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  • Carter v. Country Club of Roswell Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James N. Sadd Slappey & Sadd LLC and Henry R. DeGive Law Office of Perry D. Ellis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne D. McGrew III and Spencer A. Bomar Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, or appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1565

    Factual issues remained as to whether the hired worker exception applied in this

  • The Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP and Neil A. Creasy Simpson & Creasy PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James A. Elliott Elliott & Blackburn PC, Valdosta, Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Withers & Lake LLC, Savannah, Mary E. Kostel The Episcopal Church, David B. Beers and Richard A. Arculin, Washington, D.C., for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A1375

    The National Episcopal is entitled to control local property, despite the fact that a parish church owns the property, since the discipline, canons and constitutions of the National Episcopal

  • Barrett v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Akin and S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Bonnie, Stephen J. Rapp Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Charles J. Cole and Derrick L. Bingham Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Julie A. Lierly, Caroline W. Spangenberg Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Norman L. Underwood Troutman Sanders, Robin F. Cook, Atlanta, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia.
    Case Number: A10A1125

    Natural gas was not a tant under the excess liability policy in question, because nothing in the record showed that natural gas is considered an irritant or contaminant within the meaning of th

  • Bonner v. Peterson

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin A. Wilson Randolph Frails PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Claude M. Sitton, Assistant Attorney General, Vincent A. Toreno and Parker M. Green Rutherford & Christie LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A1644

    The second defendant, a resident physician, was entitled to immunity under the Georgia Tort Claims Act, because she was supervised by attending physicians, had no hospital privileges, could not make

  • Miller v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy L. Eidson Cordele Circuit Public Defender, Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2405

    There is no absolute right to a state-provided transcript for use in a probation revocation he

  • McGregor v. Columbia Nat'l Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-07-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence E. Newlin and Jeffrey N. Schwartz, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard C. Foster and Anrea Alexander Hicks, Casey & Foster PC, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0454

    The trial court did not err in ruling that the general liability policies at issue did not provide coverage for the plaintiffs' claims, since the parties' agreement specifically set forth that the

  • McKnight v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samir J. Patel Public Defender's Office, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, Cartersville, and Suzanne Z. Brookshire District Attorney's Office, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1912

    The officer legally ed the defendant for a broken windshield and a broken tag light and the defendant gave her consent to search less than 10 minutes after the officer effectuated the

  • Matthews v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
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    Case Number: A08A1020

    The officer did not illegally prolong the defendant's detention, since the officer asked for consent to search, while still investigating the identity of the teenager in the car with the much ol

  • Hayes v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A0084

    Controlling state and federal authority explicitly approve of an officer questioning a motorist before issuing a citation or written warning and compelling a motorist to step out of the ve

  • Lawrence v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    Case Number: A07A1982; A07A1983; A07A1984; A07A1985

    Under the circumstances, the 14-month delay did not violate the defendants' constitutional speedy trial r