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  • Wyche v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A1892

    A nolo contendere plea cannot serve as proof of a prior conviction for a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted

  • Cotton States Mut. Ins. Co. v. Stephen Brown Ins. Agency Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A07A1720; A08A0960

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion when it granted an interlocutory injunction compelling post contract-termination payments from the defendants pending arbitration of the parties' br

  • Wyche v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A1892

    A nolo contendere plea cannot serve as proof of a prior conviction for a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted

  • Collins & Assocs. v. Henry County Water and Sewerage Auth.

    Publication Date: 2008-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A07A2377

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in striking part of the condemnee's expert's testimony relating to consequential damages, since the expert used subdivision plats to establish th

  • Granite State Outdoor Advertising Inc. v. City of Roswell

    Publication Date: 2008-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
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    Case Number: S07A1885

    The plaintiff lacked standing to contest provisions of a sign ordinance, which did not cause the plaintiff an injury in

  • Blige v. Blige

    Publication Date: 2008-02-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S07F1817

    The husband actively hid the fact that he had $150K in cash in his possession when the parties signed their antenuptial agre

  • Velazquez v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-01-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
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    Case Number: S07A1418

    The evidence at the competency hearing authorized the special jury to find that the defendant failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he was incompetent to stand trial for felony m

  • October 31, 2007 |

    California Tosses Employer Ban on Class Arbitration

    When it comes to labor and employment law, California may as well be its own country. The intricacies of the Golden State's worker-protection laws--from strictly enforced lunch and break periods to mandatory harassment training for all managers--are well documented.

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  • Austin v. Moreland

    Publication Date: 2007-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry D. Green Jr. Green, Johnson & Landers LLP, Atlanta, for Austin and others. Don C. Keenan, Charles H. Allen and Allan L. Galbraith The Keenan Law Firm, Atlanta, for Moreland and others. Other party representation: Tracy M. Field and Robert T. Strang III Arnall, Golden & Gregory LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A07A1206; A07A1207

    The trial court erred in finding that HIPAA precluded any ex parte communications with the prior treating physicians, regardless of whether such communications included the disclosure of protected h

  • Slone v. Myers

    Publication Date: 2007-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Slone and Sonja Ebron, St. Petersburg, Fla., proceeded pro se. Ned Blumenthal, Laura S. Morris Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta, Martin C. Jones, Allen W. Bodiford, Stockbridge, and William S. Dominy, Decatur, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A07A1089; A07A1406; A07A2274

    The trial court erred in awarding attorneys' fees under O.C.G.A. § 9-15-14 b in the absence of evidentiary he