• CGU Life Ins. Co. v. Singer Asset Fin. Co. LLC

    Publication Date: 2001-08-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael D. Hostetter Nall & Miller LLP, Atlanta, for CGU Life Ins. Co. Joseph S. Carr and Catrina C. Creswell Kritzer & Levick PC, Atlanta, for Singer Asset Finance Co.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A01A0798; A01A0799; A01A0800; A01A0801

    A non-assignment provision contained in a structured settlement agreement barred the sale and assignment of the structured settlement pay

  • Trammell v. Whetstone

    Publication Date: 2001-08-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George W. Weaver Weaver & Weaver, and Jeffrey L. Floyd, Jasper, for Trammell. Bryan C. Drost Little & Drost, and Robert K. Ballew, Blue Ridge, for Whetstone. David E. Ralston, Blue Ridge, for Elliott. Other party representation: Sherri L. Dillard-Doss, Oliver H. Doss Jr. Doss & Doss, Blue Ridge.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A01A0320; A01A0321

    Evidence that a private roadway across defendant's property was between 12 and 15 feet, that plaintiffs they kept the roadway open and in repair for at least seven years and that defendant had notic

  • Page v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee W. Fitzpatrick, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Scott T. Poole, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A0735

    Defendant's possession of a device commonly used to avoid theft detection sensors supported his conviction for possession of crime

  • Mathis v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. S. Lyons III and Paul W. David, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sheryl B. Jolly, Solicitor General, and Elizabeth K. Brooks, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1570

    Evidence that defendant slapped an off-duty officer when he attempted to arrest her for refusing to leave a bar after closing supported her convi for obstru

  • McCall v. Henry Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis A. Thurston Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert L. Goldstucker Nall, Miller, Owens, Hocutt & Howard, Atlanta, Rod G. Meadows and Bonnie L. Baker Meadows & Futch PC, Stockbridge, for appellee. Other party representation: Jack S. Schroder Jr., Kevin E. Grady, Angela T. Burnette Alston & Bird, Atlanta, and Mark L. Stuckey Law Offices of Charles L. Ruffin, Macon.

    Case Number: A01A0586

    A m center was not automatically immune under O.C.G.A. § 31-7-132 a from plaintiff's claim that it was negligent in granting m privileges to the surgeon who operated on plaintiff on the

  • Henderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gilbert J. Murrah, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A0364

    The officer's questions about weapons and drugs and request for consent to search did not prolong, continue or otherwise extend defendant's lawful detention for a seat belt viol

  • Taylor v. Powertel Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Dorian Britt, Robert B. Turner and Brent J. Savage Savage, Turner & Pinson, Savannah,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott E. Taylor and Aaron M. Danzig Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1508

    Plaintiff failed to show that the erroneous out-of-state taxes included in his cellular phone bill constituted an identifiable fund to which he had an immediate right of posse

  • Jeremiah v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Layton D. Jeremiah, Helena, proceeded pro se. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A01A0113

    The state failed to prove venue for defendant's battery conviction because there was no evidence as to where the battery occ

  • Interstate North Sporting Club v. Cobb County Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David K. Beals and Lisa F. Stuckey Ragsdale, Deals, Hooper & Seigler, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas R. Haynie and Harbert S. Gregory Jr. Haynie, Litchfield & Crane PC, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Johannes S. Kingma Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A01A0564

    O.C.G.A. § 48-5-311 g 2 does not prohibit a tax consulting service from requesting certification of a taxpayer's ad valorem tax a

  • Old Republic Union Ins. Co. v. Floyd Beasley & Sons Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry S. Harrell, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Neville Jr. Callaway, Neville & Brinson, Claxton, James R. Gardner Gardner & Bowman LLC, Richmond Hill, and William K. McGowan Franklin, Taulbee, Rushing, Bunce & Brogdon Statesboro, for appellee. Other party representation: Howard E. Spiva, Cecil C. Davis Howard E. Spiva PC, Savannah, Troy W. Marsh Jr., Statesboro, J. Franklin Edenfield Spivey, Carlton & Edenfield PC, Swainsboro, and Wilson R. Smith Smith & Jenkins, Vidalia.

    Case Number: A01A0530

    An automobile exclusion in the insured's CGL policy did not preclude coverage for underlying injuries allegedly caused by the insured's negligence in leaving an empty trailer on the side of the road