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  • Tant v. Purdue

    Publication Date: 2006-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Lester Tate III and William M. Akin Akin & Tate, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark A. Adelman, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0821

    The individual defendant was performing a discretionary act, when he concluded from his police investigation that the plaintiff drove recklessly and under the influence on the night he was involved

  • December 31, 2005 |

    Lessons Learned

    The five verdicts of 2005 that are reshaping corporate defense strategies.

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  • Fitz v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen P. Harrison Harrison & Harrison, and Jacqualine M. Magistro-Hyde, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Atha H. Pryor, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0974

    The officer had probable cause to continue questioning the defendant based on his extreme nervousness and the conflicting and odd answers to the officer's ques

  • Carswell v. Oconee Reg'l Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald R. Oulsnam, Milledgeville, and Travis M. Trimble, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas W. Huyck, Stephen L. Dillard and Thomas C. James III James, Bates, Pope & Spivey, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1311

    The statute of limitation began to run following a doctor's first breach of a divisible guaranteed monthly income con

  • Georgia Elec. Membership Corp. v. Garnto

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bobby T. Jones Jones & Smith PC, Metter, and Samantha J. Poppell Hall & Kirkland, Statesboro, for appellee. Other party representation: Scott C. Crowley and Terry A. Dillard Dillard, Bower & Crowley, Waycross.
    Case Number: A03A2451

    The employer failed to present any evidence showing that its injured employee was fully and completely compensated when he settled his third-party tort action for damages arising out of an automobil

  • State v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2003-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip C. Smith, Penny A. Penn, District Attorneys, Sandra A. Partridge and James A. Dunn, Assistant District Attorneys, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rafe Banks III Banks, Stubbs, Neville & Cunat LLP, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1664

    The arresting officer did not unreasonably expand the scope or duration of a valid traffic stop by running computer checks to determine the status of the fendant's license and whether either th

  • Wise Moving & Storage Inc. v. Rieser-Roth

    Publication Date: 2003-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Mitchell and Brendan L. Henry Mitchell & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dorothy R. Kenefick, Roswell, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A03A0711

    A default judgment, awarding actual and punitive da to the plaintiff, could not stand where the record did not clearly show that the trial court held a hearing on the amount of da

  • Georgia Dep't of Corrections v. Barkwell

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Senior Assistant Attorney General, John B. Ballard Jr., Assistant Attorney General, K. Prabhaker Reddy and Donahue S. Silvis Reddy & Silvis LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert C. Harrison Downey & Cleveland LLP, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1355

    The Department of Corrections can sue for reimbursement of state funds used to treat inmates injured in an automobile coll

  • Multi-State Contracting Corp. v. Midwest Indem. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karsten Bicknese and Amy E. Loggins Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jefferson B. Slagle Thompson & Slagle PC, Norcross, Richard A. Marchetti Marchetti & Lomas LLP, Columbus, Stephen L. Goldner Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, and Brian C. Near, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1203

    A surety was not responsible for a sing agent's diversion of funds held in escrow because the disbursement agreement did not establish a principal/agent relationship between the surety and the

  • Murph v. Maynard Fixturecraft Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce H. Carraway III Moskowitz & Carraway, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert C. Semler, Lynda S. Williams Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, and Teri Y. Callahan Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, Columbus, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1665

    A Tennessee company was estopped from denying workers' compensation coverage for the plaintiff's injuries, because the company contractually obligated itself to ensure that its subcontractors' emplo