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  • Barr v. Gregor

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Hester Hester & Hester PC, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Bethany Magnus Whelchel & Dunlap LLP and Michelle Rohan, Gainesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A0366

    The trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to modify an initial Tennessee Custody

  • McGregor v. River Pond Farm LLC

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alfred N. Corriere, Albany, for appellants. Jesse G. Bowles III, Cuthbert, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A1244

    The special master used incorrect law in determining that the plaintiff has a prescriptive easement over a road on the defendants' property due to adverse possession for a period in excess of seven

  • Whooping Creek Construction LLC v. Bartow County Bank

    Publication Date: 2011-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Parmer Price, Pyles, Dangle, Palmer & Rooks PC, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: William M. Akin Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0574

    Factual issues remained as to whether a bank had actual knowledge that funds in question were being held for purpose of discharging a debt owed to the plai

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, Statesboro, and Brian A. Deal, Assistant District Attorney, Springfield, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0126

    The Court reversed the defendant's kidnapping conviction because the movement of the victim was incidental to the assault and did not isolate the victim from protection or r

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. W. Barrow, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Walter C. Howard District Attorney's Office, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1014

    The trial court did not violate O.C.G.A. § 17-8-57, after the defense put venue into question, when the trial judge instructed the state to call another witness, limited the scope of that witnesses'

  • Carter v. Country Club of Roswell Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James N. Sadd Slappey & Sadd LLC and Henry R. DeGive Law Office of Perry D. Ellis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne D. McGrew III and Spencer A. Bomar Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, or appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1565

    Factual issues remained as to whether the hired worker exception applied in this

  • Vincent v. Casey

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis Levenson and Dylan Littlejohn Levenson & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William M. Akin Akin & Tate LLC, Cartersville, for appellees. Other party representation: Timothy J. Burson Bovis, Kyle & Burch, John E. Menechino Jr. Smith, Currie & Hancock, Atlanta, Charles Crawford, Cartersville, and James S. Astin, Cedartown.
    Case Number: A10A0660

    Under both the old and current versions of OCGA § 9-11-25 a 1, a suggestion of must be made upon the record by service of a statement of the fact of the

  • Perkins v. The Val D'Aosta Company

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Akin Akin & Tate LLC, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert P. White and Eulryoung Chung Buckley King LPA, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0413

    A factual question remained as to whether the hazard precipitating the plaintiff's fall was readily discernible to him in his exercise of ordinary care and, thus, whether his knowledge of it can be

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Arvo H. Henifin, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1822

    Improper testimony regarding the defendant's prior incarceration prejudiced his right to a fair

  • 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