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  • In the Interest of TM

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta. Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Elisabeth G. MacNamara, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A0211

    The ju handed another student something in the school parking lot and the other student handed a clear plastic bag containing marijuana to the campus security supervisor when asked what the j

  • Georgia State Fin. & Inv. Comm'n v. XL Speciality Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Denise E. Whiting-Pack, Assistant Attorney General, and George C. Reid Autry Horton & Cole LLP, Atlanta, for Georgia State Fin. & Inv. Comm. William R. Wildman, Kent W. Collier Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, John C. McManus, George W. Warlick McManus & Graham, Alexander Yusupov Hays & Potter PC, John V. Burch, Marc H. Bardack, Christina A. Craddock Bovis, Kyle & Burch LLC, Charles B. Marsh Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Ronald J. Garber Shapiro, Fussell, Wedge & Smotherman, Atlanta, and Jefferson B. Slagle Thompson, Slagle & Hannan PC, Duluth, for XL Specialty Ins. Co. Marc H. Bardack, John V. Burch and William R. Bryant Bovis, Kyle & Burch LLC, Atlanta, for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. Alan S. Lowe, Ellen Schoolar Alan S. Lowe & Assocs. PC, Savannah, David R. Cook Jr. and George C. Reid Autry Horton & Cole LLP, Atlanta, for Bonitz.Other party representation: Jerald R. Hanks Hanks Brookes LLC, Lloyd B. Hedrick Jr., Stacey K. Hydrick Hedrick Law LLC, James T. Budd Mabry & McClelland LLP, Robert P. Marcovitch, Andrew K. Susong Gaslowitz Frankel LLC, Stephen M. Schatz, Fredric W. Stearns Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Melinda L. Moseley Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP, William R. Wildman, Kent W. Collier Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Ronald J. Garber Shapiro, Fussell, Wedge & Smotherman, Jerald R. Hanks, Brandon G. Day Hanks Brookes LLC, James T. Budd Mabry & McClelland LLP, Michael J. Athans, Matthew A. Barrett Fields, Howell, Athans & McLaughlin LLP, Kenneth Sisco Hawkins & Parnell, Edward H. Lindsey Jr., David M. Abercrombie Goodman McGuffey Lindsey & Johnson, Atlanta, Robert D. Steinberg, Dewitte Thompson Jr. Thompson, Slagle & Hannan LLC, Duluth, Michael J. Classens Edenfield, Cox & Classens, Statesboro, George L. Welborn Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams, Jonathan D. Crumly Little & Crumly LLC, Marietta, Paul Crabtree Continental Lightning Protection Inc., Lilburn, Charlie Johnson Sprinkler Contractors Inc., Soperton, and Wendy F. Keane, Raymond L. Deluca Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, Pa.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A0504, A10A0581

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to a subcon r on an insurer's claim, because some evidence showed that subcon r negligently performed its obligations under the con

  • Gaston v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Stephany J. Luttrell, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2318

    Although the trial court had discretion to set aside its order granting a new trial for a meritorious reason, it erred in basing its ruling on consideration of exhibits attached to the state's motio

  • Georgia Institute of Technology v. Hunnicutt

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James G. Jackson Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta LLC, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Todd K. Maziar, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Delece Brooks State Board of Workers' Compensation, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A10A0377

    The trial court did not err in confirming the award of TTD ben to the appellee as timely, because her Request for Catastrophic Designation operated as an application for additional TTD ben

  • Mandato & Assocs. v. Sepulveda Masonry

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Jason Pettus and Sean L. Gill Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Neal C. Scott Misner, Scott & Martin, William E. Turnipseed, Mark J. Boyd Savell & Williams LLP, Robert A. Luskin, Kevin A. Spainhour Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP, Atlanta, Michael A. Penn The Penn Law Firm PC, Alpharetta, and Glenn E. Cooper, Norcross, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A0751

    A general contactor's insurer had no subrogation rights against subcontractors, because the insurer's failure to secure the general contractor's written consent to a $325K settlement created an inde

  • Dabbs v. Key Equip. Fin. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Brian Raley Raley & Sandifer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher A. Riley, Lisa K. Bojko Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and J. Blake Mayes Sacks Tierney PA, Scottsdale, Ariz., for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0825

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to an equipment company and failing to grant summary judgment to the alleged guarantor/employee-the guaranty executed by employee was not enforceab

  • In the Interest of D. C.

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephanie R. Lindsey, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Nathan A. Kratzert, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0729

    The state complied with O.C.G.A. § 15-11-30.2 a 3's requirements in transferring the juvenile's criminal case to superior

  • Community Marketplace Properties LLC v. Suntrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey B. Talley Jeffrey B. Talley & Assocs. PC, Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Caroline B. Stefaniak Husch Blackwell Sanders LLC, Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0595

    The trial court did not err in denying a debtor's summary judgment motion, because the bank substantially complied with O.C.G.A. § 13-1-11, by sending a letter to the debtor stating its intent to fo

  • State v. Billings

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Candace K. Slezak, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donna L. Clement Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0591

    A Miranda warning was not required prior to defendant's arrest, because the officer's questioning did not occur in a custodial situ

  • Lott v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica R. Towne Clark & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for Lott. Donn M. Peevy Peevy & Lancaster PC, Lawrenceville, for Watson. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Stephen A. Fern, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A0558, A10A0559

    Probable cause supported issuance of the search warrant for the defendant's house, because it was based on a named informant making a statement against penal interest and on personal observ