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  • In the Interest of L.H., N.H. & W.H.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Knight Jr., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso and Sanders D. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: David C. Butler, Kenneth R. Croy and Reagan W. Dean, Marietta.
    Case Number: A99A1893

    Evidence that the father had not seen his children or provided a drug assessment in four years, owed more than $15,000 in child support and had no home of his own supported the termination of his p

  • Mullinax v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2212

    The state adequately informed the defendant of its intention to introduce his prior convictions in aggravation of his sentence when it orally discussed his prior record and the recidivist statute wi

  • Wadkins v. Smallwood

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Patrick Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald W. Self Self, Mullins PC, Columbus, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0283

    Evidence that the landlords failed to maintain a battery-operated smoke detector in their tenant's apartment was not admissible in the suit involving the death of a 3-year-old when the apartment cau

  • Ethridge v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell K. Howell Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . F. Robert Raley, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1844

    Even though the landlord had a duty to repair the in the tenant's ceiling, the landlord was not liable for the tenant's slipping on water that dripped intermittently from that

  • In re A.S.O. & N.L.R.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence M. Korn, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Sanders B. Deen and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Reagan W. Dean and David J. Casey, Marietta, and W. Keith Barber Allen & Barber PC, Statesboro.
    Case Number: A99A2241

    The mother waived her right to a separate nonreunification hearing when she consented to the consolidation of that hearing with the action to terminate her parental r

  • In the Interest of T.M.S. & C.M.P.L.S.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Morgan Steven L. Morgan PC, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: James A. Chamberlin Jr., Brunswick, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A99A2399

    Evidence that 17-year-old mother had a borderline personality disorder, made no effort to maintain employment and did not meet reunification plan goals supported termination of her parental rights t

  • Gilmore v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larkin M. Lee and Bentley C. Adams III Virgil Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Mark S. Daniel, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, Barnesville, and James L. Moss Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Jackson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2367

    Evidence supported the trial court's determination that the defendant's driving ability was impaired at the time of the accident even though the defendant claimed that the alcohol in his system was

  • Multifamily Mortgage Trust 1996-1 v. ARA Assocs.-Shangri-La Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank W. Deborde, Robert C. Threlkeld and Beth E. Rogers Morris, Manning & Martin LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James K. Quillian, William M. Droze and Thomas E. Reilly Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A2228

    The trial court had to look at the intent of the parties to determine whether the plaintiff could deduct the costs of extensive repairs to its apartment complex as operating expenses under an agreem

  • Gray v. Oliver

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark R. Marden, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman R. Miller McLaughlin, Hendon & Miller, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0537

    Plaintiff could not recover from subdivision owner for injuries she received when she slipped on the curved slope of an open and obvious curbside drainage cu

  • Ellis v. Five Star Dodge Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas F. Jarriel Lane & Jarriel, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sarah Harper, O. Hale Almand Jr. and Samuel G. Alderman III Almand & Wiggins, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0348

    Defendant failed to show excusable neglect supporting the opening of default, since it did not make sure its insurance carrier had received plaintiff's complaint or that an answer was