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  • Unified Gov't of Athens-Clarke County, Ga. v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Berryman Jr. McLeod, Benton, Lowery & Meeks, Athens, and Charles N. Pursley Jr. Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Edward Allen Jr. and Richard L. Ford Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2441

    The condemned property's close proximity to a university and city, as well as the deteriorated nature of the immediately surrounding neighborhood, allowed the jury, in valuing the property, to consi

  • Unified Gov't of Athens-Clarke County, Ga. v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Berryman Jr. McLeod, Benton, Lowery & Meeks, Athens, and Charles N. Pursley Jr. Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Edward Allen Jr. and Richard L. Ford Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2441

    Evidence showing condemned property's close proximity to the University of Georgia and the city of Athens as well as the deteriorated nature of the immediately surrounding neighborhood allowed the

  • Monteagudo v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody D. Peterman Dodd & Dennis PC, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, and Robert T. Gilchrist, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0599

    Defendant's presence, companionship and conduct before and after the burglary authorized his convi

  • Garden Hills Civic Assoc. Inc. v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth.

    Publication Date: 2000-12-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard N. Hubert Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin and Mary C. Cooney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David D. Blum City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Carl E. Westmoreland Jr. Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP, Charles N. Pursley Jr., Christian F. Torgrimson Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks LLC, Atlanta, and Thomas A. Bowman Maddox, Nix, Bowman & Zoeckler, Conyers, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Matthew D. Gansereit Allen, Kopet & Boyd PLLC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S01A0069

    Civic association's motion for an interlocutory injunction to prevent MARTA from implementing a land development agreement is d

  • Dean v. Tabsum Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert A. Falanga Falanga & Chalker and Allen E. Bates Allen E. Bates & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, Bruce A. Taylor Jr. Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Mark L. Stuckey, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S00A1331

    O.C.G.A. § 50-21-28 establishes venue in suits against the state, even if the state is not the sole tortf

  • Stewart v. Stewart

    Publication Date: 2000-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stacie A. Conner Conner & Conner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah A. Stewart, Houston, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A00A0265

    The modification of ex-wife's visitation rights requiring ex-husband to purchase son's airfare to see his mother did not amount to an unauthorized change in child su

  • Ogletree v. Navistar Int'l Transp. Corp., d/b/a Int'l Harvester

    Publication Date: 2000-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John J. Barrow and Gene M. Winburn Winburn, Lewis & Barrow PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard B. North, Jeffrey S. Burton Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP and Tara R. Simkins Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A97A0368

    Manufacturer's failure to install back-up alarm on the truck that backed over decedent was too remote a factor to constitute the proximate or legal cause of decedent's

  • Jackson v. City of Hahira

    Publication Date: 2000-07-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney L. Allen, Moultrie, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Susan H. Sumner and James B. Thagard Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Scott & Smith, Valdosta, for appellee. Other party representation: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta.
    Case Number: A00A0511, A00A0512

    City's alleged failure to keep its railroad ing signs visible with fresh paint could not have caused plaintiff to collide with a train, since it was undisputed that she stopped and looked befor

  • Espinoza v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
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    Case Number: A00A1334, A00A1335

    Evidence that the defendants traveled together as passengers in a convoy of vehicles was sufficient for the jury to infer that the defendants had at least joint constructive possession of the 25 po

  • Department of Transp. v. Arnold

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, R.O. Lerer, Assistant Attorney General, Donna W. Howell James S.S. Howell Law Offices, Robert W. Diggs Weiner, Yancey & Dempsey and Mark Weinstein, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luke F. Gore Gore, Lee & Curry, Austell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0646

    Owner of condemned property could recover for his post-taking business losses because he showed that he had to relocate his chiropractic clinic after the DOT condemned most of his parkin