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  • Branton v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0779

    Evidence that a defendant attempted to influence a witness's testimony by offering him money is admissible to show consciousness of

  • Lyon v. Schramm

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A2237

    The 5-year statute of repose did not bar the plaintiff's suit against three doctors, who allegedly repeatedly failed to warn her of the risk of developing an overwhelming post-splenectomy infect

  • Bragg v. Oxford Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2008-02-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0080; A08A0081

    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 t

  • Gardner v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-02-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A07A1790

    The armed robbery defendant failed to show an actual conflict of interest adversely affected his attorney's perfor

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Baskette v. Atlanta Ctr. for Reproductive Med. LLC

    Publication Date: 2007-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Head, Macon, and Wilson R. Smith Smith & Jenkins, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Simuel F. Doster Jr. Allen Weathington & Reeves PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A07A0221

    The plaintiffs untimely filed their claims for professional negligence after the applicable 2-year statute of limitation ha

  • ChoicePoint Servs. Inc. v. Hiers

    Publication Date: 2007-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard R. Gignilliat and William D. Deveney Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert J. Mottern and Vaughn W. Fisher Jr. Buker, Jones & Haley PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0803

    The plaintiff brought the same quantum meruit claim in a prior suit against the defe

  • Putzel Elec. Contractors Inc. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2006-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Napier Murphy and William R. Shelton Jr. Murphy & Sibley PC, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Henry S. Barnett, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Lee Southwell Board of Workers' Compensation, and Mark J. Goodman Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A1039

    The employee's workers' compensation claim for work-related asbestosis was timely filed pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 34-9-281, since he filed it within one year of first learning of the causal connection