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  • Gilbert v. Southern Trust Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William B. Brown, George H. Myshrall Jr. and Jacqueline Marcucci Heyman & Sizemore LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marvin D. Dikeman and Dennis K. Webb Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1092

    Issues of fact remained in plaintiff's suit to recover homeowner's and automobile insurance benefits following a

  • Wilbanks v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy P. Healy, Toccoa, for Wilbanks. William D. Healan III, Winder, for Michael Kozachyn. Thomas M. Strickland, Athens, for Paul Kozachyn. Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0918; A01A0919; A01A0920

    Defendants were not entitled to a change of venue because the news articles recounting their home invasion and arrests were devoid of inflammatory language and only nine of 60 venire people were exc

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory A. Hicks and James K. Luttrell, Woodstock, for Thomas. Carlton C. Carter, Canton, for Taborn. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick, Dana J. Norman, Jack E. Mallard, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01A0146; S01A0321

    Evidence obtained by foreign police is generally admissible regardless of whether foreign authorities comply with the Fourth Amen

  • Wolfe v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna Blitz, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul J. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1620

    Evidence of defendant's gang activities was admissible and relevant to show his motive for firebombing the victims

  • Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Gaster

    Publication Date: 2001-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mason White and Hames D. Kreyenbuhl Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Stephen Sims Barrow & Sims PC and John G. Hunter, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2252

    The business pursuits exclusion in defendant's homeowner's policy did not preclude coverage for the injury her client sustained when he fell on a step-down into her living room because her maintenan

  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard K. Murray, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Stephen E. Spencer, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2306

    The state negated any inference that a not-guilty verdict would make it worse for the v by telling the jury that their decision would not change what happened to the v

  • Southern Prestige Homes Inc. v. Moscoso

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tom Pye Chestnut & Livingston PC, Doraville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Leon Van Gelderen and John A. Ziolo Cornelison & Van Gelderen, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1851

    The defendants did not unilaterally rescind a new home purchase and sale contract when they sent a letter to plaintiff stating that they would draft a contract termination agreement which would prov

  • Horton v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin G. Hilliard, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Melanie Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1225

    The trial court should have considered defendant for first offender treatment since he committed armed robbery before the legislature barred application of the First Offender Act to defendants convi

  • August 14, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Burns White Adds Four Attorneys From Cohen Seglias

    Pittsburgh-based Burns White has hired Manning J. "Jim" O'Connor II, former managing partner of Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman's Pittsburgh off

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  • January 3, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pittsburgh Solo Joins Burns White to Chair Group

    Pittsburgh solo attorney Stephen S. Stallings, a former federal prosecutor, has joined Burns White as chair of the firm's white-collar criminal defense practice. Burns White founding m

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