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  • Knox v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice Brown, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and Alvera A. Wheeler, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2312

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting similar transaction evidence of three previous incidents involving the same fundamental features as the stalking episode for which the defen

  • Hipps v. Hipps

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew R. Hall Clarke, Moore & Hall LLP, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas M. Rego, Tallapoosa, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04F0842

    The trial court had authority under applicable federal law to order the husband to name his wife as the beneficiary of any survivor's benefits available as a result of his pre-marital military se

  • Johnston v. Ross

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Kardos Kardos, Warnes & McElwee, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew J. Hill III and Josh B. Wages Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, Bryant & Ashley, Athens, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1130

    Whether the defendant breached a duty created by the applicable housing code that required handrails on steps leading from the front porch of the home he rented to plaintiff was a jury

  • Shields v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vicki E. Carter, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Anna E. Watkins, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1312

    Defendant was not entitled to mistrial after trial court allowed the victim to testify, despite the state's failure to provide defendant with her current address and phone number where defendant nev

  • Bantz v. Allstate Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George P. Donaldson III Donaldson, Bell & Pickett, and Lewis R. Lamb, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Marvin D. Dikeman Webb, Zsckunke, Moller & Dikeman LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1650

    The trial court abused its discretion in refusing to allow plaintiffs to question a witness about the fact that he changed his story to arson investigators after learning the results of his polygraph

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

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Duke R. Groover Groover & Childs, Macon, and Charles W. Byrd, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Croley Jr., Fitzgerald, Gary C. Christy and Preyesh K. Maniklal Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, for appellee. Other party representation: Terry A. Dillard Dillard, Bower & Crowley, Waycross.
    Case Number: A03A0876

    The defendant was entitled to summary judgment on its former attorney's breach of contract claim because the oral agreement between the parties had no stated dur

  • Liberty Ins. Corp. v. Ferguson

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Burke B. Johnson Carter & Ansley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: H. Emily George George, Bartles & Wallach, Forest Park, Gino L. Montoya Mabry & McClelland LLP, Craig R. White Donahue, Hoey & Skedsvold LLC, Scott P. Archer and J. Daran Burns Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Todd S. Colarusso George, Bartles & Wallach, Forest Park, and Robert M. Darroch Mabry & McClelland LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A0950

    Since O.C.G.A. § 33-24-45 regulates the cancellation of automobile insurance policies, the plaintiff could not rely on O.C.G.A. § 33-24-7 or cases construing that statute to retrospectively void a p

  • Fortson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward D. Tolley and Ronald E. Houser Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael LLP, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Hartwell, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1169

    Causing a defendant to unnecessarily use a peremptory strike on a juror that should have been excused for cause is per se harmful

  • Shuler v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas W. McDonald Jr. McDonald & Cody Law Offices, Cornelia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman S. Gunter, District Attorney, and Kerry I. Banister, Assistant District Attorney, Cleveland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1392

    Defendant's constitutional right to a speedy trial did ttached until the state filed an accusation charging him with DUI since the evidence supported the trial court's finding that defendant wa

  • Middlebrooks v. Bibb County

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra G. Gomez Gomez Law Group, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin T. Brown Sell & Melton LLP, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1098

    The defendants were officially immune from liability for the death of the plaintiff's father who strangled himself in jail while awaiting trial for murdering the plaintiff's m