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  • Davenport v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
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    Case Number: S08A0175

    The trial court's slip-of-the-tongue during one pattern charge did not amount to reversible error, given the charge as a whole and the fact that the entire written charge went out with the

  • Blige v. Blige

    Publication Date: 2008-02-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S07F1817

    The husband actively hid the fact that he had $150K in cash in his possession when the parties signed their antenuptial agre

  • Slone v. Myers

    Publication Date: 2007-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Slone and Sonja Ebron, St. Petersburg, Fla., proceeded pro se. Ned Blumenthal, Laura S. Morris Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta, Martin C. Jones, Allen W. Bodiford, Stockbridge, and William S. Dominy, Decatur, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A07A1089; A07A1406; A07A2274

    The trial court erred in awarding attorneys' fees under O.C.G.A. § 9-15-14 b in the absence of evidentiary he

  • Hendry v. Wells

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent T. Gresham, Atlanta, and Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for Hendry and others. Thomas T. Tate Andersen, Tate, Mahaffey & McGarity PC, Lawrenceville, James K. Quillian, Merle R. Arnold III and William M. Droze Troutman Sanders for Wells and others.
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    Case Number: A07A0059; A07A0060

    A limited partner may bring a claim against a partne where the primary injury alleged is to the individual plaintiffs, rather than the partne

  • Baker v. Merrill Lynch Trust Co. FSB

    Publication Date: 2007-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, John B. Ballard Jr. and Grace E. Lewis, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: C. Fred Reeves, W. Allen Separk, Marietta, and Patricia D. Friedman, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A07A0404

    The trial court erred in declining to apply O.C.G.A. § 53-12-113's cy pres doctrine-providing that ' "if a valid charitable bequest, trust, or gift cannot be executed in the exact manner provided by

  • The Cincinnati Ins. Co. v. Magnolia Estates Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Carpenter Nall & Miller LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William D. Healan Jr. William D. Healan III Healan Law Offices, Winder, J. Edward Allen Jr. and Jeffrey W. DeLoach Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellees. Other party representation: Michael G. Kam, Brian D. Lewis and Emily C. Gross Kam & Ebersbach PC, Newnan.
    Case Number: A07A0103

    A resident in a personal care home's intentional attack of another resident was an accident for the purposes of an insurance policy's coverage, since the insured did not foresee, expect or desi

  • Lowery v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. David Wolfe, Kathryn A. Westberry and Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Bowden, District Attorney, Tifton, Bradford L. Rigby, Assistant District Attorney, Albany, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S07A0262

    The trial court harmlessly erred in failing to consult with the defendant and his counsel prior to responding to the jury's substantive communic

  • Murray v. Georgia Dept. of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter F. Boyce, Catherine M. Packwood Peter F. Boyce PC, Duluth, David F. Walbert and Thomas D. Trask Parks, Chesin, Walbert & Miller PC, Atlanta, for Murray and others. Michael A. O'Quinn O'Quinn & Cronin, McDonough, for Manning and others. Scott W. Kelly Fulcher Hagler LLP, Augusta, for CSX Transportation Inc. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General and Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for the Georgia Depart. of Transp.
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    Case Number: A06A1655; A06A1656

    The county DOT is entitled to immunity from the plaintiffs' claims that its failure to act more quickly in installing an state DOT-approved traffic signal at an intersection proximately caused a fa

  • Blue Moon Cycle Inc. v. Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Youngblood and Laura V. Benesh William R. Youngblood PC, Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Duane A. Jenkins, Duluth, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S06G1136

    Immunity from civil liability pursuant to the deposit account fraud statute, O.C.G.A. § 16-9-20 is not limited to cases when the action is brought by the person, who signed the

  • Ewing v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George O. Lawson Jr. Lawson & Thornton PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Amber A. Robinson and Cleora S. Anderson City of Atlanta Law Dept., Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06A1988

    The trial court erred in construing the pleadings most favorably to the city and the city's chief of police in dismissing a police lieutenant's petition for a writ of mandamus, seeking to require th