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  • 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

  • Georgia Ports Auth. v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, R.O. Lerer, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, George S. Zier, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Thomas J. Mahoney Jr. Ranitz, Mahoney, Coolidge & Mahoney, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Noble L. Boykin Jr. Jones, Boykin, Stacy & Assocs., Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: Mary K. Hogan Ranitz, Mahoney, Coolidge & Mahoney PC, Savannah.
    Case Number: A99A2012, A99A2013

    The plaintiff's federal express delivery of his ante litem notice satisfied the personal delivery option of the Georgia Tort Claim

  • Guertin v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth T. Israel, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Assistant District Attorney, DeKalb, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0821

    Defense counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to admissible testimony regarding the child victim's o

  • Kinman v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley R. Durden, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, Solicitor, and Phillip C. Griffeth, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2353

    Arresting officer's testimony that officer who initially stopped defendant requested his help with "a suspected DUI" provided sufficient evidence to justify arresting officer's conducting field sobr

  • Atkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Friedewald, Public Defender, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1697

    The victim's pediatrician could testify as to whether the victim's medical history was consistent with molestation, so long as she did not give an opinion as to whether the victim was actually mol