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  • Sagon v. Peachtree Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons PC

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven K. Leibel, Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Shun Daugherty and Terrell W. Benton III Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2122

    The jury charges as given provided a full and correct statement of the law regarding the standard of care, which applied to all of the professional health care providers involved, and were not confu

  • In the Interest of J. M. B.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. Baker Kirby & Roberts PC, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Evan L. Stapler, Bremen, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2029

    The juvenile court erred in denying the mother's request for co

  • In the Interest of A. A. M.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chestley N. Merritt, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, and Johnathan C. Gaskin, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0553

    No evidence showed that the juvenile or an alleged accomplice had possession of the stolen property and no witness to the burglary test

  • Escobar v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew D. Crosby, Lawrenceville, and John H. Petrey, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0675

    The trial court did not err in allowing a detective to testify regarding the conversation he overheard between the defendant and the CI, since the defendant's statements were admissible as voluntary

  • Daniels v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall K. Strozier III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2091

    The Court of Appeals affirmed the defendant's convictions for aggravated assault, false imprisonment and firearms off

  • Hudson v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Davis Jr. The Davis Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian K. Fortner and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Solicitors General, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0367

    The state's failure to prove venue at the defendant's first trial did not bar her retrial for DUI, misdemeanor obstruction and other ch

  • Giannotti v. Beleza Hair Salon Inc. d/b/a Beleza Salon

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew C. Desautel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sharon E. Andrews Law Offices of Harvey G. Berss, Duluth, for appellees.
    Case Number: A08A1728

    Whether it would violate the standard of care for a cosmetologist to apply heat during a coloring treatment, when the instructions state that additional heat sources are not required, was not an adm

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Folsom, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard W. Shelton, Solicitor, and Sandra K. Guest, Assistant Solicitor General, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2234

    The defendant's sentence, including 12 months on probation, 240 hours of community service and a $500 fine, was not exce

  • Cannon v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony N. Perrotta, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2252

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence that the defendant previously engaged in a similar pattern of grooming a young boy before molestin

  • Smith v. Chemtura Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph J. Villani Villani & Assocs. PC, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John J. Dalton, Kevin A. Maxim and Merle R. Arnold III Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A08A1952

    The plaintiffs failed to state a claim for attractive nuisance, since such a theory is unavailable to adult plaintiffs and no evidence showed that any of the children plaintiffs were trespassing on