  • Department of Transp. v. Arnold

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, R.O. Lerer, Assistant Attorney General, Donna W. Howell James S.S. Howell Law Offices, Robert W. Diggs Weiner, Yancey & Dempsey and Mark Weinstein, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luke F. Gore Gore, Lee & Curry, Austell, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0646

    Owner of condemned property could recover for his post-taking business losses because he showed that he had to relocate his chiropractic clinic after the DOT condemned most of his parkin

  • In re A.S.O. & N.L.R.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence M. Korn, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Sanders B. Deen and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Reagan W. Dean and David J. Casey, Marietta, and W. Keith Barber Allen & Barber PC, Statesboro.

    Case Number: A99A2241

    The mother waived her right to a separate nonreunification hearing when she consented to the consolidation of that hearing with the action to terminate her parental r

  • Hall v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin P. Bradley and Philip T. Raymond III Shaffer, Raymond & Dalton, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Verna Smith, Dublin, for appellees.

    Case Number: A99A1787

    The trial court erred in finding that the child of a bigamous marriage was illegitimate since the child was born before the marriage was declared

  • Sanders v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David R. Tyndall Moore, Chambliss & Allen, Moultrie, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Andrew W. Pope, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, Anthony S. Gunn and Wesley J. Lewis, Assistant District Attorneys, Moultrie, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0697

    The trial court properly ordered defendant's removal from the courtroom after he repeatedly interrupted the proceedings and stated that he would continue to

  • Schoen v. Cherokee County

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen F. Lanier, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert M. Mahler, Canton, for appellees.

    Case Number: A99A1670

    The Board of Commissioners did not violate Georgia's Open Meetings Act when it met with the county attorney to discuss a proposed consent order involving pending zoning litig