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  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Wolinski, Hahira, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, and Michael L. Bankston, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1662

    The state did not meet its burden of proving that the officer's stop of the defendant's car was based on a reasonable articulable susp

  • Terrell v. Pippart

    Publication Date: 2012-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan T. Williams, Ashley E. Browning and Jason R. Clark Clark & Williams PC, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph H. Ferrier and Crystal R. Ferrier Ferrier & Ferrier PC, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1539

    The plaintiff did not prove the amount of attorneys' fees attributable to his successful quantum meruit

  • In the Interest of A. R. K. L.

    Publication Date: 2012-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. Newton, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason R. Clark Clark & Williams PC, and Frances W. Dyal, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A2038

    The juvenile court properly exercised jurisdiction over the termination procee

  • Brina Bay Holdings LLC v. Echols

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley A. Hutchins Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, and Christopher M. Porterfield Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William H. Blalock Jr. Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, Gregory R. Veal, William R. Bryant Bovis, Kyle & Burch LLC, Dana K. Maine Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, and Michelle Y. Terry Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Forest Park, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A1792

    The uncontroverted evidence established that the plaintiff seeking to recover excess funds from a tax sale had no recorded lien or interest in the property at issue at the time the tax commissioner

  • Jenkins v. Wachovia Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Kytle, Atlanta, David Humphreys and Paul Catalano Humphreys Wallace Humphreys PC, Tulsa, Okla., for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert R. Ambler Jr. and John G. Perry Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice PLLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A2053

    The plaintiff's complaint set for claim for negligence and negligence per se based on a teller's actions in improperly accessing the plaintiff's confidential inform

  • Wingate Land LLC v. ValueFirst Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. E. Adams, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward T. McAfee and Parks K. Stone Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A1568

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to an appraisal company and its owner on the plaintiff's negligent misrepresentation claim, as no evidence established that the defendants appraised

  • Georgia Dep't of Community Health v. Dillard

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Annette M. Cowart and Bryan K. Webb, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit S. Dorough Jr. Divine & Dorough, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1712

    The superior court properly held that the State Personnel Board exceeded its authority in adopting regulations authorizing an ALJ to resolve an appeal from the Board's termination of a classified e

  • Norfolk S. Ry. Co. v. Everett

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Thompson Weissman Nowack Curry & Wilco, Atlanta, and Ralph G. Wellington Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant. Michael J. Warshauer, Douglas C. Dumont, and Lyle G. Warshauer Warshauer Law Group PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A0951

    The trial court plainly erred in granting the employee's pretrial motion in limine barring the railway company from presenting evidence on or making an argument concerning whether the employee was w

  • Villanueva v. First Am. Title Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh C. Wood Wood & Meredith LLP and Derick C. Villanueva, Atlanta, for appellants. Frederic S. Beloin and Charles W. Brown Beloin & Assocs. LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A1344

    In a case of first impression, the Court held that a legal malpractice claim for financial loss, involving solely the right of property, was assig

  • Rinks v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Luttrell, Canton, for appellant. James D. McDade, District Attorney, Rachel D. Ackley and James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A11A1785

    An eyewitness saw the defendant's accomplice smash the window of a parked automobile, reach inside the automobile and grab an item, then get into the passenger side of a black truck idling behind an