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  • In the Interest of R. N. R., R. E. R., M. R. & C. C. II

    Publication Date: 2002-09-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward R. Downs Jr., Riverdale, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Stephanie B. Hope, Special Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Donald R. Foster Foster & Foster PC, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1196

    Evidence that two of the mother's children —twin 2-year-old boys—weighed only 13 pounds when DFACS placed them in foster care and were unable to talk or crawl supported the juvenile court's order au

  • Department of Transp. v. Dupree

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William D. deGolian, William C. Lanham and Clark H. McGehee Johnson & Ward, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1573

    The plaintiffs raised the issue of engineering malpractice when they claimed that the DOT's failure to include traffic control devices at a fatal intersection violated generally accepted engineering

  • In the Interest of J. V.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cassandra M. Ford, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson and Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Thomas J. O'Donnell, Milledgeville, for appellee. Other party representation: L. A. Browne Jr., Milledgeville.
    Case Number: A01A1629

    The mother had little contact with her children after they were placed in foster care, provided no financial support for the children and failed to meet her reunification require

  • Glatfelter v. Delta Air Lines Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-02-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Matt Wilson, Anthony O. Lakes and Davis K. Loftin The Wilson Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael L. Goldberg, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2048

    Defendant's delay in providing wheelchair assistance to a handicapped person at an airport was not the proximate cause of the man's injury's which resulted from his decision to walk to his connectin

  • Hill v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Greco, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Todd H. Ashley and Jessica K. Moss, Assistant Solicitor General, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2542

    Defendant was not in custody when she voluntarily returned to the scene of an accident in the investigating officers' patro

  • Sylvester v. Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas R. Daum, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, and Loretta L. Pinkston, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2292

    Plaintiffs' renewal suit against the Department of Transportation failed because they did not serve the Department of Administrative Services, Risk Management Division with their original suit prior

  • Southern Intermodal Logistics Inc. v. D. J. Powers Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Brice Ladson Ladson & Suthers LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia T. Paul Oliver, Maner & Gray, Savannah, Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael LLP, Kim T. Stephens, Athens, Robert E. Spears Jr. Greenberg & Traurig LLP, and Michael J. King, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1618

    A jury question remained as to when plaintiff discovered or should have discovered its injury from the defendants' alleged wrongful co

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-09-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Lambros Ekonomou, Atkinson & Lambros LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Alan A. Cook, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0651

    Defendant was not entitled to a mistrial after the state failed to produce a witness's statement regarding her telephone conversation with defendant because he failed to opt-in to the reciprocal di

  • The Best Jewelry Mfg. Co. Inc. v. ARC Sec. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael N. Weathersby and Roger C. Wilson Evert & Weathersby, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Malcolm Smith Lokey & Smith, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Sewell K. Loggins and Jennifer E. Theobold Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP, David M. Brown and Jason S. Bell Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A01A0433

    The plaintiff's suit arising out of a jewelry theft at an airport security checkpoint was barred by the 2-year time limitation on claims for loss or damage to baggage which was expressly incorporat

  • In the Interest of A. M. W.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josephine E. Graddy and Berrien L. Sutton Sutton & Associates, Homerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, F. Shea Browning Helms & Helms PC, Charles R. Reddick and Clayton A. Tomlinson, Homerville, for appellee. Other party representation: Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorney General, and John C. Shelton, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A01A0195

    Evidence that mother was unemployed, was prohibited from unsupervised contact due to her sentence for cruelty to children and refused to admit wrong in failing to intervene when her husband sexually