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  • Swann v. Shorter

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Carpenter Zachary & Seagraves PA, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William F. C. Skinner Jr., Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A2087

    The plaintiffs failed to show that the decedent entered into a binding contract to make a will devising certain real property to

  • Bell v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert R. McNeill, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1329

    The trial court did not err in allowing a store security agent to testify regarding his personal knowledge of the price of each stolen

  • Reeves v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julian M. Treadaway, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Jessica K. Moss, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, and Sandra G. Dawson, Assistant Solicitor, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1344

    Defendant fondled a wheelchair-bound resident at a special care fac

  • Harwood v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton and Joseph S. Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles A. Spahos, Solicitor General, and Gilbert A. Crosby Henry County Solicitor General's Office, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1284; A03A1285

    Any issue about whether a roadblock complied with departmental policy requiring the use of orange cones and reflective hats was irrelevant to the issue of whether the roadblock was constitut

  • 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