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  • Wingate v. Ridgeview Inst. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Hubert Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel S. Reinhardt and Jennifer A.K. Campbell Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A98A0501

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's decision in Ridgeview Inst. Inc. v. Wingate, 271 Ga. 512 1999, holding that treatment facility properly adhered to the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 37-

  • Lebbage v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elaine T. McGruder, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Bettieanne C. Hart, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0395

    Defendant's bipolar disorder did not mandate that he be found guilty but mentall

  • Christian v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Albertelli Albertelli, Israel & Burns, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Jessica K. Moss and Lawton W. Scott, Assistant Solicitors, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0888

    The trial court properly denied defendant's motion for a continuance to review a videotape which the defendant could have reviewed several months before trial and a field sobriety evaluation sheet t

  • Sears v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Woodbine, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1120

    The undisputed evidence showing that defendant and her 9-year-old son were the only occupants of her home, raised a rebuttable presumption that the cocaine found under defendant's bed belonged t

  • Hess v. Textron Automotive Exteriors Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Van K. McCombs II, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: George M. Peagler Jr., Americus, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0440

    Defendant failed to prove that it surrendered its premises to the plaintiff's employer on the day the plaintiff fell through a skylight while repairing defendant's

  • Georgia Public Serv. Comm'n v. ALLTEL Ga. Communications Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, Robert S. Bomar, Deputy Attorney General, Harold D. Melton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Thomas K. Bond, Special Assistant Attorney General, John H. MacLean, Staff Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edgar H. Sims Jr., Bruce P. Brown, Gregory S. Brow and Alan R. Jenkins Long, Aldridge & Norman, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: James S. Hurt, Marietta, David I. Adelman Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Suzanne W. Ockleberry AT&T Communications, Fred J. McCallum Jr., Atlanta, Newton M. Galloway Newton Galloway & Assocs., Griffin.
    Case Number: A00A0397

    In reviewing the Georgia Public Service Commission's order reducing rates that communications company could charge long distance providers, the superior court exceeded the scope of its authority and

  • In the Interest of L.S.

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Shepherd, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Tony D. Coy, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0599

    T tion of father's parental rights was appropriate since he had not seen his child for over two years, had not provided child support, and was serving a 5-year jail sentence at the time of the

  • Battle v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Millsaps, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan A. Cook District Attorney, and William K. Wynne Jr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0634

    Illustrations provided by trial court during rec to jury did not demand reversal in light of the totality of the rec

  • Poetter v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Maddox, Jr. Thomas E. Maddox Jr. PC, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee. Other party representation: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary B. Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0196

    Defendant's appeal from the transfer of his parole supervision was since he failed to deny superior court's finding that appeal was

  • Joe Ahearn a/k/a John Ahearn v. Westrec Management Inc. d/b/a Holiday on Lake Lanier

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Kraemer, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott M. Kaye and Norman G. Johnson Manchel, Johnson & Wiggins, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0863

    Because defendant did not cite the record or argue the merits of his appeal in his brief, the trial court's grant of partial summary judgment to the plaintiff was presumed co