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  • Department of Transp. v. Dupree

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William D. deGolian, William C. Lanham and Clark H. McGehee Johnson & Ward, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1573

    The plaintiffs raised the issue of engineering malpractice when they claimed that the DOT's failure to include traffic control devices at a fatal intersection violated generally accepted engineering

  • Kerr-McGhee Corp. f/k/a Kemira Inc. v. Georgia Cas. & Surety Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryburn C. Ratterree Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Bart, Savannah, Paul J. Murphy and Michael R. Powers King & Spalding, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . DeeAnn B. Waller Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: James P. Gerard Oliver, Maner & Gray, Savannah.
    Case Number: A02A0302

    A reasonable insured could believe that a total pollution exclusion endorsement did not apply where the chemical that caused the underlying plaintiff's injury was an industrial chemical whose uninte

  • Hildreth v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip L. Ruppert, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Kirk M. Thomas and Roberta A. Earnhardt, Assistant District Attorneys, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1270

    Defendant's convictions for felony interference with government property and felony obstruction did not merge as a matter of fact since defendant hit a deputy's patrol car three times and each strik

  • Georgia Dep't of Corrections v. Barkwell

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Senior Assistant Attorney General, John B. Ballard Jr., Assistant Attorney General, K. Prabhaker Reddy and Donahue S. Silvis Reddy & Silvis LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert C. Harrison Downey & Cleveland LLP, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1355

    The Department of Corrections can sue for reimbursement of state funds used to treat inmates injured in an automobile coll

  • Southcom Group Inc. v. Plath

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark D. Oldenburg and Jeffrey D. Moulds, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert K. Prater, Newnan, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1320

    Plaintiff's amended application for confirmation of an arbitration award against a par ip sufficiently stated a cause of action against the individual par

  • Smith v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jane N. Wilkes Sharon W. Ware & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles M. Morris, Powder Springs, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0874

    The trial court erred in conducting a bench trial in defendant's absence more than two weeks before the specially set trial

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0095

    The trial court's error in admitting the defendant's comment to the arresting officer about a knife and in admitting the knife itself into evidence, given the overwhelming evidence of defendant's

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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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, Woodbine, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0525

    The trial court properly considered defendant's three prior habitual violator convictions for enhancement of sente

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin W. Drummond and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorneys, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1103

    Application of Georgia's rape-shield statute to irrelevant evidence about the victim's relationship with her ex-boyfriend did not violate the defendant's confrontation

  • Bridges v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario S. Ninfo Ninfo & Ledbetter, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, and Alan A. Cook, Special Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0575

    Defendant's intent to escape could be inferred from his actions in posting bond on an unrelated charge following his conviction and 20-year sentence for bur