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  • City of Atlanta v. Benator

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurance J. Warco, John H. Fleming, Allegra J. Lawrence-Hardy Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Laura Sauriol-Gibris City of Atlanta Law Dep't, John M. Parsons and Amanda M. Conley Parsons Law Group, Atlanta, for the city of Atlanta. Edward A. Webb, Matthew C. Klase Webb, Klase & Lemond, John M. Parsons and William L. Pratt, Atlanta, for Benator. Alfred B. Adams III, Vernon M. Strickland Holland & Knight LLP and Rodney K. Strong Griffin & Strong PC, Atlanta, for K & V Meter Automation. Rodney K. Strong Griffin & Strong PC, Atlanta, for Metals & Materials Engineers. Other party representation: Kimberly R. Ward Holland & Knight, Theodore Freeman, T. Bart Gary, Jacob E. Daly Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, William L. Pratt, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: A11A0769; A11A0770; A11A0771; A11A0772

    In a case of first impression, the Court held that ante litem notice must be provided separately for each named plaintiff in a class action la

  • Presley v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A2440

    Trial courts are required to consider alternatives to courtroom closure, even if no alternatives are pres

  • Wheeler v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A2211

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and possession of a sawed-off shotgun because the defendant admitted that the contraband belonge

  • Johnson v. Leibel

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Brittain, Wendell R. Bird Bird & Assocs., Atlanta, Jenny E. Jensen and Richard E. Harris Jones, Jensen & Harris, Norcross, for Johnson. Michael J. Goldman, Christine L. Mast, Joseph H. Wieseman Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Michael J. Bowers and David J. Marmins Balch & Bingham, Atlanta, for Liebel. Other party representation: Peter H. Schmidt II Taylor, Odachowski, Sperry & Crossland LLC, St. Simons Island.
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    Case Number: A10A1047; A10A1048

    The trial court erred in granting a new trial in a legal malpractice case, because a juror's failure to disclose during voir dire that appellant attorney represented the plaintiff in a 1992 case aga

  • Gilbert v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Georgia Public Defender Standards Council Appellate Division, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1403

    The defendant did not have standing to contest the trial court's grant of use immunity to his codefendant because it was not part of the proceedings agains

  • Bunn v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Public Defender Standards Council - Appellate Division, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James B. Smith, District Attorney, Winder, Amy M. Carter and Ryan C. Bramblett, Assistant District Attorneys, Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1423

    The defendant's acts caused the child victims cruel and excessive mental pain in touching them inappropriately on multiple occa

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. W. Barrow, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Walter C. Howard District Attorney's Office, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1014

    The trial court did not violate O.C.G.A. § 17-8-57, after the defense put venue into question, when the trial judge instructed the state to call another witness, limited the scope of that witnesses'

  • Trey Inman & Assoc. PC v. Bank of America NA

    Publication Date: 2010-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa B. Perlstein, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: William A. DuPre IV Miller & Martin PLLC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Gregory K. Hecht Hecht, Mack & Harris PC, Stockbridge, Kathryn E. Baird Quirk & Quirk LLC and John M. Welch, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A10A1844

    A closing firm was liable to a bank for conversion of surplus funds from the sale of secured property, because the bank's payoff instructions clearly stated that the bank was to receive any net sale

  • Baker v. Lankford

    Publication Date: 2010-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce F. Morriss and Daniel Shim Morriss & Shim LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. VanLanduyt, Decatur, and Alison K. Arce, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1211

    The trial court should have allowed the legal father to intervene in the biological father's legitimation a

  • Autry v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence J. Zimmerman, Atlanta, and Christopher R. Geel, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Jessica K. Moss, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, and Jaret L. Teague, Assistant Solicitor General, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0879

    The evidence was insufficient to show the harassing and intimidating element of stalking, since the state did not prove a course of conduct or pattern of beh