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  • Clark v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, and Deborah R. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2255

    The fact that the informant met with the officer, volunteered to set up the drug buy, specifically described defendant, defen truck and the location of the sell, and provided police with defe

  • Wiley v. Liberty Southern Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Allison Jr., Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Crawford and Thomas E. Greer Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer PC, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2335

    The company that managed the hotel where plaintiff slipped and fell down the stairs was not entitled to summary judgment because there was evidence that a wet spot at the top of the stairs was not

  • Anatek Inc. v. CSX Realty Dev. LLC

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Armbruster Cushing, Morris, Armbruster & Jones, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher W. Phillips Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0562

    The plaintiff's contract with the defendant's lessee for improvements to the leased premises did not subject the defendant's property to an enforceable lien because there was no contractual relation

  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard K. Murray, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Stephen E. Spencer, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2306

    The state negated any inference that a not-guilty verdict would make it worse for the v by telling the jury that their decision would not change what happened to the v

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Clinton K. Rucker and Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0089

    The defendant did not show that he was prejudiced by the state's failure to make his custodial statement available to him before

  • Dunn v. Royal Maccabees Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen H. Debaun, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel W. Wethern Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine, Sherri M. Graves and Nancy K. Deming Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0702

    Since the insured did not designate his deceased partner as the owner of his life insurance policy, the deceased partner's wife was not entitled to the proceeds when the insured

  • Helmley v. Liberty County, Ga.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen D. Barr and Arvo H. Henifin Barr, Warner, Lloyd & Henifin, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Luther K. Davis, James N. Osteen Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold and Leon M. Braun Jr., Hinesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A0534

    Plaintiffs' claim that the defendant's 20-year-old business violates a ant prohibiting the use of his property for commercial purposes is barred by the 2-year statute of limitation for breach o

  • Holmes v. Achor Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George O. Lawson Jr. and Alton Hornsby II Lawson & Thornton, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Milton B. Satcher III Jennings, Sparwath & Satcher LLP, Marietta, and Anna C. Palazzolo Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Maureen M. Middleton Freeman, Mathis & Gary, Overtis H. Brantley Office of County Attorney and Rolesia D.B. Dancy, Associate City Attorney, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A99A1924

    It was reasonable for the defendants to believe that the plaintiff was criminally trespassing on their property because the plaintiff had been banned from the property and the injunction which gave

  • Russell v. Superior K-9 Serv. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen V. Kern Kitchens, Kelley & Gaynes PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry D. Fellows Jr. Fellows, Johnson & La Briola LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Glenn A. Loewenthal Loewenthal & Jackson LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A99A2442

    Evidence that the plaintiff volunteered to let her employer's guard dog out of his pen raised a jury question as to whether she assumed the risk that the dog would attac

  • Day v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Stewart, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Sandra A. Graves, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2344

    Defendant was not entitled to a new trial, even though the trial court charged the entire statute on possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, since the court limited the jury's del