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  • Chaney v. Burdett

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Gaulden Jr., Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. William Haley Perrie, Buker, Jones & Morton PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1895

    Because the surviving partner elected to continue the business following dissolution of the par ip by operation of law, the deceased partner's widow had no right to compel liquidation of the pa

  • Salinas v. Skelton

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sylvia R. Jones, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce P. Brown, Gregory S. Brow Long, Aldridge & Norman, Joseph R. Cruser Cruser & Mitchell LLP, Sharon L. Rowen Rowen & Klonoski PC and Jennifer M. McBath Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1973

    A notification letter referring to the presence of asbestos in plaintiff's condominium which defendants produced during discovery was admissible as evidence that they had knowledge of the toxic subs

  • The Kroger Co. v. Strickland

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas A. Wilde Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard W. Jones Jones & Ledbetter PC, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2581

    A grocery store could be vicariously liable for the acts of an independent contractor if the contracted duty was statutorily req

  • Ready Trucking Inc. v. BP Exploration & Oil Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kim G. Meyer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam L. Appel Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2590

    Under the Uniform Commercial Code, the parties' invoices for the purchase of diesel fuel confirmed the terms of their agreement regarding the collection of sales tax on the purc

  • In the Interest of R. W.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark S. Martin, Warner Robins, 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 Walter G. Sammons Jr., Warner Robins, for appellees. Other party representation: Thomas R. Wilkerson III Yancey & Assocs., Warner Robins.
    Case Number: A01A0606

    Mother's mental retardation and failure to provide maintenance and support for the children supported the termination of her parental r

  • In the Interest of C. D. E., S. M. E. and D. C. E.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Whitman and Sandra D. Hicks, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, and William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and John P. Cheeley Cheeley & Joyner LLC, Duluth for appellee. Other party representation: Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A1914; A00A1995

    The evidence did not support a finding that the children were deprived due to domestic abuse by the father who no longer resided in the mother's

  • Palmer v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael E. Bergin, Fairburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan A. Cook, District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0121

    The trial court properly excluded the victim's prior accusation of molestation because defendant failed to meet his burden of showing that the accusation had a reasonable probability of being

  • Thigpen v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney, K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0248

    Defense counsel was not deficient for failing to present evidence of battered woman's syndrome at defendant's trial for shooting at her ex-husband because there was no evidence of a pattern of physi

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek H. Jones, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Eleanor A. Kornahrens, Maria B. Golick and Bruce D. Hornbuckle, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2193

    The evidence did not support defendant's aggravated battery conviction because the scratches and bruises which the victim suffered when defendant tried to rape her only temporarily impaired her appea

  • Aggarwal v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Willis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor, Gary S. Vey and Staci B. Melton, Assistant Solicitors, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0288

    The under 21 implied consent notice informed defendant that the purpose of his breath test was to determine whether he was driving under the influence and that a 0.02 blood alcohol content would re