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  • Singleton d/b/a Singleton Constr. Co. v. State of Ga., Dep't of Human Resources

    Publication Date: 2003-09-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. Blackburn Jr. Wiseman, Blackburn & Futrell, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Michael C. Taylor Office of District Attorney, Child Support Enforcement, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Nina J. Edidin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1546

    O.C.G.A. § 19-6-30 et seq. provides for service of notice upon payor by regular mail and notice is deemed to be perfected upon mailing so defendant had sufficient notice, even though his wife signed

  • The Rental Equip. Group Inc. v. MACI LLC

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Childs, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles A. Gower, Columbus, and John P. Cannon, Albany, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1293

    The jury's award of $3.678 million in damages for promissory estoppel and/or breach of contract was within the range of damages shown by the evidence, including plaintiffs' detrimental reliance on d

  • Bonner v. Brunson

    Publication Date: 2003-08-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter C. hartridge, Edgar P. Williams and David M. Conner Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David H. Johnson McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson LLP, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1514

    The individual defendant was not personally liable for his limited liability company's alleged debt because there was no evidence that he abused the form of the LLC by commingling or confusing LLC b

  • Miller v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard G. Slade and Jason B. Thompson Slade & Assocs., Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen W. Bodiford and John L. Watson Jr., Stockbridge, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0644

    Plaintiff was not entitled to specific performance of an indefinite oral agreement to make a will devising plaintiff certain real pro

  • Brown v. Garrett

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Harris, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Arthur B. Edge IV Wood, Odom & Edge PA, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0822

    The court's recharge on the measure of damages was so blatantly erroneous that it raised the question of whether the plaintiff was deprived of a fair

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02G1698

    Application of Georgia's rape-shield statute to evidence about the victim's non-sexual relationship with her ex-boyfriend violated the defendant's confrontation

  • Georgia Oilmen's Assoc. v. Georgia Dep't of Revenue

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Turner and Lou Litchfield Schulten, Ward & Turner LLP, Atlanta, for Georgia Oilmen's Assoc. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Deputy Attorney General, William W. Banks Jr. and John B. Ballard Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for Georgia Dep't of Revenue. Other party representation: Mark H. Cohen Troutman Sanders, Fred B. Kitchens Jr. Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Ga. Inc., and Ronald W. Rogers Stack & Rogers, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0474; A03A0475

    Department of Revenue Rule 560-2-4-.02 correctly reflects the plain language of O.C.G.A. § 3-5-31 a and absolutely prohibits malt beverage retailers from buying beer from wholesalers outside of thei

  • Butler v. Warren

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary C. Register Spiva, Lewis, Owens & Mulherin, Jeffrey S. Vaughan Royal & Vaughan, and George L. Lewis, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ashlee H. Vaught and Jordon D. Morrow Brannen, Searcy & Smith, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0805

    There was no evidence that the defendants negligently entrusted their truck to a drunk employee on the day he drive the truck off defendants' property and killed the plaintiffs' son in a traffic acc

  • Howard v. Brantley County, Ga.

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillip N. Golub Houston & Golub PC, Blackshear, for appellant.
    for defendant: . W. Vincent Settle III, Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0886

    The county could not negotiate a contract for road striping services outside of the statutory bidding process because O.C.G.A. § 32-1-3 6 expressly defines road striping as a form of road constructi

  • Imerys Marble Co. v. J. M. Huber Corp.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Wayne Phears Phears & Moldovan, Norcross, and Phil M. Landrum Jr. Landrum & Landrum, Jasper, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen W. Groves Seyfarth & Shaw, Thomas C. Harney Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, and David E. Ralston, Blue Ridge, for appellees.
    Case Number: S02A1401

    A testator could not impose a restriction on his children's ability to sell bequeathed mineral rights during their lifetime where the testator clearly intended to bequeath the mineral rights in fee s