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  • Goodman v. Glover

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. McDonald Jr. and Christopher D. Balch Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank J. Beltran and Douglas V. Chandler Beltran & Associates, Charlotte K. Perrell Kaufman Chaiken Miller & Klorfein, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2534

    Attorney did not show that his counsel's failure to move for a directed verdict resulted in a judgment against him in the underlying legal malpractice

  • In the Interest of C.T. & D.T.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. McCarthy, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Cynthia N. Johnson Waycaster, Johnson, Morris & Dean, Dalton, for appellee. Other party representation: Ann H. Searcy, and Jerry W. Moncus, Dalton.
    Case Number: A00A2467

    The father's criminal history and evidence that he was in a federal detention center awaiting deportation supported the termination of his parental r

  • Bassett v. Harrington

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric K. Maxwell, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William M. Amos Sharon W. Ware & Associates, Richard W. Kelley, Atlanta, and E. Gilmore Maxwell Smith, Welch, Studdard & Brittain, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1826

    The plaintiff could not sue her husband for the injuries she sustained in an accident, even though she filed her suit before they were ma

  • In the Interest of B.J.W.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Michael Moran, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Woodbine, and John B. Johnson III, Assistant District Attorney, Jesup, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2001

    The trial court transferred the juvenile's case to superior court without balancing his amenability to treatment in the juvenile system with the interests of the comm

  • Wang v. Moore

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert E. Shuman and Thomas R. Morgan Jr. Shuman & Assocs., Manchester, for appellant.
    for defendant: Evan R. Mermelstein, Bruce M. Edenfield Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, and Susan L. Rutherford, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2489

    The college dean and the college's chief academic officer were immune from liability for their actions in firing a non-tenured faculty member who was absent from the first week of classes without

  • Watson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer F. Snyder-Surges, DeKalb County Public Defender, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker and Gregory K. Schwarz, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2167

    The trial court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress the cocaine and gun which he threw away while the officers were pursuing him on

  • Frazier v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luana K. Walsh, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1934

    Defendant waived his argument regarding the prosecutor's improper closing comment on his failure to contact police because defendant did not object to the comment at

  • Duke v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer F. Snyder-Surges, DeKalb County Public Defender, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, and Yolanda K. Johnson, Assistant Solicitor, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2377

    The arresting officers lacked probable cause to stop a rental van based on a radio lookout from undercover officers who did not observe any criminal act

  • In the Interest of L.J.L. and R.L.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Mary Dean Hermann, Fulton County Child Advocate, and John C. Shelton, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2488

    DFACS failed to show that a mother who completed drug treatment and parenting programs was presently

  • Jorisch v. Rhythm Festival Inc. a/k/a Rhythm Fest

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula Jorisch, Washington, D.C., proceeded pro se. Thomas D. Trask, Noah H. Pines Dennis, Corry & Porter LLP, J. Franklin Burns and Christine A. Carson Gorby, Reeves, Peters & Burns, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A00A2122

    A company that rented modified vans for use in transporting disabled passengers did not provide specified public transportation service or operate a demand responsive or fixed route system with the