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  • Campbell v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher G. Paul, Public Defender, and William T. Elsey, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Allen R. Knox, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2188

    The defendant stabbed the victim during an altercation and the victim later died of his w

  • Ameris Bancorp v. Ackerman

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James H. Moore III and Allen H. Olson Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers PC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin T. Butler, Cairo, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1588

    The exculpatory language in the guarantee executed along with the lease and note in question did not bar the plaintiff's claims, since the guaranty applied to the city of Cairo's obligations to the

  • Bragg v. Oxford Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster The Webster Firm PC, Norcross, and Ralph O. Scoccimaro Brown & Scoccimaro PC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Carrie L. Christie Rutherford & Christie, and Frank M. Lowrey IV and Nicole G. Iannarone Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08G1031

    The acceptance doctrine applicable to independent contractors barred the plaintiffs' recovery against the defendant for injuries allegedly caused by the defendant's work under contract for the count

  • Houston v. Phoebe Putney Mem. Hosp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura M. Shamp Brown & Shamp, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Carl R. Langley Langley & Lee, Albany, for appellees.
    Case Number: A08A1844

    The trial court erred in dismissing the medical malpractice plaintiff's complaint for failure to file a legally sufficient expert affi

  • Garza v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-02
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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: Cecilia M. Cooper, District Attorney, and Daniel P. Bibler, Assistant District Attorney, Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07G1628

    The child victim's movements were of short duration and occurred as minor incidents in the course of the defendant's false imprisonment o

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  • CityplaceHamptonv. Nesmith

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Case Number: A08A1887

    Although trial courts can delay the full implementation of an upward child support modification via a phase-in, under O.C.G.A. § 19-6-15, trial courts must provide for some amount, equal to or

  • Savage v. E. R. Snell Contractor Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A1368; A08A1369

    The plaintiffs claimed that repeat flooding on their property constituted a continuing nuisance and trespass, such that a new cause of action arose with each

  • Garza v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S07G1628

    The child victim's movements were of short duration and occurred as minor incidents in the course of the defendant's false imprisonment o

  • Daimler Chrysler Motors Co. v. Clemente

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A0870; A08A0871; A08A0872

    Agreement between automobile manufacturer and an authorized dealer stated that neither was the other's