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  • Statesboro Blues Dev. LLC v. Farmers and Merchants Bank

    Publication Date: 2010-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William K. McGowan, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Kenny Stone Edenfield, Stone & Cox, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1956

    The trial court was entitled to accept the testimony of the bank's expert as to the true market value of the certain real property, because both parties stipulated that the witness was an expert in

  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton K. Nelson III and Leonard M. Geldon, Assistant Public Defenders, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louie C. Fraser, District Attorney, and LaShonda C. Harris, Assistant District Attorney, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2297

    The defendant retained possession of a pair of scissors, which were issued to him for the sole purpose of cutting his hair, and hid them in his cell in violation of jail p

  • 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