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McMeans v. Department of Transp.

Publication Date: 2012-12-18
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert Wallace, Jonesboro, for appellant.
for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Atlanta, and Warren Power Power Jaugstetter & Futch PC, McDonough, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A1376

There is no prerequisite that a trial court find a specific and separate plea for business loss damages in a condemnee's notice of appeal before causing an issue to be made and tried by a jury regar

Alizota v. Stanfield

Publication Date: 2012-12-18
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Grubbs Grubbs Law Firm LLC, Griffin, for appellant.
for defendant: Stephen Ott, Fayetteville, for appellee. Other party representation: Lloyd Walker and Anne Myers, Peachtree City.
Case Number: A12A0981

The superior court erred in exercising jurisdiction over a couple's adoption petition that sought to terminate the putative father's parental rights on the basis that the father deprived the

December 3, 2012 | National Law Journal

The Daily Grind

In a windowless room on Capitol Hill, lobbyist Ilisa Halpern Paul had work to do. Among her goals: Secure $20 million for a client's pet cause. A few minutes after the scheduled meeting time

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Freese II Inc. v. Mitchell

Publication Date: 2012-11-28
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Earle Burke, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Trent B. Speckhals Speckhals & Cora PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A12A0966

The Court affirmed the $1.75M jury award to a mother, as the executor of her da 's estate, in her wrongful death action against a nightclub that over-served alcohol to a patron who killed the d

Sosniak v. State

Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles G. Haldi Jr. Ashway & Haldi LLP, and William A. Finch, Cumming, for appellant.
for defendant: Penny A. Penn, District Attorney, Cumming, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S12A0799

Callaway v. State, 275 Ga. 332 2002, and Boseman v. State, 263 Ga. 730 1994, were overruled to the extent that they held that the denial of a pre-trial constitutional speedy trial claim may be direc

Chapman v. State

Publication Date: 2012-11-12
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernadette C. Crucilla Crucilla Law Firm LLC, Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: Layla H. Zon, District Attorney, and Melanie M. Bell, Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A0839

The defendant failed to show prejudice from his attorney's failure to file special demurrers to the attempted burglary and attempted rape charges because it would not have prevented the State from r

Stone-Crosby v. Mickens-Cook

Publication Date: 2012-11-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dana Ashford The Ashford Law Firm LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: David Tannen, Atlanta, Tracey Moran, and Teresa Mann, East Point, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A1258

The trial court did not err in denying the plaintiff's motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction the custody award of her orphaned niece and nephew to their paternal grandmother, as the superior co

November 5, 2012 | New York Law Journal

July 2012 Bar Pass List

AARON-COOPER, MELISSA VANESSAABAEV, NISSIM ABBOTT, CHRISTOPHER JOHNABBOTT, MAXWELL ROLLERABBOTT III, CHARLES LINCOLNABDEL-ALEEM, YUSSUF SALAHABDEL-RAHMAN,

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Smith v. Ellis

Publication Date: 2012-09-14
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Mitchell Mitchell & Shapiro, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Jeremy R. Davis, Scott D. Huray and Christopher A. Whitlock Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S12A1174

Ridley v. Monroe, regarding no liability settlements under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-15 was correctly decided, but even under Ridley, the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers' Compensation Act did not au

Watt v. State

Publication Date: 2012-09-07
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, James Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, and Emily Richardson District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A1386

A deputy had probable cause to stop the defendant based on a BOLO that matched the car the defendant was driving shortly after the controlled delivery of a crate containing 150 pounds of mari