• Pearson b/n/f Pearson v. Tippmann Pneumatics Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Warshauer, Steven R. Thornton and Lyle G. Warshauer Warshauer, Thomas, Thornton & Rogers PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jonathan R. Friedman McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, and Mark J. Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.

    Case Number: A05A1581

    Trial court's jury charge and recharge on proximate charge were unlikely to have confused or misled the jury into believing that only the last action nearest in time to the plaintiff's injury could

  • Barnett v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel J. Sammons, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason J. Deal, District Attorney, and Norris S. Lewis Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A1531

    The evidence showed that the defendant distributed cocaine within 1,000 feet of a public housing pr

  • Goldsby v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-06-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Eric Eberhardt Eberhardt & Hale LLP, and William C. Bushnell, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Brian V. Patterson, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0143

    Defendants' convictions for methamphetamine manufacturing and methamphetamine trafficking merged for sentencing purposes, since both arose from a single quantity of methamphetamine found in a cooler

  • Knight v. American Suzuki Motor Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy M. Budow, Eric S. Fortas and Adam J. Krohn Krohn & Moss Ltd., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jefferson M. Allen McGuire Woods LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A2106

    Plaintiff's claim for breach of an express warranty in connection with the purchase of a new vehicle manufactured by d nt could not survive summary judgment, since the evidence showed that the

  • Bryan v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Corbin, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Mark P. Higgins Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1512

    The trial court should have merged the defendant's convictions for methamphetamine possession and methamphetamine possession with intent to distribute with his conviction for manufacturing methamphe

  • Bryan v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Corbin, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Mark P. Higgins Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1512

    The trial court should have merged the defendant's convictions for methamphe possession and methamphe possession with intent to distribute with his conviction for manufacturing methamph

  • Copper Tire & Rubber Co. v. Merritt

    Publication Date: 2004-12-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip W. Savrin and Sun S. Choy Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Kermit S. Dorough Jr. Divine & Dorough, Albany and Jesse G. Bowles Bowles & Bowles, Cuthbert, for Merritt.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A04A0811; A04A0812

    Workers' compensation provided the exclusive remedy for the plaintiff's injury due to his employer's negligence in failing to maintain a faulty for

  • Bryan v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Corbin, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Mark P. Higgins Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1512

    The trial court should have merged the defendant's convictions for methamphe possession and methamphe possession with intent to distribute with his conviction for manufacturing methamph

  • Rouse v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth.

    Publication Date: 2004-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew J. Hinton Jr. Hinton & Powell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Malcolm Smith and Kevin A. Doyle Lokey & Smith, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A2492

    A question of fact remained as to whether the defendants were obligated to install a safety feature specially designed to avoid the type of injury that the plaintiff received on an escalator in a tr

  • In the Interest of M. M.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Rabb Wilkerson III, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A03A1174. Lisa J. Allen, APO, AE, for appellant in A03A1175. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Walter G. Sammons Jr., Warner Robins, for appellee. Other party representation: Jon A. Nixon, Warner Robins.

    Case Number: A03A1174; A03A1175

    The evidence did not support termination of the mother and father's parental rights where there was no evidence of continuing domestic abuse and both parents cooperated with DFACS, maintained stable