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  • In the Interest of C. A. W.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason K. Hoffman, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Melanie Barbee-Cross, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0599

    The father failed to maintain a familial bond with his 2-year-old child and generally ignored his case plan require

  • Ficklin v. Hyundai Motor Am. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arm M. Budow, Shireen Hormozdi Krohn & Moss Ltd., Atlanta, and Scott M. Cohen Krohn & Moss Ltd, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
    for defendant: Jill C. Kuhn and Charles K. Reed McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2326

    The plaintiff waived the 30-day filing requirement for affi in support of summary judgment when he declined the trial court's offer of a continuance after the defendant filed an untimely affi

  • In the Interest of R. H. L.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James H. Finkelstein, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Paula K. Hanington, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1857

    The mother had psychological problems that she refused to address and consistently kept her child out of school for a mild to moderate skin disorder that she was unreasonably convinced could kil

  • Covin v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph S. Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Sandra G. Rivers and Thomas R. McBerry, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2364

    The defendant entered his guilty plea knowingly and voluntarily on the second day of trial, after his co-defendant announced his intent to plead guilty and the state rested its

  • Covin v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph S. Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Sandra G. Rivers and Thomas R. McBerry, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2364

    The defendant entered his guilty plea knowingly and voluntarily on the second day of trial, after his co-defendant announced his intent to plead guilty and the state rested its

  • Chamblin v. K-Mart Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen L. Ivie, Ashburn, and John M. Brown, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Nicole W. Stout and James S. Strawinski Strawinski & Goldberg LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2203

    Under the learned intermediary rule, the prescribing physician, not the pharmacist, has the duty to counsel or warn his/her patients about the possible adverse effects of prescribed medica

  • Fennell v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark J. Nathan, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1859

    The defendant was not entitled to a reversal of his conviction for the sale of a controlled substance based on the district attorney's improper comments in closing, since he failed to renew his obj

  • Hart v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin L. Melton III, Hartwell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, and Richard K. Bridgeman, Assistant District Attorney, Toccoa, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1997

    Trial counsels' decision not to raise the defendant's mental health in connection with his obstruction charge was based on trial strategy, since they intended to argue that defendant kicked the offi

  • In the Interest of K. S.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa G. Bowen, Blackshear, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2134

    A finding of deprivation must be based on the parent's unfi

  • In the Interest of S. G.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hurl R. Taylor Jr., Ellenwood, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mark J. Cicero, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert G. Nardone, Avondale Estate, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0212

    The mother's severe mental deficiency-paranoid schizophrenia-rendered her unable to adequate care for her