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  • Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2000-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles W. Barrow and Christine J. Bedingfield Barrow, Sims, Morrow, Lee & Gardner PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles R. Ashman and Jeffrey W. Lasky Ashman, Lasky & Cooper, Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: Sewell K Loggins Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0101

    Because the right to a jury trial does not apply to subrogation liens created under the workers' compensation statute, the workers' compensation insurer and the decedent's employer were not entitled

  • Solomon v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronnie K. Batchelor, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1070

    Investigator's testimony that he used defendant's mug shot in a pretrial photographic line-up did not place defendant's character in

  • Moss v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton Lee Sexton & Assocs. PC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, James L. Wright III and Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1176

    Trial court properly admitted defendant's confession to Department of Family and Children Services, since he gave it voluntarily in a non-custodial setting, and neither DFACS nor the police promised

  • Arrington v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0660

    Given the overwhelming evidence of guilt, any error in permitting a witness' in-court identification of defendant after suppressing witness' tainted pre-trial identification was har

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia W. Harrison, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0489

    Because the court immediately instructed the jury to disregard the witness's remark that the defendant's fingerprints matched his criminal history, defendant was not entitled to a mis

  • White v. Traino

    Publication Date: 2000-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael E. Garner, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eugene H. Polleys Jr., City Attorney, and Frank K. Martin, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0129

    Plaintiffs who were detained briefly during the execution of a lawful search warrant had no claim for false impriso

  • Wilkerson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel H. Harrison Harrison & Harrison, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1507

    The charge as a whole properly distinguished the defendants' separate indictments for aggravated assault and instructed the jury to return a separate verdict on each

  • Carter v. Digby

    Publication Date: 2000-07-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William G. Dobson Morriss, Lober & Dobson LLC, Macon, Daniel Shim and Bruce F. Morriss Bruce F. Morriss PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason K. Priebe Lawson & Priebe, and Bonne K. Cole, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0287

    The 6-month period for renewing an action begins on the date that the written voluntary dismissal is filed with the

  • Lamb v. Salvage Disposal Co. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2000-07-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter G. Williams, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce R. Vail Glaze & Glaze, Jonesboro, for appellees. Other party representation: Douglas C. Vassy Tisinger, Vance & Greer PC, Carrollton, and Joe M. Harris Jr. Law Department, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0062

    Because the plaintiff's car was totaled in an accident, he suffered no damages from the defendants' alleged conversion of the totaled car when they had it towed to a salvage

  • In the Interest of E.G.W.

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ann N. Garner, Stone Mountain, and James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council, 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: A00A0769

    Evidence that the juvenile and his cohort were the only people near the victim when her purse was stolen and that they both fled the scene was sufficient to sustain the juvenile court's finding that