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  • In the Interest of R. W. & W. W.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelley S. Powell, Hampton, and Martin C. Jones Webb, Stuckey & Lindsey LLC, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and W. Ashley Hawkins, Special Assistant Attorney General, Forsyth, for appellee. Other party representation: Wilson H. Bush Bush & Smith, Jackson.
    Case Number: A01A2410

    Evidence that the children lived in a trash-filled home with a broken toilet and that the mother left them unsupervised supported the termination of the mother's parental r

  • Evans v. Fred D. Marshall Jr. d/b/a Parade of Homes

    Publication Date: 2002-02-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald S. Iddins, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard E. Flowers, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2113

    The trial court erred in finding that defendants were in default based on their failure to respond to plaintiff's amended complaint since a defendant is not required to answer an amended complaint u

  • Hamilton v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert A. Maxwell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0593

    The trial court did not err in allowing defense counsel to inquire on voir dire whether any of the jurors had been affected by the pretrial publicity on the O. J. Simpson

  • BP Exploration & Oil Inc. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald L. Mize Jr., George N. Mori, Douglas G. Scribner and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for BP Exploration & Oil. Preyesh K. Maniklal, Hardy Gregory Jr., Gary C. Christy Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, and Christopher N. Smith, Macon, for Jones. Other party representation: William D. Harrison Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, Atlanta, and Luanne Clark Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rogers PC, Albany.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A1207; A01A1208

    A n l oil company was not vicariously liable for the plaintiff's injuries at an independently owned gas st

  • In the Interest of C. F.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Culp, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Barry Staples, Marietta.
    Case Number: A01A2082

    Evidence that the putative father subjected his children to sexual abuse, domestic violence and substance abuse supported the termination of his parental r

  • In the Interest of J. M.

    Publication Date: 2001-09-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph I. Carter, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General,, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Melanie B. Cross Simpson & Cross, Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1119

    The Court reinstated the biological mother's parental rights because DFACS failed to present any evidence that her children would be seriously affected by her continuing parental relationship or th

  • Tecumseh Prods. Co. Inc. v. Rigdon

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Gordon and C. Todd Van Dyke Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jack J. Helms Jr. Helms & Helms PC, Homerville, and James D. Hudson, Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1484

    Defendant should have known about its employee's violent propensity because defendant previously fired the employee for his involvement in an altercation with his super

  • Giraldo v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William G. Quinn III, Decatur, for Giraldo. Stephen T. Maples, Bernard Knight and Karlyn Skall, Decatur, for Brutus. J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Kristin M. Childers and Gregory K. Schwarz, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee. Other party representation: William C. Puckett Jr. and William G. Quinn III, Decatur.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A00A2037; A00A2038

    Police are authorized to retain non-Schedule I drugs confiscated in previous investigations and use them in reverse-sting operations so long as the origin of the drugs is documented and forfeiture p

  • Giraldo v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-04-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William G. Quinn III, Decatur, for Giraldo. Stephen T. Maples, Bernard Knight and Karlyn Skall, Decatur, for Brutus. J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Kristin M. Childers and Gregory K. Schwarz, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee. Other party representation: William C. Puckett Jr. and William G. Quinn III, Decatur.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A00A2037; A00A2038

    Police are authorized to retain non-Schedule I drugs confiscated in previous investigations and use them in reverse-sting operations so long as the origin of the drugs has been documented and forfei

  • Grier v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Phillips, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles H. Weston, District Attorney, Elizabeth K. Bobbitt, Dorothy A. Vinson, Assistant District Attorneys, Macon, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1996

    Defense counsel reasonably used stage photographs demonstrating the trajectory of the fatal bullet to discredit the state's theory on how the victim was shot, rather than objecting to there admissib