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  • Pyburn v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grayson P. Lane Brunswick Circuit Defender's Office, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1486

    The defendant had a sexual relationship with his biological and adoptive daughter, which resulted in five chi

  • Krachman v. Ridgeview Institute Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wade K. Copeland Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, and Brenda R. Insley Insley & Race LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1108

    The defendant mental health facility was not entitled to immunity under O.C.G.A. § 37-3-4 for the plaintiff's claim of involuntary detention, since that statute extends immunity only to designated i

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas P. Smith Public Defender's Office, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Atha H. Pryor, Assistant District Attorney, and David E. Slemons District Attorney's Office, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1400

    A videotape showing only the defendant's husband was admissible as part of the res gestae, since the tape was contemporaneous to the incident and provided co

  • Lovett v. Capital Principles, LLC

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen M. Katz The Katz Law Group, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alicia Timm, Bradley S. Wolff Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Michael J. Rust and Debra K. Haan Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A1061

    Subsection b of O.C.G.A. § 9-11-11.1 a, which requires a written verification to be filed contemporaneously with the complaint, is not inapplicable simply because defendants acted while engaged in a

  • Harper v. Barge Air Conditioning, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd N. Bell and Robert E. Mulholland Bell & Mulholland LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry W. Bassler Crim & Bassler, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1001

    The circumstantial evidence supported a reasonable inference that would authorize a verdict in favor of the plai

  • In the Interest of S.K. and A.K.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Connolly, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Virginia B. Fuller, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Hope M. Pereira, Woodstock, for appellee. Other party representation: Jenny R. Meyers Meyers & Meyers PC and Jackson A. Lancaster, Canton.
    Case Number: A09A1357

    The mother's continued allegations of unsubstantiated sexual abuse supported the juvenile court's deprivation

  • Performance Food Group, Inc. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas K. Burrell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Trevor G. Hiestand, Ashley Giblin Harper, Waldon & Craig, Atlanta, Steven P. Gilliam Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles PA, Gainesville, and Robert P. Gritton, Murfreesboro, Tenn., for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1719

    Ge s Workers' Compensation Act governs subrogation claims based on benefits paid to employees injured in Ge

  • Miller v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-11-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A0149

    Even after applying the appropriate reasonable probability standard in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 1984, the defendant's ineffective assistance claim f

  • In the Interest of K.L.

    Publication Date: 2009-11-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher R. Lee and Veronica E. Brinson, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Virginia B. Fuller, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Andrew S. Foster, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1449

    The evidence showed that the then 5-month-old infant was sexually abused while she was solely in the care of her mother and f

  • Naylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna A. Seagraves, Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard K. Bridgeman, District Attorney, Toccoa, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0835

    Evidence that the defendant saw knew about and saw one of was sufficient to find her guilty as a party to child molestation for that particular of