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  • Melton v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter K. Melton, Macon, proceeded pro se. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, and Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A1571

    Defendant failed to show any discriminatory purpose in the trial court's imposition of a sentence that was authorized by law for his conviction for kidnapping with bodily i

  • Sylvester v. Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas R. Daum, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, and Loretta L. Pinkston, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2292

    Plaintiffs' renewal suit against the Department of Transportation failed because they did not serve the Department of Administrative Services, Risk Management Division with their original suit prior

  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rex B. Abernathy Cook & Connelly, Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Bruce E. Roberts, Assistant District Attorney, Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1738

    The prosecution improperly placed defendant's character into evidence when it solicited testimony regarding defendant's court appearance on an unrelated robbery c

  • Southern Intermodal Logistics Inc. v. D. J. Powers Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Brice Ladson Ladson & Suthers LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia T. Paul Oliver, Maner & Gray, Savannah, Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael LLP, Kim T. Stephens, Athens, Robert E. Spears Jr. Greenberg & Traurig LLP, and Michael J. King, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1618

    A jury question remained as to when plaintiff discovered or should have discovered its injury from the defendants' alleged wrongful co

  • Rodriguez v. Nunez

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yehuda Smolar Smolar, Roseman, Brantley & Seifter, G. Grant Brantley Meadows, Ichter & Trigg PC, Douglas J. Davis Davis Law Group PC, and Antoinette D. Johnson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Seth A. Litman, G. Michael Banick and Michael K. Watson Alembik, Fine & Callner PA, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1151

    The trial court should have dismissed plaintiff's superior court paternity action against the administrator of the putative father's since the issues of paternity were ancillary to issues of

  • In the Interest of D. F.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert A. Kunz Kunz & Assocs., Douglasville, 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 and Philip B. Campbell, Assistant District Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Doris C. Orleck, Newnan.
    Case Number: A01A1335

    Evidence of the mother's inability to care for her children was insufficient to prove that her current relationship with them was detrim

  • In the Interest of D. T. & D. T.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert A. Kunz Kunz & Assocs., Douglasville, 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, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant District Attorneys, Atlanta, and T. Michael Flynn Law Offices of T. Michael Flynn, Carrollton, for appellee. Other party representation: Doris C. Orleck, Newnan, and Patricia Brewer, Carrollton.
    Case Number: A01A0947

    The mother and putative father's continued substance abuse and repeated criminal convictions supported the termination of their parental r

  • In the Interest of A. B.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Anagnostakis, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant District Attorneys, Atlanta, and T. Michael Flinn, Carrollton, for appellee. Other party representation: Rita F. Cooper, Powder Springs.
    Case Number: A01A1592

    Clear and convincing evidence supported the termination of the mother's parental rights where she failed to comply maintain a sanitary and stable home as required by her reunification

  • Satilla Community Serv. Bd. v. Satilla Health Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard K. Strickland Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip R. Taylor Taylor, Odachowski & Sperry LLC, St. Simons Island, W. Grady Pedrick, Waycross, Michael G. Frick Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Brunswick and John R. Thigpen Sr., Blackshear, for appellee. Other party representation: Douglas L. Gibson Gibson & Spivey, Waycross.
    Case Number: A01A1747

    A community service board was not immune from liability for breaching a contract which required it to provide services to a psychiatric pa

  • In the Interest of S. E. L.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph T. Justice Clark & Justice and David J. Koontz Law Office of Dennis C. O'Brien, Marietta, 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 Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorney General, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Louis M. Turchiarelli, Marietta.
    Case Number: A01A0867

    Evidence supported the termination of the father's parental rights where he failed to support his child in foster care, failed to pay for the child's medical needs, did not search for employment dur