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  • Runion v. Hofer

    Publication Date: 2000-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert K. Prater, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles F. Peebles and Lane R. Frostbaum, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1215

    Builders' failure to correct numerous construction defects in plaintiffs' new home, despite notice, supported jury's award of bad faith attorneys'

  • Furlong v. Dyal

    Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: O. Wayne Ellerbee and John K. Edwards Sr., Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George T. Talley Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston & Holland, Matthew R. Lawrence and Susan H. Sumner, Valdosta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1639

    Plaintiff who was injured in a multi-car collision proved causation through investigating officer's opinion that she was struck from b

  • In the Interest of J.L.K., J.P.M and P.S.M.

    Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. McGee III and William R. Little, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, John C. Shelton, Atlanta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellee. Other party representation: Andrew C. Spivey, Waycross.
    Case Number: A00A2026, A00A2027

    Evidence that mother has a 10-year-old's mental capacity and that father was blinded in an alcohol related fight supported finding that they are unable to care for their chi

  • Treglown v. K-Mart Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bobby L. Cook, Summerville, Charles G. Price Smith, Price & Wright, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: James S. Strawinski Strawinski & Goldberg LLP and George A. Koenig Dennis, Corry, Porter & Gray, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0723

    The plaintiff was not entitled to a new trial on his loss of consortium claim since there was conflicting evidence as to whether his wife's fatigue and lack of energy was related to her physical inj

  • Bazemore v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, Robert R. McNeill and Thomas E. Csider, Assistant Solicitors, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0071

    DUI defendant was entitled to discover those records of the state forensic chemist that related to the actual test of his

  • Solomon v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronnie K. Batchelor, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1070

    Investigator's testimony that he used defendant's mug shot in a pretrial photographic line-up did not place defendant's character in

  • In the Interest of S.T., K.T. and M.T.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Gustinella, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, John R. Strother III Duffy, Feemster & Lewis LLC and Linda J. Carter, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1245

    The mother's failure to comply with her case plan, her voluntary absence from her children, and her inability to support her children or provide a home for them clearly supported the finding that te

  • Spivey v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason K. Hoffman, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford P. Bowden, District Attorney, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0074

    Armed robbery defendant was not entitled to a jury instruction on the lesser included offense of criminal attempt, since she accepted some of the stolen money and allowed one of her accomplice's to

  • Wells v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton K. Nelson III, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph M. Walke, District Attorney, and Tracie J. Hobbs, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0086

    Evidence of a less than 10-percent disparity between the percentage of African-Americans in the county's 1990 census and the percentage of African-Americans in the entire jury venire did not support

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, and Kimberly A. Gross, Assistant Solicitor, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A98A2280

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that the trial court abused its discretion in ordering the defendant to pay the travel costs of the states' out-of-state witn