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  • Berkow v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Chestney The Chestney Hawkins Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, Christopher M. Toles and Thomas E. Csider, Assistant Solicitors, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0668

    Police officer's failure to watch defendant continuously for 20 consecutive minutes prior to giving him a breath test did not make the test results inadmis

  • In the Interest of M.C.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Regina E. McMillan Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson, Riverdale, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Thomas B. Hammond, Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0926

    Evidence of father's drug convictions and lack of attempt to visit or establish a bond with his child supported termination of his parental r

  • In the Interest of S.H.P.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey A. Bashuk Hassett, Cohen, Goldstein & Port, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, and William R. Jenkins Jenkins & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1064

    Father's extensive criminal history and his failure to comply with a reunification plan supported termination of his parental r

  • In the Interest of A.D.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. McGee III McGee & McGee, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Charles R. Reddick Charles R. Reddick PC, Homerville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0118

    Evidence that mother was dominated by her husband and did nothing to protect her children from his sexual abuse supported the termination of her parental r

  • Saltis v. Daimler Benz North El America N.O. Inc. d/b/a AD Tranz Atlanta Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy R. Brennan Eidson & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sewell K. Loggins and J. Marcus Howard Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0482, A00A0483

    As a common carrier of airport passengers, the defendant had a duty to give more than a general warning that the doors of its airport shuttle train would not open automatically after they had starte

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, and Kimberly A. Gross, Assistant Solicitor, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A98A2280

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that the trial court abused its discretion in ordering the defendant to pay the travel costs of the states' out-of-state witn

  • In the Interest of D.B.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Butler, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Sanders B. Deen, Dennis R. Dunn and Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Johnny C. Griffin and Cathy B. Lerow, Marietta.
    Case Number: A00A0638

    Putative biological father abandoned his parental rights when he failed to file a petition to legitimate the child after he was notified that his rights would be termi

  • Perrin v. Stansell

    Publication Date: 2000-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey A. Rothman Daniels & Rothman PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian S. Carney Timmons, Haggard & Carney, Athens, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0736

    The grandparent visitation provisions set forth in O.C.G.A. § 19-7-3 did not apply to maternal grandmother's petition for unsupervised visits with her grandchild since the paternal grandmother had t

  • Lee v. American Cent. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Slocumb, Macon, Wilton D. Harrington and John P. Harrington Smith & Harrington, Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert M. Finlayson II and Edward C. Bresee Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0728

    If a mortgagor is not an insured under his business's fire insurance policy, then the insurer has no subrogation rights against the mortgagor with regard to the money it paid to the mort

  • Phagan v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1022

    The evidence showed that the burglar entered the automobile dealership through a broken window and that the defendant was arrested inside the dealership with a bleeding