• Dix v. Shadeed

    Publication Date: 2003-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. Bleiberg Hill & Bleiberg, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas S. Carlock and Ashley E. Taylor Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A1333

    Since a DeKalb Count professional corporation was not operating as a medical practice during the plaintiff's treatment, the defending doctor did not provide medical services to the plaintiff as an a

  • Bailey v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank K. Martin The Martin Firm, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Jarrell H. Palmer, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0613

    The trial court properly declared a mistrial after the jury in defendant's first trial deadlocked 10-2 since the state did not consent to defendant's proposed waiver of her right to a unanimous ve

  • Harbin v. Harbin

    Publication Date: 2003-05-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Waymon S. Harrell, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Turner, Warner Robins, for appellee. Other Party Representation: Michael J. Moore, Warner Robins.

    Case Number: A03A0694

    There was no evidence that the decedent severed a joint tenancy estate during his lifetime in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 44-6-190 a, so the plaintiff was not entitled to reformation of the deeds cre

  • Benson v. McMillan

    Publication Date: 2003-05-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Roger Land, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glynn R. Stepp, Lawrenceville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A0241

    Evidence supported the trial court's finding that an employee negligently caused her former employer $10,995 in damages when she failed to prepare her employer's tax information for 3-4

  • Keilholtz v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. Hauptman, Atlanta, and Thomas M. Witcher Witcher & Witcher, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Candace K. Slezak, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0306

    Defendant's denial that he owned the car containing the drugs was admissible since he was neither detained nor seized when he first denied that the car keys found in plain view in his hotel room wer

  • In the Interest of J. B. C.

    Publication Date: 2003-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul K. Cook, Vidalia, and Judd Drake, Metter, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Sherri P. McDonald Newton, Smith, Durden, Kaufold & Rice, Vidalia, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0564

    The juvenile court prematurely determined that there was no suitable relative with whom to place the children where the maternal aunt requested consideration for placement and had not been eval

  • Faulkner v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Hampton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Sandra G. Rivers, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0285

    The victim saw the shape of a gun beneath a sock covering the defendant's

  • In the Interest of N. L.

    Publication Date: 2003-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tamara Jacobs Lindsey & Jacobs, Barnesville, 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 W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, for appellee. Other party representation: Karen K. Martin Martin & Martin, Barnesville.

    Case Number: A03A0880

    Evidence that the mother refused to ensure the safety of her children by allowing her husband to move back into her home after he had abused one of the children supported the termination of her pare

  • Lunsford v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Horace K. Sawyer III Sawyer & Sawyer, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Lafayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0545

    The defendant's two convi for child molestation did not merge since separate evidence supported each convi

  • Daniel v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James P. Brown Jr., McDonough, and Lloyd J. Matthews, Hampton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0071

    The officer's statement that police were having problems with drugs being moved from Atlanta to outlying counties and his request for consent to search did not prolong, continue or otherwise extend