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  • 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

  • December 31, 2008 |

    Roll Call

    Recent decades have seen no shortage of corruption scandals on Capitol Hill: 2008 -- Sen. Ted Stevens is convicted on seven counts of failing ...

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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

  • Young v. Stump

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A1381

    The decedent's ex-wife waived and all claims to his retirement accounts, including an IRA, as part couple's joint settlement agreement and the settlement agreement operated as waiver

  • Lanier at McEver LP v. Planners and Engineers Collaborative Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
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    Case Number: S07G1424

    Public policy did not prohibited the damages limitation clause in the parties' contract, since it constituted an indemnity under O.C.G.A. § 13-8-2 b and would entitle the defendant to reco

  • Ruffin v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A0493

    Under the circumstances, the more than 2-year delay between the defendant's indictment and the denial of his motion to dismiss did not violate the defendant's constitutional speedy trial r

  • June 24, 2008 |

    Senter Ring: Looking Beyond the Side Show of the Mississippi Katrina Coverage Litigation

    This article by Randy Maniloff examines the impact of the rulings by Judge Senter in the Hurricane Katrina cases in Mississippi.

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