• McElmurray v. Augusta-Richmond County

    Publication Date: 2005-08-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Edwin Hallman Jr. and Richard P. Decker Decker, Hallman, Barber & Briggs PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James W. Ellison Burnside, Wall, Daniel & Ellison, Robert P. Sentell III Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Augusta, and Carol R. Geiger McKenna, Long & Aldridge, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0262

    The damage to the plaintiffs' crops and cattle directly arose from the city's negligent use of their insured vehicles in spreading contaminated sludge generated at the city's wastewater treatment

  • McElmurray v. Augusta-Richmond County

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Edwin Hallman Jr. and Richard P. Decker Decker, Hallman, Barber & Briggs PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James W. Ellison Burnside, Wall, Daniel & Ellison, Robert P. Sentell III Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Augusta, and Carol R. Geiger McKenna, Long & Aldridge, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0262

    The damage to the plaintiffs' crops and cattle directly arose from the city's negligent use of their insured vehicles in spreading contaminated sludge generated at the city's wastewater treatment

  • Blackston v. Georgia Dep't of Pub. Safety

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Sleppy, Lisa J. Bucko Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, and Paul B. Mazur, Atlanta, for appellants. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A05A1319

    The trial court properly dismissed an action claiming that the plaintiffs' injuries were caused by the reckless high-speed pursuit of a fleeing vehicle because the state has no liability for losses

  • State v. Bibbins

    Publication Date: 2004-12-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, and Thomas J. Ison Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Virgil L. Brown, Eric D. Hearn and Ronald J. Ellington Virgil L. Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1305

    An officer's request for consent to search for drugs during the course of a brief, on-going traffic stop does not, in and of itself, violate the Fourth Amendment so as to make a valid detention "ill

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