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  • Grinstead v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles A. Aultman, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, Amy E. Smith and Katherine K. Lumsden, Assistant District Attorneys, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0874

    The trial court abused its discretion in relying on only one other case to prove the reliability of the method of drug testing at

  • Board of Tax Assessors of Ware County Ga. v. Baptist Village Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Huey W. Spearman, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thomas C. James III, Stephen L. Dillard James, Bates, Pope & Spivey, Macon, and Vann K. Parrot Long & Denton, Quitman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1215

    The trial court properly determined that appellee's independent-living units were entitled to the same home for the aged ad valorem property tax exemption under O.C.G.A. § 48-5-41 a 12 as its assist

  • Wilson v. J & L Melton Inc. d/b/a McDonald's Restaurant

    Publication Date: 2004-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa D. Wright, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce A. Taylor Jr. and Douglas K. Burrell Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1725

    The plaintiff could not recover damages for mental distress from eating french fries contaminated by blood from the defendant's "fry man" in the absence of any evidence of actual exposure to HIV or

  • Meeks v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony S. Carter, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Kelly D. Kautz, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0862

    Defense counsel was entitled to ask prospective jurors whether they had such strong feelings about child molestation that it would impair their judgment or make it difficult for them to judge the

  • 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.
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    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