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  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-01-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Persse and Stuart H. Patray, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, Statesboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1583

    The defendant failed to demonstrate the prejudice required to show ineffective assistance of counsel because the evidence of his guilt was overwhe

  • Stovall v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Tracie H. Cason, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0208

    The defendant could only be convicted once for possessing a firearm during the commission of a crime under Marlowe v. State, 277 Ga. 383 2c 2003, since the incident at issue involved one continuous

  • Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery PC v. Nestlehutt

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan C. Peters, Melissa B. Johnson Peters & Monyak LLP, Thomas S. Carlock and Eric J. Frisch Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael B. Terry, Sarah M. Shalf Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, James D. Summerville The Bird Law Group PC, Frank A. Ilardi Houck, Ilardi & Regas LLC and Rosser A. Malone, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09A1432

    The damage cap in O.C.G.A. § 51-13-1 unconstitutionally infringed upon the right to a jury trial, because it undermined the jury's basic function as factfinder by nullifying any portion of a jury's

  • Smith v. Hallum

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt and Luther H. Beck Jr. Chandler, Britt, Jay & Beck LLC, Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nowell D. Berreth, Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Ethel D. Anderson Anderson, Davidson & Tate, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1790

    No clear and convincing evidence showed that modification of an irrevocable trust was warranted by a beneficiary's alleged attempt to kill the settlor's

  • Condra v. Atlanta Orthopaedic Group PC

    Publication Date: 2009-07-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey E. Pope Pope & Howard PC, Ralph I. Knowles Jr. Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daniel J. Huff, Camille N. Jarman Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Robert P. Monyak and Jeffrey S. Bazinet Peters & Monyak LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: James D. Summerville The Bird Law Group PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S08G1833

    O.C.G.A. § 24-9-67.1 places particular emphasis on a proffered medical expert's professional experience and practice in assessing his or her qualifications to serve as an expert witness and it would

  • Hospital Auth. of Valdosta and Lowndes County d/b/a Georgia Medical Ctr. v. Meeks

    Publication Date: 2009-06-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen H. Summerlin, Glenn Whitley Reinhardt, Whitley, Summerlin & Pittman, Tifton, Walter H. New, Quitman, Donna P. Bergeson and Angela T. Burnette Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: O. Wayne Ellerbee The Ellerbee Law Firm, Wade H. Coleman Coleman Talley LLP, Valdosta, Marc T. Treadwell, Caroline W. Herrington Adams, Jordan & Treadwell PC, Macon, Thomas M. Burke Jr. and Anthony A. Rowell Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PA, Tifton, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09G0466

    The Court held that a doctor's credentialing files are discoverable that they do not "involve a peer review or medical review committee's evaluation of actual medical services provided by

  • McArthur Elec. Inc. v. Cobb County Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. Ritchie, Roswell, G. Phillip Beggs Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta, and Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: John K. Wells and Clement C. Doyle Brock, Clay & Calhoun PC, Marietta, for appellee. Amicus appellee: John I. Spangler III, Jeffrey A. Belkin, J. Andrew Howard and John S. Ducat III Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S07A0309

    A subcontractor had an adequate remedy at law in the form of an action on the general contractor's payment

  • Benson v. Simon Property Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Salter Jr., Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, and Gary J. Toman Nations, Toman & McKnight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Rebecca M. Lamberth, John L. Coalson Jr., Colin K. Kelly, Jay D. Bennett, Ethan D. Miller Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Charles C. Clay Brock Clay, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06G1286

    The Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act DUPA, OCGA § 44-12-190 et seq., did not apply to the plaintiffs' claims for damages resulting from dormancy fees and expiration dates associated with shoppi

  • Perdue v. O'Kelley

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Stephen E. Ritter, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Charles C. Stebbins III Warlick, Tritt & Stebbins LLP, Augusta, and Glen Lavy Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, Ariz., for appellant.
    for defendant: John E. Stephenson Jr., Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird LLP, Gerald R. Weber Jr., Elizabeth L. Littrell American Civil Liberties Union, and Jack H. Senterfitt Lambda Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellee: Scott C. Titshaw Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Miles J. Alexander, Alexander S. Clay, Michael W. Tyler and Jill Warner Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta. Amicus appellant: Brent M. Estes Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, Anita L. Staver, Erik W. Stanley, Rena M. Lindvaldsen and David M. Corry, Lynchburg, Va.
    Case Number: S06A1574

    Art. 1, Sec. 4, Par. 1 of the Georgia Constitution of 1983-which defines the recognition of marriage as only the union of man and woman and states that no union between persons of the same sex shall

  • Rabun County v. Mountain Creeks Estates LLC

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald A. Cronin Jr. O'Quinn & Cronin, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Cummings II Cummings & Dillard, Clayton, T. Michael Tennant, A. McCampbell Gibson and Christina H. Eikhoff Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06A0042; S06A0043

    The county was entitled to immunity with regard to a subdivision's claim for damages arising out of the county's refusal to accept ownership of the subdivision's roads, because the subdivision did n