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  • Red Train Inc. v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David W. Graybeal Jr., Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Tracey A. Moran and Teresa A. Mann, East Point for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1719

    The defendant failed to plead each condition precedent for opening default under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-55 b, because he did not offer to plead inst

  • In the Interest of K. W.

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Voyles, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, and Michael S. Bennett Jr. Bennett Law Firm, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1888

    The evidence supported termination of the father's parental rights to his two chi

  • Butgereit v. Enviro Tech Environmental Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Barwick, Brian D. Burgoon, Jackie L. Volk Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William E. Gray II and Stacey K. Hydrick Gray, Hedrick 7 Edenfield LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1211

    Defendant's guilty plea to a charge of following too closely constituted an admission of negligence per se, which he failed to rebut with competent evi

  • Means v. City of Atlanta Police Dep't

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter L. Fortson Fortson & Assocs. and Phyllis A. Watkins, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Jerry L. DeLoach, Deputy City Attorney, Serena L. Sparks, Assistant City Attorney, and Franklin W. Thomas Jr. City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1384

    Plaintiff could not pursue a § 1983 claim against the city be he did not argue that the city had a policy or custom of arresting individuals without probable

  • Georgia Ports Auth. v. Rickmers Schiffsbeteiligungsges mbH & Co. KG

    Publication Date: 2003-08-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, George S. Zier, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Thomas J. Mahoney Jr., Mary K. Moss Ranitz, Mahoney, Coolidge & Mahoney PC, Savannah, for Georgia Ports Auth. Noble L. Boykin Jr. Jones, Boykin, Stacy & Assocs., Robert S. Glenn Jr. and Colin A McRae Hunter, McLean, Exley & Dunn, Savannah, for Rickmers. Noble L. Boykin Jr. Jones, Boykin, Stacy & Assocs., Savannah, for Hines. Other Party Representation: Marc G. Marling, David F. Sipple Hunter, McLean, Exley & Dunn, Fred S. Clark Clark & Clark, Savannah. Gordon D. Schreck Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, Charleston, S.C. Stephen H. Vengrow Cichanowich, Callan, Deane, New York, NY.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0190; A03A0191

    The Georgia Ports Authority is immune from federal maritime tort claims under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Consit

  • Roberts v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brenda J. Bernstein, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1125

    The defendant failed to show that his counsel's performance was deficient or how any alleged deficiency prejudiced his de

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Gough, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0525

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's opinion that the trial court erred in considering defendant's prior guilty pleas for sentencing purposes after the state conceded that the defendant

  • Bryant v. Hoffman La Roche Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Brittain, Wendell R. Bird and Jonathan T. McCants Bird & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard B. North Jr., Matthew B. Lerner Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Atlanta, and Leslie J. Bobo Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, Miss., for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0661

    Once a prima facie case for design defect is established, a pharmaceutical manufacturer will be relieved from strict liability only when it demonstrates that 1 the product is properly manufactured a

  • Coker v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reza Sedghi, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, and Elizabeth K. Bobbitt, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1498

    The record supported the trial court's conclusion that the defendant entered her guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter knowingly and volunt

  • Ingram v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0761

    Defendant failed to show that the trial court relied on his wife's hearsay testimony about another incident in sentencing him to 20 years for molesting his wife's granddau