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  • Bragg v. Oxford Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster The Webster Firm PC, Norcross, and Ralph O. Scoccimaro Brown & Scoccimaro PC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Carrie L. Christie Rutherford & Christie, and Frank M. Lowrey IV and Nicole G. Iannarone Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08G1031

    The acceptance doctrine applicable to independent contractors barred the plaintiffs' recovery against the defendant for injuries allegedly caused by the defendant's work under contract for the count

  • Cane v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, John A. Warr, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1847

    The defendant fatally stabbed the victim in the stomach, then carjacked a passing ve

  • 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

  • Barnett v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers, Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Pub. Defender Standards Council and Leigh S. Schrope, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Newnan, Anne C. Allen, District Attorney, Tara M. Wilson, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08A1554

    The defendant fatally shot the victim in the head and the victim identified the defendant as the sh

  • Spears v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gabriel T. Cliett and Brandi D. Payne, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, Swainsboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Amy E. Hawkins Morelli, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0195

    The defendant shot the victim three ran home to get his mother's car, returned to the scene and shot the victim at close range three more

  • 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

  • Garza v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. David Wolfe and Robert A. Susor L. David Wolfe PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cecilia M. Cooper, District Attorney, and Daniel P. Bibler, Assistant District Attorney, Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07G1628

    The child victim's movements were of short duration and occurred as minor incidents in the course of the defendant's false imprisonment o

  • 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

  • Garza v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S07G1628

    The child victim's movements were of short duration and occurred as minor incidents in the course of the defendant's false imprisonment o

  • 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