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  • Hughes v. Putt Putt Golf and Games Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula K. Hanington, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: William H. Hedrick Hodges, Erwin, Hedrick & Coleman, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0799

    The trial court did not err in stating the parties' contentions in its jury charge, even though some of those contentions were not supported by evi

  • Brock v. Allen d/b/a Complete Pest Control

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna S. Golden, Jefferson, and Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles E. Rogers Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Joseph R. Cruser, Jennifer M. McBath Cruser & Mitchell LLP, Philip W. Savrin and Brian K. Schumacher Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0114

    A plaintiff can maintain a professional negligence claim against an extermi

  • Myers v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Page A. Pate, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0435

    The trial court erred in admitting hearsay testimony regarding a non-testifying co-defendant's custodial confe

  • Woodard v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah F. Weiss Chandler & Britt LLC, Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0420

    The trial court erred in admitting the custodial statement made by the defendant without consulting his appointed counsel because he was assumed to have invoked his right to counsel and did not init

  • Happoldt v. Kutscher

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Linwood R. Lovett, Bridgette M. Cooper and Paul R. Ayerbe Lovett, Cowart & Ayerbe, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald J. Grate and Tracey K. Dewrell Misner, Scott & Grate, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0740; A02A0741

    Although a county subdivision review officer breached certain ministerial duties, there was no causal relationship between the breach of those duties and the road conditions alleged to have caused t

  • Willett v. Russell M. Stookey PC

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald E. Dyches Jr., Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael J. Hannan III Love & Willingham, Atlanta, Inman G. Hodges Oliver, Maner & Gray, Ryburn C. Ratterree and Tracy A. O'Connell Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Bart LLP, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0817; A02A1214

    The trial court reversibly erred in allowing the defense to bolster its impeachment of plaintiff by introducing prejudicial and irrelevant details of his prior c

  • Flournoy v. Goble

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Franklin Jr. and Terri M. Yates Oliver, Maner & Gray, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald W. Hallman, Claxton, and Berrien L. Sutton Sutton & Assocs. PC, Homerville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0436; A02A0437

    The verdict awarding the plaintiff damages for personal injuries in a medical negligence action was inconsistent with the verdict denying her husband damages for loss of conso

  • Cohen v. Target Corp.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert K. Prater, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott D. Delius Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, Thomas E. Magill Magill & Atkinson and Eric S. Proser Hamilton, Westby, Antonowich & Anderson, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Alexander Gordon Cobb, Grabbe, Spiller & Irwin, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A02A0703

    Because the plaintiff provided no evidence that the defendants negligently constructed or maintained a concrete incline in front of their premises, that the incline violated any building code or tha

  • In re Waitz

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darel C. Mitchell, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael J. Powell Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Edmund J. Novotny Jr., Charles R. Bridgers DeLong, Caldwell, Novotny & Bridgers LLC, Suzanne K. Lehman, Atlanta, and J. Marc Vezina, Gretna, La., for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0768

    An ey's failure to present documentation showing that he obtained protected information from independent sources supported the trial court's finding of civil and criminal contempt based on the

  • Sass Enters. Inc. v. Swift

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Kaufman and Charlotte K. Perrell Kaufman, Chaiken, Miller & Klorfein, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Williams Johnston, Wilkin & Williams, Edward B. Stalnaker and John L. Thompson, Augusta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0507

    The mandatory arbitration clause contained in the parties' contract for the purchase of a perpetual care cemetery unambiguously expressed their intent to arbitrate all disputes arising out of an all