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  • Howard v. Economy Lodging Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd K. Maziar, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karsten Bicknese and Daniel S. Wright Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1223

    The plaintiff's personal injury action against the defendant was automatically dismissed under O.C.G.A. § 9-2-60 b, since no written order was entered in the case for more than five

  • In the Interest of D. J. F.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Phillips Phillips & Kitchings, Ludowici, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, Jerry W. Caldwell, Jesup, and James A. Chamberlin Jr., Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: W. Jefferson Hires Gordon and Hires, Jesup.
    Case Number: A04A1028

    Evidence that the father failed to establish any parental bond with his child or support her financially supported the termination of his parental r

  • J & M Aircraft Mobile T Hangers Inc. v. Johnston County Airport Auth.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack F. Witcher and Daniel B. Greenfield, Bremen, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David S. DeLugas, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: J. H. Chattin The Georgia Tribe of E. Cherokee, Dahlonega.
    Case Number: A04A1646

    State courts are divested of jurisdiction by tribal courts as a matter of law only when exercised over Indians or activities on Indian

  • In the Interest of D. E.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joan E. Risher, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Jason T. Harper Crumbley & Crumbley, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0965

    The mother's lengthy history of drug and alcohol abuse, her inability to provide a stable living environment and her failure to comply with the terms of the reunification plan supported the termina

  • Vito v. Dhillon

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Looper Jr. Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, Atlanta, and R. Lars Anderson, Macon, for Vito and others. Mark A. Inman and Prescott L. Nottingham, Atlanta, for Dhillon. Other party representation: John K. Train IV and Chloe E. Dallaire Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A2170; A04A2171

    The first defendant committed an unauthorized practice of podiatry under the Georgia Podiatry Act by performing an elective cosmetic limb-lengthening procedure on the plaintiff's

  • In the Interest of K. E. P.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Vaknin, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard L. Waters Jr., Robert C. Richardson Jr. and Alfred J. Powell Jr., Camilla, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1076

    Evidence that the mother did not establish a bond with the child, failed to visit her for over a year and a half, paid no support and was living with a man who had a history of violent behavior and

  • In the Interest of A. C. O.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent D. Sowerby, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and James A. Chamberlin Jr., Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: Dorothy R. Avera, Brunswick.
    Case Number: A04A1425

    The mother and the father's failure to maintain a relationship with their children, support their children, complete a parenting class or get counseling to deal with domestic violence and alcohol ab

  • Pate v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary F. McCord, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Calhoun, Mickey R. Thacker, Assistant District Attorney, and Gregory S. Dickson District Attorney's Office, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1092

    Defendant's life sentence without parole was vacated since the state failed to give proper notice of the armed robbery conviction it used in aggravation of the his convic

  • Shackelford v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy K. Henry and Christopher J. Walker III Carey, Jarrard & Walker, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason J. Deal, District Attorney, Alison W. Toller and Lindsey H. Burton, Assistant District Attorneys, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2173

    The defendant failed to make a prima facie showing of justification, which was necessary for admission of evidence of the victim's prior violent

  • Oduok v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2004-10-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Inyang P. Oduok, Savannah, proceeded pro se. Michelle L. Thomas DeKalb County Law Dept., Decatur, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A1595

    The trial had no jurisdiction over the plaintiff's civil rights and state law claims arising out of his allegedly wrongful arrest after the defendants filed a notice of removal to federal