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  • Vasser v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2267

    The trial court's error in admitting an in-custody videotaped statement that was taken after the defendant invoked his right to counsel was harmless, since the jury already knew he was convicted of

  • March 31, 2005 |

    Spat Splits Apart Britain's In-House Legal Association

    Former Board Member Forms Competing Professional Group

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  • Robertson v. CRI Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Ford Anderson Daily LP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leon S. Jones Jones & Walden LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Adam P. Princenthal Law Office of Adam P. Princenthal LLC, Bryan G. Harrison Morris, Manning & Martin, and Jeffrey B. Grim, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A04A0571

    The non-resident defendant engaged in purposeful activity in Georgia when he signed a note agreement and guaranty to induce a Georgia-based bank to fund the oper of a Georgia-based corpor

  • Galardi v. Steele Inman

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aubrey T. Villines Jr. and Heidi A. Honis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Spencer J. Krupp Spix, Krupp & Reece PC and Lawrence L. Bennett Jr., Atlanta, for appellant. Other party representation: O. Jackson Cook The Cook Law Office, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A2565

    The doctrine of respondeat superior does not apply in slander

  • Reichman v. Southern Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeons PC

    Publication Date: 2004-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Ford Anderson Dailey LP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert C. Threlkeld Morris, Manning & Martin LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Kara A. Hicks and Paul E. Weathington Allen, Weathington & Reeves, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A1994

    The Court construed an ambiguity in the plaintiff's employment contract in his favor as the non-drafting party and held that he was entitled to receive compensation, which he earned through his last

  • Duke v. Bachner

    Publication Date: 2004-03-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Wayne Pierce Pierce & Young, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John A. Gilleland Love Willingham Peters Gilleland Monyak, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Robert G. Tanner Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, and Paul E. Weathington Allen, Weathington & Reeves, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A03A2293

    An assisting physician is not required to obtain the patient's consent prior to assisting in a su

  • Traub v. Washington

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julian H. Toporek, Savannah, for Traub. Walter W. Ballew III Barrow & Ballew PC, Savannah, for Connor. Thomas R. Mock Jr. Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Atlanta, for Washington. Other Party Representation: Richard A. Rominger and Edward R. Stabell III Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah.
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    Case Number: A03A1371; A03A1429; A03A1400; A03A1576

    A jury question remained as to whether the defendant attorney committed fraud by contacting and representing the plaintiff's creditor in his successful pursuit of a debt his former client

  • Guida v. Lesser

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal H. Howard and William D. James Neal H. Howard & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Paul E. Weathington and John D. Hocutt Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1105

    The defendants' could not be held liable for the death of plaintiff's hu s from apparent cardiac arrest where the defendants had no doctor-patient relationship with the hu

  • Wilson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, St. Marys, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, C. Lance Cross, Amy H. McChesney, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jennifer S. Gill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0548

    The Court overruled a line of cases, which have blurred the distinction between the entire waiver of an ineffective assistance claim and the waiver of only the right to an evidentiary hearing, to ex

  • O'Heron v. Blaney

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Kara A. Hicks Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Thomas S. Carlock, Daniel J. Huff, Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Robert B. Remar Rogers & Hardin, Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Nicholas A. Lolito Georgia Assoc. of Criminal Defense, Atlanta, and George T. Jackson Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah.
    Case Number: S02G1784

    O.C.G.A. § 19-7-5 provides immunity to those who have reasonable cause to report suspected child abuse and for those who make such a report in good