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  • Willard v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Martin and Frank K. Martin The Martin Firm, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Jeffrey W. Hunt, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0206

    The state's grant of immunity to accomplice removed any right he had to invoke the privilege against self-incrimination when the state called him to testify against the defen

  • Medical Ass'n of Ga. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-08-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard H. Vincent, Kenneth G. Menendez and Gerald K. Domescik Vincent, Berg, Stalzer & Menendez, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce P. Brown and James A. Washburn Long, Aldridge & Norman, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0398, A00A0399

    Doctors were entitled to health insurance provider's fee schedule and methodology for determining reimbursement amounts for doctors' medical ser

  • Hudson v. J.H. Harvey Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbie L. Solomon, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carl G. Fulp III, Robert M. Clyatt and Sandra K. Sanders Clyatt, Clyatt, Wallace & DeVaughn, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0664

    Defendant was entitled to summary judgment because plaintiff did not show why she slipped when she entered defendant's

  • Birnbrey, Minsk & Minsk v. Yirga

    Publication Date: 2000-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hollis C. Cobb Greer, Klosik & Daugherty, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joe A. Weeks, Avondale Estates, for appellee. Other party representation: Lisa K. Whitfield, Ronald D. Reemsnyder Welch, Spell, Reemsnyder & Pless PC and Cynthia J. Becker Chamers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0267

    Absent evidence that defendant's employee was noticeably intoxicated at its holiday luncheon, the defendant was not liable for the accident involving the employee several hours

  • Moon v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Lenzer and Thomas P. Lenzer Lenzer & Lenzer, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0738

    The trial court did not err in failing to give a sua sponte charge on justification, as defendant could have asked for help or called 911 instead of taking the victim's truck in an attempt to get hi

  • 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