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  • Eason v. Troon Co. LLC

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Judson F. Smith Jr. Smith & Cannon PC, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad K. Reed and Nicole A. Scarborough Busch & Reed PC, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1945

    Jeff Davis State Court had jurisdiction over the appellee's scire facias to revive a $10,343.65 judgment against the appellant, since it rendered the original judgment and O.C.G.A. § 9-12-63 provid

  • Celestin v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Taylor, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2365

    The defendant was alone in a motel room with paraphernalia commonly used to prepare crack cocaine, officers found 69 grams of powder cocaine in a jacket in the room and $524 in cash in a suitcase co

  • Alvista Healthcare Ctr. Inc. v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason E. Bring Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lance D. Lourie and Stephen R. Chance Watkins, Lourie & Roll LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1899

    The nursing care facility was required to release the decedent's medical records to his surviving s

  • Matthews v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Robinson III Robinson & Assocs., Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Robert E. Statham III, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Reggie A. Lampkin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1577

    Substantial evidence corroborated the accomplice's testimony that the defendant strangled the victim and stole his ATM card and vehicle, after their romantic relationship

  • Moreland v. Austin

    Publication Date: 2009-01-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Don C. Keenan, Allan L. Galbraith and Charles H. Allen The Keenan Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Henry D. Green Jr. Green & Sapp LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Jarome E. Gautreaux O'Neal, Brown & Sizemore, Macon, Lee T. Wallace The Wallace Law Firm LLC, Atlanta. Amicus appellee: Tracy M. Field, Ashley S. Kelly and Robert T. Strang III Arnall, Golden & Gregory LLC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S08G0498

    HIPAA's privacy rule precludes defense attorneys in medical malpractice cases from interviewing the plaintiff's prior treating physi

  • Morton v. Glynn County Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2008-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A08A1499; A08A1500; A08A1501

    The county board of tax assessors did not improperly include an intangible benefit in assessing the appellants' Sea Island properties' fair market value, since the board based its appraisals

  • City of Greenville v. Bray

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S08A0692

    The city's appeal of the qualification of appellee for mayor was moot since the city delayed filing its appeal until after the election results showed that the appellee prev

  • Moreland v. Austin

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S08G0498

    HIPAA's privacy rule precludes defense attorneys in medical malpractice cases from interviewing the plaintiff's prior treating physi

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A1703

    The arresting officer's testimony about the briefing he received before going on duty was admissible to explain his conduct, since the briefing gave the officer probable cause to investigate the

  • Washington v. McKibbon Hotel Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
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    Case Number: S08A0584

    The appellant's inchoate or defeasible title to property he acquired in a tax sale did not ripen by prescription into a fee simple title, despite his occasional cleanup and mowing of the propert