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  • Cotting v. Cotting

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven R. Cotting, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. Terri A. Candler Weekes & Candler, Decatur, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0540; A03A0541

    The trial court abused its discretion in awarding $7,000 in attorneys' fees to the wife, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-15-14, in husband's suit to enforce the parties' divorce settlement agreement, witho

  • Neely Dev. Corp. v. Sevice First Invs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Edwin Hallman Jr. and Harry K. Buttermore III Decker, Hallman, Barber & Briggs, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emory L. Palmer, H. Lane Young II Hawkins & Parnell, and Glenn A. Delk Lightmas & Delk, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1291

    Defendant's obligation to execute a restrictive covenant survived the parties' real estate closing where they executed an Addendum and Acknowledgement, which expressly and unambiguously provided tha

  • Black v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Diane M. Moore, Jasper, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Sandra G. Rivers and Thomas R. McBerry, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0454

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for molesting his 13-year-old stepdau

  • Fernandes v. Manugistics Atlanta Inc. f/k/a Talus Solutions Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy E. Manoll III and Richard G. Douglass Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason C. Grech Cushing, Morris & Armbruster, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1042

    The evidence showed that the plaintiff was paid all of his earned commissions under the unambiguous terms of his employment cont

  • Crossley v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larkin M. Lee Virgil Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles A. Spahos, Solicitor General, and Lydia M. Ferguson, Assistant Solicitor General, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1210

    A defendant who claimed that he blacked out before he became intoxicated was not entitled to present a involuntary intoxication de

  • Ligon v. Lumpkin County

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melvin K. Ligon, Dahlonega, proceeded pro se. Terry E. Williams, Gary K. Morris and Jason C. Waymire Terry E. Williams & Assocs. PC, Lawrenceville, for appellees.
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    Case Number: A03A1117

    Competent evidence presumably supported the trial court's findings in defendant's pro se suit for false arrest, malicious prosecution, dereliction of duty and malfea

  • In the Interest of D. F.

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin W. Drummond Hamrick, Drummond & Miller LLP, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stephanie B. Hope, Special Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, P. Brian Campbell, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Doris C. Orleck, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0009

    Termination of the mother's parental rights was warranted where she failed to comply with her case plan and both a clinical psychologist and foster care case manager opined that removing her childr

  • In the Interest of J. P. V.

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheryl D. Fambrough, Monroe, 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 John R. Laseter, Special Assistant Attorney General, Monroe, for appellee. Other party representation: David F. Dickinson Dickinson, Mixson & Willis, G. Randolph Jeffery John W. Spence PC and Renee Skipper, Social Worker, Monroe.
    Case Number: A03A0232

    The mother's history of mental health problems and inability to refrain from drug and alcohol abuse supported the termination of her parental r

  • Gardner v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shandor S. Badaruddin, Missoula, Mont., for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0370

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's untimely motion to pursue a mental illness de

  • State v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Paul A. Shorstein, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Xavier C. Dicks, Stone Mountain, and David R. Trainor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0183

    The officer lacked probable cause to detain the defendant based solely on defendant's nervousness when the officer approached him in a motel bree