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Clarke v. Freeman

Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew M. Scherffius III, Gregory R. Eagle Andrew M. Scherffius PC, Atlanta, and Randy J. Ebersbach Kam, Ebersbach & Lewis, Newnan, for appellant.
for defendant: . Robert D. Ware, Meka B. Ward County Attorney's Office, Ralph I. Knowles Jr., Sheryl L. McCalla Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine, Theodore Freeman, Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Matthew R. LaVallee Daley, Koster & LaVallee, Atlanta, William T. Mitchell, Karen E. Woodward Cruser & Mitchell, Norcross, Jack R. Hancock and Pamela F. Everett Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Forest Park, for appellees. Other party representation: Terry E. Williams, Jason C. Waymire, Buford, Jolanda E. Herring Hollowell Foster & Herring PC, Douglas R. Kertscher Hill, Kertscher & Wharton LLP, Tiffany C. Sellers, Thomas G. Sampson Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Tompkins, Coy J. Johnson Jr. County Attorney's Office, James E. Dearing Jr., Atlanta, and Paul I. Hotchkiss Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Forest Park.
Case Number: A09A2339, A09A2340

The trial court erred in dismissing the appellants' emotional distress claims, because the defendants were aware either of a specific threat to employees in the judge's chambers or of the weapon tha

Merritt v. State

Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. David Wolfe and Robert A. Susor L. David Wolfe PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S09A1476

There is no conflict between the term of years sentencing option in O.C.G.A. § §16-6-1 b and 17-10-6.1 and the Court's ruling in State v. Velazquez, 283 Ga. 206 2008 that life without parole cannot

Humphreys v. State

Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchel D. Durham, Jimmy D. Berry, Marietta, Carl P. Greenberg Georgia Capital Defender, Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr., Atlanta, and Holly L. Geerdes Geerdes & Kim LLC, Duluth, for appellant.
for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Teresa M. Schiefer, Assistant Attorney General, and Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S09P1428

The statutory aggravating circumstance set forth under O.C.G.A. § 17-10-30 b 10 regarding murders committed for the purpose of avoiding, interfering with, or preventing lawful arrest, does not exten

Mann v. Blalock

Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas R. Ballard Jr. Fears, Lawrence & Turner PC, Jackson, for appellant.
for defendant: Larry S. Mayfield Smith, Welch & Brittain LLP, Barnesville, for appellee.
Case Number: S09A1804

The trial court erred in finding the administrator's deed from appellant to decedent's nephew conveyed fee simple title, rendering null and void the restriction placed on the property in the deceden

Allen v. State

Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Benham, Robert
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emory B. Bazemore, Tybee Island, and Richard M. Darden, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Christine S. Barker, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S09A1800

Confinement, as it relates to the 10-year limitation period for impeaching a witness with a prior felony conviction, does not include that portion of a sentence served while on probation or p

Craigo v. Azizi

Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald I. Kaplan and Jay D. Lukowski Kaplan & Lukowski LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Wade K. Copeland and Ashley E. Sexton Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A09A1917

The trial court's abuse of discretion with regard to the adequacy of the plaintiffs' expert witness's years of anesthesiology practice did not require reversal because the affiant did not meet licen

Hollis & Spann, Inc. v. Hopkins

Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Bernes, Debra
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vanice H. Sikes Jr., Alpharetta, for appellant.
for defendant: Richard H. Middleton JR., Savannah, for appellee. Other party representation: Ryburn C. Ratterree and Kimberly C. Harris Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, Savannah.
Case Number: A09A1224

Fact questions existed as to whether an independent contractor who constructed a handicap access ramp negligently performed the ramp constru

Reynolds Properties, Inc. v. Bickelmann

Publication Date: 2009-11-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristine R. Tarrer, Eatonton, for appellant.
for defendant: Thomas P. Allen III Martin Snow LLP, Macon, for appellee. Other party representation: Ned Blumenthal Weissman, Nowak, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta.
Case Number: A09A1164

A realty was not entitled to a commission where the buyers and sellers agreed to terminate the real estate sales contract and to release all parties from their responsibil

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Staton

Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cubbedge Snow III, Thomas P. Allen III Martin Snow LLP, Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: John A. Owens, J. Clinton Sumner Jr. Magruder & Sumner and David F. Guldenschuh, Rome, for appellee. Amicus Appellants: J. Marcus E. Howard Pope & Howard PC, Clyde E. Rickard III Chambers, Aholt & Rickard LLP, Atlanta, and Jarome E. Gautreaux O'Neal, Brown & Sizemore, Macon.
Case Number: S09G0348

The plaintiff was not a named insured and was not entitled to stack the UM coverage in his employer's insurance policies covering two vehicles that were not involved in the underlying car acc

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