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  • In the Interest of D. F. and D. F.

    Publication Date: 2002-05-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carol B. Miller, Pembroke, 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 Gary A. Sinrich, Hinesville, appellee. Other party representation: Murl E. Geary, Richmond Hill.
    Case Number: A02A0156

    Parental rights of mother terminated where she failed to remain drug free and did not establish or maintain a stable residence o

  • Ricks v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Lee Sexton & Assocs. PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, and Linda T. Day, Assistant Solicitor, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0068

    DUI conviction reversed since there was no evidence that defendant was a less safe d

  • Creed v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth L. Gordon and Franklin H. Thornton, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, and Nigel R. Lush, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0287

    The trial judge did not express her opinion of the defendant's guilt when she inquired about the direction defense counsel was going with a particular line of questioning and encouraged counsel to m

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine A. Koehler, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0443

    The defendant sold crack cocaine to an undercover officer in exchange for $50 and a warrant search of the house where he was staying produced cocaine in a bedroom and underneath a cement block behin

  • Vaughn, Coltrane and Assocs. V. Van Horn Constr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Chris Irwin Cobb, Grabbe, Spillers & Irwin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sewell K. Loggins and Jennifer E. Theobold Mozely, Finlayson & Loggins LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Robert M. Beauchamp Beauchamp & Assocs., C. Jason Moore Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers, Albany, Michael J. Goldman, Michelle D. Coburn Hawkins & Parnell LLP, LeRoy P. Spell Jr., Dana M. Mango Welch, Spell, Reemsnyder, Pless & Davis PC, Atlanta, Richard C. Kissiah, Douglas T. Lay Kissiah & Lay, Alpharetta, Victor G. Swift Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, Ft. Pierce, Fla., and Gary D. Fry Pelino & Lentz, Philadelphia, Pa.
    Case Number: A02A0619

    Terms of general contractors written contract with owner of poultry plant explicitly provided that general contractor would indemnify owner's consultants and a

  • In the Interest of J. W. K.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Thompson, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: James F. Ledbetter and Joseph D. Little, Calhoun, for appellee. Other party representation: George P. Govignon, Calhoun.
    Case Number: A01A2290

    The juvenile court erred in awarding temporary legal custody of the child to his paternal aunt and uncle for a period of two years without establishing a reunification plan between the child and his

  • Code v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arleen Evans, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Fayetteville, and Robert H. English, Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0814

    Defendant was seen removing over $2,800 worth of merchandise from a K-Mart store with a wheelbarrow through the closed garden center and when a K-Mart employee tried to stop the defendant from leavi

  • Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP v. Six Flags Over Ga. LLC

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt Chandler & Britt, Buford, Ronald L. Reid Alston & Bird, John J. Dalton Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Evan R. Chesler and Keith R. Hummel Cravath, Swaine & Moore, N.Y., for appellant.
    for defendant: . James E. Butler Jr., George W. Fryhofer III, Joel O. Wooten Jr., Cale H. Conley Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daugherty & Sullivan, Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, H. Lamar Mixson, Michael B. Terry, Nancy J. Walsh and Joshua F. Thorpe Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, for appellees. Other party representation: Gerald Davidson Jr. Davidson & Tucker LLP, Duluth.
    Case Number: A00A0120

    The Court of Appeals overruled Kent v. A. O. White Jr., Consulting Engineers PC, A01A0756 1/29/02, 02 FCDR 374, to the extent that it held that the Georgia Supreme Court adopted the standard set for

  • Henry v. Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, McGhee & Hiers LLP

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, and Regina M. Quick, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: in case number A01A2304. Kristine B. Morain, H. Lane Young II, Debra E. LeVorse and Carl H. Anderson Jr. Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellees in A01A2304. H. Lane Young II and Debra E. LeVorse Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellant in case number A02A0450. Wade K. Copeland Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, and Regina M. Quick, Athens, for appellee in case number A02A0450.
    Case Number: A01A2304; A02A0450

    Attorney's memorandum summarizing conversations he had with opposing counsel that allegedly demonstrated that a personal animus towards the attorney's client motivated opposing counsel to seek attor

  • Bailey v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2419

    The trial court did not err in refusing to allow defense counsel to examine documents contained in a witness's case file and reviewed by the witness prior to testifying in the absence of a showing t