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Clarke v. Freeman

Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew M. Scherffius III, Gregory R. Eagle Andrew M. Scherffius PC, Atlanta, and Randy J. Ebersbach Kam, Ebersbach & Lewis, Newnan, for appellant.
for defendant: . Robert D. Ware, Meka B. Ward County Attorney's Office, Ralph I. Knowles Jr., Sheryl L. McCalla Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine, Theodore Freeman, Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Matthew R. LaVallee Daley, Koster & LaVallee, Atlanta, William T. Mitchell, Karen E. Woodward Cruser & Mitchell, Norcross, Jack R. Hancock and Pamela F. Everett Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Forest Park, for appellees. Other party representation: Terry E. Williams, Jason C. Waymire, Buford, Jolanda E. Herring Hollowell Foster & Herring PC, Douglas R. Kertscher Hill, Kertscher & Wharton LLP, Tiffany C. Sellers, Thomas G. Sampson Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Tompkins, Coy J. Johnson Jr. County Attorney's Office, James E. Dearing Jr., Atlanta, and Paul I. Hotchkiss Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Forest Park.
Case Number: A09A2339, A09A2340

The trial court erred in dismissing the appellants' emotional distress claims, because the defendants were aware either of a specific threat to employees in the judge's chambers or of the weapon tha

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Humphreys v. State

Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchel D. Durham, Jimmy D. Berry, Marietta, Carl P. Greenberg Georgia Capital Defender, Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr., Atlanta, and Holly L. Geerdes Geerdes & Kim LLC, Duluth, for appellant.
for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Teresa M. Schiefer, Assistant Attorney General, and Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S09P1428

The statutory aggravating circumstance set forth under O.C.G.A. § 17-10-30 b 10 regarding murders committed for the purpose of avoiding, interfering with, or preventing lawful arrest, does not exten

Johnson v. State

Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Edwards, Valdosta, for appellant.
for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
Case Number: A10A0322

The evidence was sufficient to convict defe for carrying a concealed weapon, because police found a knife when they searched defe

Spurlock v. Department of Human Resources

Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Carley, George H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott E. Spurlock, Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: Martin L. Fierman, Eatonton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mark J. Cicero, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and John R. Sikes, Macon, for appellee.
Case Number: S09A1475

The trial court applied a high income deviation from the presumptive child support award without making all of the required findings under O.C.G.A. § 19-6-1

Mann v. Blalock

Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas R. Ballard Jr. Fears, Lawrence & Turner PC, Jackson, for appellant.
for defendant: Larry S. Mayfield Smith, Welch & Brittain LLP, Barnesville, for appellee.
Case Number: S09A1804

The trial court erred in finding the administrator's deed from appellant to decedent's nephew conveyed fee simple title, rendering null and void the restriction placed on the property in the deceden

Lamb v. Javed

Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne Grant, Kimberly W. Grant Wayne Grant PC, and L. Lin Wood Jr. Powell Goldstein LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Hunter S. Allen Jr., Simuel F. Doster Jr. and Gary R. McCain Allen McCain & O'Mahony PC, and Ashley D. Phillips Hall Booth Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A09A2234

The plaintiffs waived their challenge to the transfer of their case when they failed to challenge the transfer and allowed the case to proceed to a ve

Greenwood Homes v. Larue Long

Publication Date: 2010-01-29
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam H. Long and Veronica H. Cope Allen, Kopet & Associates, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: William R. Carlisle Carlisle Law Firm LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case Number: A08A0843

O.C.G.A. § 9-11-41 a 1 authorized the plaintiff to voluntarily dismiss her superior court litigation and the result of her action was the dismissal of her case, not the dismissal of her a

Baxter v. Bayview Loan Servicing LLC

Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Gibson Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, Norcross, for appellant.
for defendant: Stefanie H. Jackman and J. Allen Maines Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A09A1751

All that is necessary is that a mortgage document ' "clearly indicate the creation of a lien and . . . specify the debt for which it is given and the property upon which it is to take effe

Ditman v. State

Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy B. Lumpkin, Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Allen R. Knox, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorneys, and Marc D. Cella, Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: A09A2020

The 36-month delay prejudiced the defendant because he was not unable to locate a material witness, whose testimony would have lent credence to his claim that he did not sexually abuse the witness's