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Explosion Coverage - Archive

Discusses court interpretations of the meaning of "explosion" in property policies. Focuses on commercial property usage.

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Boatner v. State

Publication Date: 2011-11-04
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clarence R. Patton, Rome, for appellant. Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and John A. Tully District Attorney's Office, Rome, for appellee.
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Case Number: A11A0851

The evidence did not support a finding that the defendant probationer possessed the rifle found leaning against the front porch of his trailer, as something more than mere spatial proximity must lin

Payne v. State

Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan P. Tyson Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Louie C. Fraser, District Attorney, Robert B. Faircloth District Attorney's Office, Dublin, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A0818

Evidence that the defendant shot the victim from at least 18-24 inches away and the absence of evidence that the victim was armed or that he confronted the defendant with a weapon, authorized the ju

Hampton v. State

Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy L. Eidson, Cordele, for appellant.
for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cheri L. Nichols, Assistant District Attorney, Cordele, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sheila E. Gallow, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A0585

A conviction for hindering the apprehension of a criminal is equivalent to the common law of being an accessory after the fact and a party may not be convicted of being both a principal to th

J&D Trucking v. Martin

Publication Date: 2011-07-08
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald R. Ryan Jr. Allen, Kopet & Assocs. PLLC, Valdosta, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert L. Lambert Jr., Barney, for appellee. Other party representation: Delece Brooks State Bd. of Workers' Compensation, Atlanta, and Marci R. Rosenberg, Dunwoody.
Case Number: A11A0660

The trial court erred in reversing an order of the Appellate Division of the State Board of Workers' Compensation because the Appellate Division failed to make any substituted findings of fact, whic

Crowe v. Elder

Publication Date: 2011-02-18
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas M. Strickland, Watkinsville, for appellant.
for defendant: Kevin E. Epps and J. Edward Allen Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A1808

Res judicata barred the plaintiff's because her instant breach of contract involved the same parties and arose out of the same facts as her previous fraud

Cruickshank v. Fremont Investment & Loan

Publication Date: 2010-12-31
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Cruickshank, Powder Springs, proceeded pro se. Frank R. Olson McCurdy & Candler LLC, Decatur, and Kelly L. Atkinson Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
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Case Number: A10A2178

The record showed that the first defendant served the plaintiff with its response within the 30-day period as O.C.G.A. § 1-3-1 d 3 req

Worthy v. State

Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pandora E. Palmer, Katherine E. Fagan Smith, Welch & Brittain LLP and J. Scott Key, McDonough, for appellant.
for defendant: Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, Jackson, and Jason S. Johnston, Assistant District Attorney, Barnesville, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A1388; A10A1389

Defendant's indictment was valid and any error in reversing the denial of his plea in abatement was harmless, even though a jury commissioner and the clerk of the board of jury commissioners did not

Robinson v. Boyd

Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: George E. Duncan Jr. and Jennifer C. Adair Duncan & Adair, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . William J. Mueller The Mueller Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S10G0084

Although the waited nearly five years after filing the original action-almost seven years after expiration of the statute of limitation-to perfect service of the original complaint, Hobbs v. Arthur,

Clark v. State

Publication Date: 2010-10-22
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Woodbine, for appellant.
for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Diane L. Dodd and Katie M. Udy District Attorney's Office, Woodbine, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A2114

An unanticipated special condition associated with the defendant's probated sentence did not render his guilty plea involu