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  • Hanse v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul A. Morgan, Rory K. Starkey and Robert D. Ware County Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew T. Allen, Atlanta, David A. Sleppy, Edward E. Strain III and Lisa J. Bucko Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A0955

    A police officer was entitled to official immunity in the plaintiffs' wrongful death and injury suit arising out of a high-speed chase, because the decision to initiate and continue the chase was di

  • Mann v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, and David E. Slemons, District Attorney's Office, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1383

    The defendant failed to show how he was harmed by his de counsel's deficient performance in failing to comply with discovery in the presentation of the defendant's insanity de

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah H. Pines, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2011

    The defendant confessed to stealing and burning an automobile and committing the armed robberies of a beer delivery truck and a package

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melissa M. Nelson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2187

    The defendant was not entitled to the severance of his burglary charges, since both crimes demonstrated a common scheme or

  • Brandenburg v. Navy Fed. Credit Union

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Claude L. Goza Jr. McNally, Fox & Cameron, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise R. Griffin, Lawrenceville, for appellee. Other party representation: Eric K. Maxwell, Fayetteville, Albert A. Chapar Jr., Conyers, and Monica K. Gilroy, Roswell.
    Case Number: A05A1138

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the credit union that made a home equity loan to the plaintiff's ex-husband because it did not meet its burden of showing that it acquired its s

  • City of Atlanta v. Harper

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly M. Patrick City of Atlanta Law Dep't, and Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary J. Huber, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1341

    The city of Atlanta improperly restructured the city's office of the internal auditor in order to terminate the appellee from his auditing job due to dissatisfaction with his job perfor

  • In the Interest of B. J. F.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roderick H. Martin and David J. Koontz, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Sanders B. Deen and Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0884

    The mother failed to comply with her case plan requirements, failed to develop a deep bond with her child, and failed to provide any financial support during her child's stay in DFACS' cu

  • City of Atlanta v. Southern States Police Benevolent Assoc. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry D. Fellows Jr. and Laurie E. Dugoniths Fellows, Johnson & La Briola LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Norman J. Slawsky Jacobs & Slawsky, Mary C. Cooney, Atlanta, and Grady K. Dukes, McDonough, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1131

    The boards of three city of Atlanta defined benefit pension plans have the authority to hire a third party administrator to handle the administration of the pension benefits and to obtain advice fro

  • In the Interest of L. A. N.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Thomas L. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert L. Mack Jr., Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2123

    13-year-old juvenile did not have a constitutionally protected privacy interest in having alleged consensual sexual intercourse with her 17-year-old step-br

  • Dotson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace L. Byrd Office of the Pub. Defender, and Roderick K. Bridges, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Barbara M. Collins Solicitor's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2153

    The defendant drove down a neighborhood street, weaved erratically and collided with a car parked on the opposite side of the street from his lane of t