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  • Dudley v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Gustinella, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Michael K. Dennard, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0752

    Contrary to the defendant's contention, the record clearly showed that he knew his plea was non-negotiated and open-

  • Griner v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas L. Mutert, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward F. Preston Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston & Holland LLP, John H. Smith Jr. Young, Thagard, Hoffman & Smith, Valdosta, and John T. Croley Jr., Fitzgerald, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1673

    The defendants could not foresee that a trained firefighter would hand an unlicensed rescue worker a knife and tell him to "blow" the front tires of a truck that was wedged under another truck foll

  • Gerber & Gerber PC v. Regions Bank

    Publication Date: 2004-03-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry L. Strawser Shivers & Assocs., Alpharetta, for Gerber & Gerber PC, William J. Holley II, James S. Rankin Jr. and Ryan K. McLemore Parker, Hudson, Raines & Dobbs LLP, Atlanta, for Regions Bank.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A1952; A03A1953

    Questions of fact remained as to whether the defendant bank violated reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing by accepting blank-endorsed forged checks made payable to a law firm for deposit

  • Rios v. Norsworthy

    Publication Date: 2004-03-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Strawinski and Nicole W. Stout, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William E. Gray II, Stacey K. Hydrick Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield, Michael J. Warshauer and Bradford W. Thomas Warshauer, Woodruff & Thomas PC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Robert A. Freyre, Cumming.
    Case Number: A03A2411

    The third-party defendant was exercising ordinary care when he checked his rearview mirror to confirm that the defendant's vehicle was behind him before focusing his attention on an uphill curve in

  • In the Interest of D. W.

    Publication Date: 2004-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Wooten, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Kathryn A. Pope DFACS and Vicki E. Carter, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2435

    Aggravating circumstances, in addition to the putative father's incarceration, supported the termination of his parental r

  • Holcim US Inc. v. AMDG Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott A. Greer, Gregory K. Smith and Peter M. Crofton King & Spalding, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Halsey G. Knapp Jr. and Mary L. Walker Foltz Martin LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2491

    The ambiguity in a sublease could not be resolved on the r

  • Cooper v. Binion

    Publication Date: 2004-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David R. Hughes Hughes & Bailey LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard G. Tisinger Jr., Kenneth B. Crawford Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer PC, Carrollton, and Brynda R. Insley Insley & Race, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A2585

    A h l was not entitled to summary judgment on the grounds that its emergency room physician was an independent contractor where several relevant factors raised jury questions as to whether the

  • Garmon v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Slemons, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0616

    The evidence showed that the defendant was in knowing possession of the methamphet

  • Squires v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2231

    One of two kidnapping convictions reversed where there was no evidence that the defendant moved the victim in question against his

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan R. Melnick, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0212

    The inte ng officer explicitly misled the defendant into believing that the decision to arrest and charge him would hinge upon the content of his inte