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  • King v. Brock

    Publication Date: 2007-06-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Parker, William K. Whitner, Nathan L. Coppernoll Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Atlanta, and Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Taylor W. Jones, Jenny E. Jensen, Richard E. Harris Jones, Jensen & Harris, John K. Larkins Jr. and David M. Stewart Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06G1657

    An award of nominal damages in a contract action is sufficient to confer prevailing party status under a contractual fee-shifting prov

  • Shepherd v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, James M. McDaniel, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Julie A. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: Sabrina D. Rhinehart and James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Pub. Defender Council, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S05A1561

    Verdicts finding the defendant not guilty by reason of insanity of the malice murder of his sister and guilty but mentally ill of the felony murder of the same victim were not mutually excl

  • Bernocchi v. Forcucci

    Publication Date: 2005-07-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Higgins Higgins & Dubner, Atlanta, for appellants. Charlotte K. Perrell Perrell & Wright LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S05A0483

    Trial court erred in granting appellee's motion for an interlocutory injunction pending the resolution of his claim regarding the issuance of stock in a company he co-owned with two others, without

  • Carnett's Inc. v. Hammond

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. Terry, Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore, Atlanta, Mark W. Wortham and Richard C. Foster Hicks, Casey & Barber PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ned Blumenthal Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Marc B. Hershovitz PC, Michael K. Jablonski, Atlanta, and Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Mark A. Barber and Annette F. Simelaro Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta. Amicus Appellee: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, Sidney T. Barrett Jr., Daniel S. Walsh, Assistant Attorneys General, and Douglas R. Kertscher Hill, Kertscher & Wharton LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S04G1241

    FCC regulations provide that express permission to receive a fax is deemed to be given by recipients who have an existing business relationship with the s

  • Chamblin v. K-Mart Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen L. Ivie, Ashburn, and John M. Brown, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Nicole W. Stout and James S. Strawinski Strawinski & Goldberg LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2203

    Under the learned intermediary rule, the prescribing physician, not the pharmacist, has the duty to counsel or warn his/her patients about the possible adverse effects of prescribed medica

  • Parks v. Hyundai Motor Am. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rita T. Williams Williams & Assocs., Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank F. Middleton IV, Charles K. Reed, Jill C. Kuhn McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, and Stephen P. Harrison Harrison & Harrison, McDonough, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1138; A02A1139

    The trial court prematurely granted summary judgment to an automobile distributor in the plaintiffs' injury and wrongful death suits where evidence showed that the distributor was less than forthrig

  • Chapman v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1501

    Defense counsel's str in pursuing a guilty but mentally ill verdict to avoid a death sentence was a legitimate trial str

  • Williams v. Young M.D. PC

    Publication Date: 2001-01-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank J. Klosik Jr., Jason R. Manton and Robert J. McCune Green, Klosik & Daugherty, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas S. Chambless, Dawn G. Benson Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless and Charles K. Wainright II, Albany, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1393

    The Court of Appeals adopted the continuous treatment doctrine and concluded that plaintiff's medical malpractice claim was not barred as a matter of law because she filed her claim within two years

  • King v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Healan III, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellants: Jack S. Schroder Jr., Angela T. Burnette, Donna P. Bergeson Alston & Bird, Nicholas A. Lotito Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore LLP, Randall L. Hughes Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Richard L. Shackelford King & Spaulding, George E. Duncan Jr. Duncan & Mangiafico, James E. Singer Bovis, Kyle & Burch, Albert M. Pearson III Mills, Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, David A. Cook Medical Assoc. of Ga., Karen L. Duke Promina Health Systems Inc., Robert A. Schapiro, Associate Professor Emory Univ. School of Law, Atlanta, David N. Nelson Chambless, Higdon & Carson, Charles M. Cork III Reynolds and McArthur, Kenneth B. Banks Central Georgia Health Sys. Inc., Macon, Nina M. Svoren Healy & Svoren, Sean A. Black, Toccoa, Carol M. Todd West Georgia Health Sys. Inc., LaGrange, T. Mills, Fleming Hunter, McLean, Exley & Dunn, Savannah, Michael G. Gray Walker, Hulbert, Gray & Byrd, Perry, C. Wade Monk II Shaw, Maddox, Graham, Monk & Boling, Rome, Richard A. Malone, District Attorney, Swainsboro, Charles C. Olson, Staff Attorney, Alvin G. Hollingshed Prosecuting Atty's Council of Ga., Smyrna, Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Dalton, Leslie C. Abernathy, Solicitor General, Cumming, and Paul M. Kurtz, Professor & Associate Dean University of Georgia, Athens.
    Case Number: S99A1490

    The state's use of O.C.G.A. § 24-9-40 a to subpoena defendant's medical records was unconstitut

  • In the Interest of K.G.

    Publication Date: 2011-07-30
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    Date Filed: 2011-07-28
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 2
    Judge: Bob Mccoy Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 02-10-00257-CV

    OPINIONI. IntroductionIn seven issues, Appellant Mother appeals the termination of her parental rights to K.G.*fn1 We affirm.II. Factual and Procedu