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Kothari v. Tessfaye

Publication Date: 2012-11-07
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ellington, John J.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Bertram Levy Fine & Block Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Samira J. Martin Jones Martin LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A12A1106

The trial court erred in ruling that the parties' consent judgment was void due to impossibility of performance and to lack of mutuality, as the consent judgment could not be void under OCGA § 9-12-

Callaham v. State

Publication Date: 2012-09-07
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Adams, A. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Wadkins and Victoria Novak Public Defender's Office, Columbus, for appellant.
for defendant: Julia Slater, District Attorney, and Letitia Sikes Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit, Columbus, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A1082

The trial court's restitution order on retrial, along with a straight prison term with no probation, was proper even though it increased the defendant's original sen

Martin v. State

Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, John J.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant. Brian K. Fortner, Solicitor General, and Sherrill N. Britt, Douglasville, for appellee.
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Case Number: A11A1922

The testimony of the chief deputy sheriff and two field officers established that the roadblock that led to the defendant's arrest was implemented in accordance with applicabl

Laye v. State

Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Adams, A. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Lamb, Columbus, for appellant. Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anna C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
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Case Number: A11A1456

Although mere presence at the scene of crime and merely driving a getaway car are insufficient standing alone, if a defendant had knowledge of the intended crime and shared the criminal intent of ma

Williams v. State

Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Yurachek Yurachek & Assoc. LLC, Jennifer S. Hanson, Bruce S. Harvey and K. Julie Hojnacki, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mary K. Ware, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A0766

Although the defendant argued that the only evidence supporting his convictions was the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, the witness at issue was not an accomplice to murder and the other

Harris v. State

Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. McCall Calhoun Jr., Demorest, for appellant.
for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, and Lindsey H. Burton, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
Case Number: A11A0673

The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for conspiracy to commit armed ro even though the jury acquitted him on the charge of attempted armed ro

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Meaning of Collapse

Discusses collapse as defined in the ISO 1991 and 2000 homeowners, and reviews various court decisions pertaining to collapse.

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September 21, 2010 | The American Lawyer

So Much for the Hurd-HP Bloodbath

Those of you gearing up for a nasty lawsuit between Hewlett-Packard and its ex-CEO, Mark Hurd, must be disappointed this morning upon reading the news that th sides have settled the cas

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Hyperdynamics Corp. v. Southridge Capital Management LLC

Publication Date: 2010-08-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Bernes, Debra
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles M. Cork III, Macon, Mark F. Dehler, Michael E. Perez Mark F. Dehler LLC, Decatur, Edwin J. Schklar Schklar, Ney & Heim LLC, Atlanta, Richard L. Tate, Richmond, Texas, John M. O'Quinn The O'Quinn Law Firm, James W. Christian Christian Smith & Jewell LLP, Kent Watts, Mike Watts and Harry Briers Hyperdynamics Corp., Houston, Texas, for appellant.
for defendant: Jeffrey R. Joyce, Laura J. Geissler Joyce, Thrasher, Kaiser & Liss LLC, Mark E. Grantham DLA Piper US LLP, Atlanta, Caryn G. Schechtman, Howard Schrader DLA Piper US LLP, New York, NY, Lonnie Simpson DLA Piper US LLP, Tampa, Fla., Perrie M. Weiner, Edward D. Totino DLA Piper US LLP, Michael S. Rosenblum and Amy M. Caves Law Offices of Michael S. Rosenblum, Los Angeles, Calif., for appellees. Other party representation: Robert E. Whitley Whitley & Associates, Donald A. Loft, Leslie A. Allen Morris, Manning & Martin, Otto F. Feil III, John L. Taylor Jr., Cheralynn M. Gregoire Chorey, Taylor & Feil, Atlanta, Michael J. Dell Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY.
Case Number: A10A0362

The were subject to personal jurisdiction in Georgia pursuant to the concept of conspiracy jurisdiction, which attributes the acts of one conspirator in furtherance e conspiracy to other member

Cowart v. Widener

Publication Date: 2010-08-06
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles C. Stebbins III Warlick, Tritt, Stebbins & Murray LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
for defendant: . John A. Davison, Amy R. Snell Fulcher Hagler LLP, Charles C. Mayers, Augusta, J. Edward Allen Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, and Henry E. Scrudder Jr. Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Taylor & Lazarus LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: S09G1177

The plaintiffs did not establish that the defendant's failure to render the decedent aid proximately caused his death from natural causes, since they produced no evidence, expert or otherwise, on th