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  • Mayfield v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virginia W. Tinkler, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Ruth M. Pawlak and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1678

    Defendant was not entitled to a mistrial after the trial court singled out a juror to determine whether it had legal cause to remov

  • Sallie v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Palmer C. Singleton III Southern Ctr. For Human Rights and Christopher M. Johnson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Waycross, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Patricia B. A. Burton, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02P1702

    Under O.C.G.A. § 17-3-3, the state had the right to re-indict defendant within six months of nolle prossing his first indictment, without running afoul of statute of limita

  • Razor v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, Jason E. Ashford and Emily E. Smith, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1758

    The arresting officer smelled alcohol on defendant's breath during a valid traffic stop, defendant admitted drinking two beers and he failed all but one field sobriety

  • Grant v. Douglas Women's Clinic PC

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph H. King Jr. and Adrienne P. Hobbs King & Hobbs, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ramon D. Sammons Jr., Paul E. Weathington, Gary R. McCain, Robert T. Strang III Allen, Weathington & Reeves PC, and John E. Hall Jr. Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A2187

    The defendant doctor was not entitled to summary judgment where a jury issue remained as to whether a physician/patient relationship existed between the doctor and the plaintiff at the time of the

  • Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-10-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Rumker, Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, and Allen R. Knox, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1697

    The trial court did not err in allowing the defendant to proceed pro se after he dismissed his appointed counsel and repeatedly told the trial court that he wanted to represent hi

  • Automated Solutions Enters. Inc. v. Clearview Software Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas R. Cauthorn III, Melissa M. Nohr Cauthorn & Assocs. and Vanice H. Sikes Jr., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: T. Bart Gary and Stuart W. Gray Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0728

    No confidential relationship existed between the parties since their relationship, although close and lengthy, was merely a business relationship between two independent con

  • Craft v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Anagnostakis, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: James R. Osborne, District Attorney, and Laura L. Herrin, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2197

    Evidence that the defendant shot victim in leg with rifle supported his aggravated assault convi

  • Kent v. A. O. White Jr., Consulting Eng'rs PC

    Publication Date: 2002-01-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: William B. Hardegree and Gregory S. Ellington Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0756

    An $250,000 punitive damage award to an expert witness who was not paid for services rendered to an attorney was excessive in light of the expert's actual da

  • Liberty Nat'l Life Ins. Co. v. Radiotherapy of Ga. PC

    Publication Date: 2001-12-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Wallace Speed Lowendick, Speed & Cuzdey LLC, Atlanta, and Lesli R. Seta Speed & Seta LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert M. Martin, Ruth H. Gershon Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Seaton D. Purdom, Linda A. Klein Gambrell & Stolz, Atlanta, Gene M. Winburn and John J. Barrow Winburn, Lewis & Barrow PC, Athens, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1380

    Plaintiff failed to show that it reasonably relied on defendants' alleged misrepresentations regarding the reasonable and customary charges for certain cancer treat

  • Dyer v. Honea

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory W. Lancaster Peevy & Lancaster PC, Lawrenceville, for Dyer. William M. Droze Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Jerry A. Daniels Daniels & Taylor, Dennis L. Collins III, Lawrenceville, and Jonathan J. Wade Webb & Lindsey, Peachtree City, for Joel Honea. Jerry A. Daniels Daniels & Taylor, Lawrenceville, for Robert Honea. Daniel S. Reinhardt and William M. Droze Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, for Wayne Bailey. Other party representation: Walter M. Britt Chandler & Britt, Buford.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0991; A01A0992; A01A0993

    The pendency of plaintiff's viable claims against other defendants did not bar his legal malpractice claim because the alleged malpractice did not arise out of the defending attorney's handling of a