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  • Gilbert v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A08A0565

    Evidence that the defendant forcibly moved the victim from her living room to the kitchen and from the kitchen to the bedroom authorized the jury to find that the defendant's actions met the asp

  • Wyche v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A1892

    A nolo contendere plea cannot serve as proof of a prior conviction for a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted

  • Kleber v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2008-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A2160

    The statute of limitation did not bar plaintiffs' continuing nuisance claims against the city of Atlanta and a railway, even though they filed suit seven years after they became aware of the pr

  • Kleber v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A2160

    The statute of limitation did not bar plaintiffs' continuing nuisance claims against the city of Atlanta and a railway, even though they filed suit seven years after they became aware of the pr

  • West v. Breast Care Specialists LLC

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A2265

    The trial court's charge, as a whole, fully and correctly stated the law regarding the care and skill required of a physician and the required proof to support a medical malpractice

  • Hafez v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A2065

    The trial court properly allowed a licensed social worker to testify that she was treating the victim for ' "exhibiting intrusive thoughts and memories of abuse that are triggered by curren

  • Lyon v. Schramm

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A2237

    The 5-year statute of repose did not bar the plaintiff's suit against three doctors, who allegedly repeatedly failed to warn her of the risk of developing an overwhelming post-splenectomy infect

  • Wyche v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A1892

    A nolo contendere plea cannot serve as proof of a prior conviction for a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony L. Axam Axam & Adams PA, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Shepard R. Orlow, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, and Gary S. Hulsey, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0133

    The defendant did not show that the trial court would have dismissed a juror for cause had that juror revealed on voir dire that his uncle was a judge in Florida, who specialized in drug

  • Bolden v. Ruppenthal

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen W. Bodiford, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: James T. McDonald Jr., James C. Fox II Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, and Elizabeth J. Bondurant Carter & Ansley, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A07A0591

    The trial court violated required procedures for bifurcation in a case involving punitive damages and the bifurcation unfairly limited topics on which the plaintiff could cross-examine defense witne