• Fincher v. Fleet Mortgage Group

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marilyn S. Bright, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hugh C. Wood, Dwight A. Meredith Wood & Meredith, and L. Jack Swertfeger Jr. Shapiro & Swertfeger, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A1296

    An appeal of the denial of an application for interlocutory injunction was moot for failure to obtain a supers

  • Roylston v. Conway

    Publication Date: 2001-10-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garvis L. Sams Jr. and Mitchell K. Greene Sams & Larkin LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edward A. Curtis Jr., Smyrna, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1157

    The special master erroneously based his decision about a disputed boundary line upon an independent survey which was admitted without affording either party the opportunity to litigate its m

  • Ayers v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William S. Callahan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Fayetteville, and Mark M. Irvin, Assistant District Attorney, Thomaston, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2187

    Evidence that defendant was dr a stolen Corvette which he registered by submitting an application containing fraudulent information supported his conviction for theft by rece

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Jay M. Jackson, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2036

    The trial court did not err in rejecting defendant's ambivalent guilty

  • Weiser v. Wert

    Publication Date: 2001-09-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John K. Train IV, Adriane C. Yelton Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Dennis G. Lovell Jr. and Amy H. Ferguson Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semlar & Stair, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Glenn A. Loewenthal Loewenthal & Jackson LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A1206

    Plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of his Chapter 13 wage earners plan avoided any inconsistent position with his pending malpractice a

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monica T. Myles, Douglas County Public Defender, Douglasville, and Mary Erickson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Brian K. Fortner Douglas County District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1048

    Defendant failed to prove that he was insane when he shot his next-door neighbors following a long standing di

  • Williamson v. Coastal Physician Servs. of the S.E. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-09-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance D. Lourie, Stephen R. Chance, Joseph W. Watkins Watkins, Lourie & Roll LLP, and Richard W. Summers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John K. Train IV Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Robert D. McCallum Jr., Elizabeth Bertschi Alston & Bird, and Michael J. Hannan III Love & Willingham, Atlanta for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A1366

    A medical staffing service was not vicariously liable for the actions of its independent contractor who treatment plaintiff's husband in the emergency room two weeks before he

  • In the Interest of C. M.

    Publication Date: 2001-09-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton K. Nelson III Nelson & Smith, Dublin, 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, Daniel M. King Jr. Lewis & King LLC, and Stephanie R. Sweet Hicks & Massey LLP, Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1210

    Mother's failure to complete psychiatric treatment and denial that her child needed anti-hyperactivity medication supported the termination of her parental r

  • Webb v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia W. Tinkler, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Gregory K. Schwarz, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1020

    The victims' testimony regarding the similarity between defendant's scar and that of the masked robber was admissible, even though the prosecutor showed the victims a photograph of defendant's scar,

  • In the Interest of J. M.

    Publication Date: 2001-09-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph I. Carter, Tifton, 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 Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Melanie B. Cross Simpson & Cross, Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1119

    The Court reinstated the biological mother's parental rights because DFACS failed to present any evidence that her children would be seriously affected by her continuing parental relationship or th