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  • Ray v. Scottish Rite Children's Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. White, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Dow N. Kirkpatrick II, Robert P. Riordan and Christopher A. Riley Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1495

    Plaintiffs' claims against a hospital for negligent retention of the doctor who cared for their son were barred by the medical malpractice statute of limitation and statute of r

  • Goodwin v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven W. Reighard, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Kenya M. Kuykendoll, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1080

    The defendant failed to show that the trial court refused to rule on his motion for a reconstructed trans

  • Miller v. Vitner

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald W. Johnson The Johnson Law Firm, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rush S. Smith Jr. and James E. Looper Jr. Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0663

    Expiration of the 5-year medical malpractice statute of repose barred plaintiff from renewing her malpractice suit following her voluntary dismissal, even though she filed her original action within

  • Wentworth v. Eckerd Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford E. Alexander and Robert J. Hulsey, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: John W. Campbell and Kristine J. Moschella Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1825

    The plaintiff failed to show that the defendant had constructive knowledge of the substance she slipp

  • Morgan v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, and Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2276

    Defendant failed to show that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to call several unnamed witnesses who allegedly would have testified in his

  • Prins v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Kraus, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1511

    Bank teller reasonably believed defendant had a gun, given evidence that defendant handed her a note saying he had a gun and that she could not see his

  • State v. Goodwin

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Melvin E. Hyde Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank K. Martin and John T. Martin The Martin Firm, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1271

    The state failed to show that defendant left Georgia or concealed herself so that she could not be arrested on arson charges before the statute of limitation ex

  • Grimes v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cindi L.T. Yeager, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Andrew J. Saliba and Maria B. Golick, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1247

    Defendant's use of counterfeit bills to purchase merchandise which he later returned for a cash refund supported his forgery convic

  • Sheets v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meng H. Lim Murphy, Murphy & Garner, Bremen, for appellant.
    for defendant: James R. Osborne, District Attorney, and Elizabeth L. Larson, Assistant District Attorney, Buchanan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1313

    Because the defendant used eight of 10 strikes against female prospective jurors without striking similarly-situated male prospective jurors, the trial court properly concluded that defendant's reas

  • Pickering Corp. v. Goodwin

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryant H. Bower Jr. and Rebecca R. Crowley Dillard & Bower, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth E. Futch Jr. and Teresa G. Bowen, Blackshear, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0100

    Plaintiff failed to show that the store, which had less than 90 seconds to clean up the water spill before plaintiff slipped, was negl