Filter This View

  • Berry v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-04-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Purvis Public Defender's Office, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Sara D. Kentner, Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, and Heather C. Waters, Assistant Solicitor General, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1912

    Watson v. State, 190 Ga. App. 696 379 Se2d 817 1989 is overruled to the extent that it authorizes a traffic stop based on the possibility that a dealer's drive-out tag might be implicated in a car

  • In the Interest of A. T. H. and J. D. E.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Shepherd, Athens, 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, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Tony D. Coy, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2090

    Mother's convictions for felony murder and armed robbery in violation of her established reunification goal supported the termination of her parental r

  • In the Interest of R. W.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark S. Martin, Warner Robins, 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, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Walter G. Sammons Jr., Warner Robins, for appellees. Other party representation: Thomas R. Wilkerson III Yancey & Assocs., Warner Robins.
    Case Number: A01A0606

    Mother's mental retardation and failure to provide maintenance and support for the children supported the termination of her parental r

  • Wang v. Moore

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert E. Shuman and Thomas R. Morgan Jr. Shuman & Assocs., Manchester, for appellant.
    for defendant: Evan R. Mermelstein, Bruce M. Edenfield Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, and Susan L. Rutherford, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2489

    The college dean and the college's chief academic officer were immune from liability for their actions in firing a non-tenured faculty member who was absent from the first week of classes without

  • Jorisch v. Rhythm Festival Inc. a/k/a Rhythm Fest

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula Jorisch, Washington, D.C., proceeded pro se. Thomas D. Trask, Noah H. Pines Dennis, Corry & Porter LLP, J. Franklin Burns and Christine A. Carson Gorby, Reeves, Peters & Burns, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A00A2122

    A company that rented modified vans for use in transporting disabled passengers did not provide specified public transportation service or operate a demand responsive or fixed route system with the

  • Williams v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel MacDougald III, Larry K. Butler Butler & MacDougald PC, David A. Webster, Atlanta, and Richard M. Goodman, Detroit, Mich., for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter B. McClelland Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, Robert J. Routman MARTA Law Dep't, Atlanta, C. Wade McGuffey Jr. and Jennie R. Halenza Goodman McGuffey Austin & Lindsey LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: W. Seaborn Jones and Roger K. Whitesides Gleaton Scofield Egan & Jones, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A2044

    The Georgia Employer's Liability Act does not apply to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, even though MARTA is a common ca

  • Furlong v. Dyal

    Publication Date: 2000-11-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: O. Wayne Ellerbee and John K. Edwards Sr., Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George T. Talley Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston & Holland, Matthew R. Lawrence and Susan H. Sumner, Valdosta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1639

    Plaintiff who was injured in a multi-car collision proved causation through investigating officer's opinion that she was struck from b

  • Old South Duck Tours v. Mayor & Aldermen of the City of Savannah

    Publication Date: 2000-10-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Mitchell, Alison K. Arce Mitchell & Assocs., Atlanta, and Edwin W. King Jr., Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James B. Blackburn, City Attorney, Peter A. Giusti Wiseman, Blackburn & Futrell and Abda L. Quillian Quillian, Loncon & Edwards LLP, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1107

    City ordinances prohibiting the use of amphibious tour vehicles in the city's historic district fall within the constitutional exception authorizing local governments to exercise their police p

  • Montero v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James G. Blanchard Jr. Fleming, Blanchard, Jackson & Durham and Paul W. David, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0681

    The officer's detaining defendant without probable cause tainted the subsequent search and seizure of a sealed box of marijuana in the truck o defendant'

  • Saltis v. Daimler Benz North El America N.O. Inc. d/b/a AD Tranz Atlanta Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy R. Brennan Eidson & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sewell K. Loggins and J. Marcus Howard Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0482, A00A0483

    As a common carrier of airport passengers, the defendant had a duty to give more than a general warning that the doors of its airport shuttle train would not open automatically after they had starte