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  • Davenport v. Cummins Ala. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William S. Stone, Blakely, and Antoinette Davis Boone & Stone, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Leigh M. Wilco Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, and Todd E. Hatcher, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Charles L. Clay Jr., Ashley P. Nichols Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, George W. Brinson, Atlanta, and J. Bradley Powell Lightfoot, Franklin & White, Birmingham, Ala.
    Case Number: A06A2200

    A component part manufacturer and distributor that did not have an active role in the final product design is not liable as a manufacturer in a products liability a

  • March 31, 2007 |

    Crisis Rolodex

    The Best Lawyers to Call in a Worst-Case Scenario

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  • March 31, 2007 |

    Crisis Rolodex

    The Best Lawyers to Call in a Worst-Case Scenario

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  • Collum v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas E. White and Green B. Moore III Public Defender's Office, Gray, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederic D. Bright, District Attorney, Milledgeville, Gregory L. Bushway, Assistant District Attorney, Gray, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A2000

    The trial court erred in sentencing the defendant to multiple life sentences, since there was only one v

  • Biddy v. City of Cartersville

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. Hoyt Deming & Hoyt PC, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles E. Johnson III Shivers & Assocs., Alpharetta, and Edward K. Lovell David G. Archer PC, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1876

    The defendant city was entitled to summary judgment because the plaintiff failed to establish that the city owned or operated the truck that sprayed her with an unknown substance and allegedly cause

  • Boldin v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher T. Adams, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1675

    The officers had a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to search the defendant's home after one officer smelled burning marijuana and saw the defendant flee from his garage into his home, dro

  • Lockhart v. Marine Manufacturing Corp.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben B. Mills Jr. Mills & Chasteen PC, Fitzgerald, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert H. Preston, Douglas, and Wallace E. Harrell Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin PC, Brunswick, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A1888

    The racist and insulting comments, which defendant's employees made to the plaintiff on four occasions, did not constitute extreme and outrageous co

  • July 31, 2006 | Legal Times

    2005-06 Supreme Court: The Advocates' View

    The Supreme Court's 2005-06 term began with a bang and ended with a blockbuster. After a decade-plus of stability, the Court had two new members to unsettle expectations. Chief Justic

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  • Prater v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-06-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. David Turk III Germano, Kimmey PC, Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Gainesville, and Matthew C. Dalrymple, Assistant District Attorney, Dawsonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1243

    The evidence did not support the defendant's conviction under O.C.G.A. § 16-7-60 a 2, which requires the state to show that the vehicle in question was designed for use as a dwelling, since there wa

  • May 30, 2006 |

    Mark Belnick Tells His Story

    Former GC of Tyco talks to SuperConference attendees about his indictment and subsequent trial

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