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  • Mullis v. Sikes

    Publication Date: 2000-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald S. Mullis Mullis, Marshall, Lindley & Powell, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason K. Priebe Lawson & Priebe, Macon, for appellee. Other party representation: J. Franklin Edenfield Spivey, Carlton & Edenfield PC, Swainsboro, and Hugh M. Worsham Jr. Kent, Williamson & Brannon, Savannah.
    Case Number: A00A0567

    Law firm's receipt of compensation for the quantum meruit value of its services barred its recovery on its attorney fee

  • 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