• 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

  • First Bancorp Mortgage Corp. v. Giddens

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregg Loomis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John R. Lowery Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A0870

    The trial court properly excluded evidence of other lawsuits filed against defendants alleging flip sales since admitting such evidence would likely have resulted in undue prejudice or confusion wh

  • Dawson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas M. West and Robert H. Citronberg, Atlanta, for Dawson. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Susan W. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for the state. Amicus appellant: Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore, Robert L. Tsai American Civil Liberties Union, Natsu T. Saito Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, and Amy G. Donnella, St. Davids, Penn.Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Stephen B. Bright Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, and Althea L. Buafo Buafo & Assocs., Macon, for Moore. Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, Eastman, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for the state. Amicus appellant: Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S01A1041, S01A1210

    The future use of electrocution as a means of executing death sentences in Georgia would violate the Georgia Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punis

  • Satterwhite v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T. Blackmon and Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A0536

    The trial court properly admitted defendant's statement about raping a 4-year-old while he was on juvenile probation since the statement was knowing and voluntary under the totality of the circumst

  • Ketchup v. Howard

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Linnie L. Darden III Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David R. Smith Branan, Searcey & Smith, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0987

    The Court of Appeals adopted the common law doctrine of informed consent providing that physicians and dentists have a duty to inform patients of the known material risks of a proposed treatment or

  • Camp v. Eichelkraut

    Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A00A1746, A00A1747, A00A1748

    Defendant did not breach a confidentiality and non-disparagement agreement with the plaintiff by cooperating with police and fraud investig

  • Schoen v. Cherokee County

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen F. Lanier, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert M. Mahler, Canton, for appellees.

    Case Number: A99A1670

    The Board of Commissioners did not violate Georgia's Open Meetings Act when it met with the county attorney to discuss a proposed consent order involving pending zoning litig

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    McGuireWoods' Man in Washington

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