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  • Johnson v. American Nat'l Red Cross a/k/a American Red Cross

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Brittain and Wendell R. Bird Bird & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan M. Maxwell, Christopher H. Smith Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Jeffrey C. Baxter Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Atlanta, and Lance P. McMillian McMillian & Camp, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02G0871

    In the absence of any evidence of exposure to a rare, undetectable HIV strain, the decedent's fears that she was infected with the virus were unreasonable as a matter o

  • Curles v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George P. Donaldson III and Misty D. Garrett Donaldson, Bell & Pickett PC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Hodges III, District Attorney, Gregory W. Edwards, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1847

    The prosecutor did not violate O.C.G.A. § 17-8-76 during closing argument by improperly referring to the trial court's ability to mitigate the defendant's sentence since the prosecutor did not speci

  • Harvey III v. J. H. Harvey Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Dow N. Kirkpatrick II, Heather R. Peoples Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, J. Reese Franklin and W. Daniel Knight Jr., Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank C. Jones, Benjamin F. Easterlin IV and Rance L. Craft King & Spaulding, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0452; A02A0453

    The concept of constructive service was applicable to an action for breach of an employment contract which provided that the plaintiff would serve as the defending company's President and Chief Oper

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Persse Kicklighter & Persse, Springfield, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rene J. Martin III, District Attorney, Richard A. Mallard, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0249

    Any error in the trial court's sequential charge on malice m and voluntary manslaughter was harmless since the jury convicted the defendant of malice m

  • Golden Peanut Co. v. Bass

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Candace N. Smith, Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry and Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Griffin B. Bell, Benjamin F. Easterlin IV, Michael C. Russ, John P. Brumbaugh King & Spalding, Atlanta, Whitney G. Saunders Saunders, Babineau & Brewbaker LLC, Suffolk, Va., and Wayne S. Weaver Southwestern Peanut Shellers Assoc., Stephenville, Texas, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Evans J. Plowden Jr., Dawn G. Benson, and Charles K. Wainwright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, Albany.
    Case Number: S01G1157

    Contract clause relating to the sale of additional peanuts at a higher than contracted price was not void for violation of federa

  • Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP v. Six Flags Over Ga. LLC

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt Chandler & Britt, Buford, Ronald L. Reid Alston & Bird, John J. Dalton Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Evan R. Chesler and Keith R. Hummel Cravath, Swaine & Moore, N.Y., for appellant.
    for defendant: . James E. Butler Jr., George W. Fryhofer III, Joel O. Wooten Jr., Cale H. Conley Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daugherty & Sullivan, Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, H. Lamar Mixson, Michael B. Terry, Nancy J. Walsh and Joshua F. Thorpe Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, for appellees. Other party representation: Gerald Davidson Jr. Davidson & Tucker LLP, Duluth.
    Case Number: A00A0120

    The Court of Appeals overruled Kent v. A. O. White Jr., Consulting Engineers PC, A01A0756 1/29/02, 02 FCDR 374, to the extent that it held that the Georgia Supreme Court adopted the standard set for

  • Kull v. Six Flags Over Ga. LP

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph D. Perrotta, Louis R. Feingold Northcutt, Edwards, Gordon & Feingold, and Joseph H. King Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Mulholland Savell & Williams and Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A2315

    A jury question remained as to whether the plaintiff assumed the risk of injury by inserting metal pliers into a light socket on electronic scoreboard since the evidence did not show that the plaint

  • GSW Inc. v. The Dep't of Natural Resources

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Linwood R. Lovett, Paul R. Ayerbe and Bridgette M. Cooper Lovett, Cowart & Ayerbe LLC, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Devon A. Orland, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1759

    O.C.G.A. § 50-13-19 h 1 allows a superior court to consider a claim raised in an administrative hearing that a statute is unconstitutional both on its face and as applied provided that the claim is

  • Mathis v. Orkin Exterminating Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arthur S. Archibald, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Andrew J. Hill III Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, Bryant & Ashley, Athens, and Christopher G. Conley, Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, Bryant & Ashley, Greensboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2114

    A non-solicitation clause prohibiting a former employee from engaging in the pest control business within a specified territory for two years following the termination of his employment with the pl

  • University Health Servs. Inc., d/b/a Univ. Hosp. v. Long

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wyckliffe A. Knox Jr. Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, and Joseph H. Huff Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas W. Tucker, John B. Long, A. Montague Miller Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, and John P. Batson, Augusta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Jack S. Schroder Jr. Alston & Bird, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S01A1658

    When reviewing a hospital's revocation of a doctor's clinical privileges, the trial court had to defer to the hospital's judgment that the doctor mismanaged patient