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  • Wright v. Pine Hills Country Club Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl V. Walters, Thomas E. Pujadas Walters, Davis, Meeks & Pujadas, Ocilla, and Robert E. Sherrell Jay, Sherrell, Smith & Braddy PC, Fitzgerald, for Wright. Mary M. Katz Chambless, Higdon & Carson, Macon, for Pine Hills Country Club Inc. William P. Langdale III Langdale & Vallotton LLP, Valdosta, Craig N. Cowart Miller, Cowart, Cates & Howe LLP, Macon, for Newspaper Holdings Inc. E. B. Wilkin Jr., Perry & Walters, Albany, for State Farm.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0178; A03A0179

    The plaintiff presented no expert testimony contradicting the defendants' evidence that a newspaper reporter was not noticeably intoxicated when the defendants served her al

  • In the Interest of M. A. M.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carla J. Friend, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert E. Hall, Special Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0816

    The mother had a history of violence and seriously neglected her

  • Reeves v. Mohawk Factoring Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keven K. Kenison Kenison & Dudley, and Joel F. Geer, Greenville, S.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard M. Howe and Lawrence A. Silverman Howe & Assocs. PC, Alpharetta, for appellee. Other party representation: John Powers The Carpet Place, Lawrenceville.
    Case Number: A03A0371

    A jury question remained as to whether the plaintiff was entitled to collect the balance remaining on the purchase of certain carpet products sold to defendant on account by plaintiff's parent co

  • In the Interest of K.W.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gresham H. Harrison Harrison & Harrison, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Barry S. Haney Neel & Smith, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0403

    The South Carolina Department of Social Services maintained legal custody of th d placed in the custody of his paternal aunt and uncle in Georgia, since it never abdicated its jurisdiction to t

  • Chandler v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Nash Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and William D. Kelly Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1495

    Defendant confessed to molesting both victims without the slightest hope of benefit or remotest fear of i

  • Watson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. King, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, and Tasha M. Mosley, Assistant Solicitor General, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0769

    Evidence that the defendant ran across the yard towards her neighbor after the two exchanged unpleasant words and engaged in a scuffle for several minutes authorized the jury to reject her claim of

  • Anderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul K. Cook, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Joseph Martin III, District Attorney, Statesboro, and Keith A. McIntyre, Assistant District Attorney, Springfield, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0420

    The officer had probable cause to continue questioning the defendant based on his extreme nervousness and the conflicting stories defendant and his passenger told the officer about their itin

  • Nguyen v. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam S. Jaffe, Atlanta, for Nguyen. Brenda K. Orrison Porter & Barrett, Atlanta, for Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co. Other Party Representation: Barry L. Anderson Schweber, Izenson & Anderson, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0330; A03A0331

    A surety acted reasonably in paying $50,000 to a third-party financial services company after an audit show that that several mortgage loans procured through the defendant were fraud

  • Diegel v. Dew

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Diegel, Buford, proceeded pro se. Carol S. Dew, Monroe, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0460

    The parties' contract requiring the defendant to file a petition to terminate the plaintiff's parental rights was

  • Simonette v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephanie S. Benfield Stuckey & Manheimer LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0610

    The trial court's error in failing to give the defendant's requested jury instruction on impeachment by proof that the witness has been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude was har