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  • Hall v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia A. Price, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Stephany J. Luttrell, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Mary K. Ware, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1468

    The defendant's convictions for aggravated assault and malice murder did not merge, because separate conduct established each

  • February 1, 2010 |

    Introduction: How to Use the Umbrella Book

    Overview of FCS Umbrella, including information on how articles are placed, summary comparison worksheets, illustration of claims-made issues, history of the umbrella liability insurance policy, and current issues with the coverage.

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  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-01-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marnique W. Oliver, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, and Mary K. McKinnon, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0078

    Although no direct evidence showed that the defendant personally entered the victim's home, sufficient evidence supported her conviction for burglary as a party to the

  • In the Interest of M. O.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ernest D. Napier III, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Joseph T. Justice, Dallas, for appellee. Other party representation: Joiya L. Efemini, Mableton, and Melodie Smith CASA, Dallas.
    Case Number: A09A2100

    The mother of fraternal twins' was deceased, their father was unknown and their aunt and uncle had lost both physical and legal custody of

  • Those Certain Underwriters at Lloyds London v. DTI Logistics Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-11-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory L. Mast Fields, Howell, Athans & McLaughlin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James S. Strawinski and Briant G. Mildenhall Strawinski & Stout PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1432

    The insurer's arguments that the insured had not paid any claim for the value of the stolen cargo and that the statute of limitation barred any possible claims against the insured were irrel

  • Merritt v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Metro Conflict Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and David K. Getachew-Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1803

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's Batson motion, since the state gave race-neutral explanations for the two peremptory strikes that the defendant challenged on a

  • Taylor v. Padgett

    Publication Date: 2009-10-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shawn D. Bible, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: John S. Husser, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1384

    The juvenile court lacked personal jurisdiction over the mother based on its improper grant of service by public

  • In re: A.C.

    Publication Date: 2009-10-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillip Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Abdulhakim Saadiq Saadiq & Assocs. LLC, Decatur, and Tyrone M. Hodnett II, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0931

    OCGA § 5-6-35a12 does not violate the constitution's equal protection c

  • September 30, 2009 |

    Come Together

    Companies slowly warm to new U.K. procedure for cross-border mergers.

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  • Haamid v. First Franklin Fin. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-09-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reed Edmondson Jr., Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Annette K. McBrayer Epstein, Becker & Green, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1655

    The plaintiff properly served a nonresident owner of Georgia property at his Oregon address under the long arm statute, O.C.G.A. § 9-10-91 et