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  • Nelson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wallace C. Clayton, Austell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, Jessica K. Moss and John W. Nichols, Assistant Solicitors General, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1414

    The arresting officer's concern that a fight was about to break out in defendant's moving vehicle provided probable cause for a traffic

  • Daniley a/k/a Daniely v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-11-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. McPhail David & McPhail LLC, Butler, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Mark C. Post, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1606

    Defendant shot and killed the victim after the victim threw a beer bottle a

  • Wilder v. Jefferson Ins. Co. of New York

    Publication Date: 2001-11-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra L. Doyle Holland & Knight, Norman S. Epstein, Atlanta, and Jonathan P. Sexton, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James M. Poe, James L. Creasy III, and Catherine E. Diamond Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: John W. Scott, Atlanta, Sabrina K. Bozeman, Stone Mountain, and C. T. Defranks Lacosta Recovery Services, Alpharetta.
    Case Number: A01A1410

    A certificate of insurance which was issued by an insurance agent did not confer coverage on a tow truck which was never added to the insured's policy because the agent had no authority to bind the

  • Melton v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter K. Melton, Macon, proceeded pro se. Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, and Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A01A1571

    Defendant failed to show any discriminatory purpose in the trial court's imposition of a sentence that was authorized by law for his conviction for kidnapping with bodily i

  • Sylvester v. Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas R. Daum, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, and Loretta L. Pinkston, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2292

    Plaintiffs' renewal suit against the Department of Transportation failed because they did not serve the Department of Administrative Services, Risk Management Division with their original suit prior

  • Satilla Community Serv. Bd. v. Satilla Health Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard K. Strickland Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip R. Taylor Taylor, Odachowski & Sperry LLC, St. Simons Island, W. Grady Pedrick, Waycross, Michael G. Frick Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Brunswick and John R. Thigpen Sr., Blackshear, for appellee. Other party representation: Douglas L. Gibson Gibson & Spivey, Waycross.
    Case Number: A01A1747

    A community service board was not immune from liability for breaching a contract which required it to provide services to a psychiatric pa

  • Gilbert v. Southern Trust Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William B. Brown, George H. Myshrall Jr. and Jacqueline Marcucci Heyman & Sizemore LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marvin D. Dikeman and Dennis K. Webb Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1092

    Issues of fact remained in plaintiff's suit to recover homeowner's and automobile insurance benefits following a

  • In the Interest of C. F.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Culp, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson and Sanders B. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Barry Staples, Marietta.
    Case Number: A01A2082

    Evidence that the putative father subjected his children to sexual abuse, domestic violence and substance abuse supported the termination of his parental r

  • Simmons v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jodi Dick, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, George W. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Shawn D. McAllister, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1002

    The trial court did not improperly express an opinion on defendant's guilt by responding to a jury hypothet

  • Unipay Inc. v. Lynk Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nisbet S. Kendrick III and Caroline B. Keller, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank N. White, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0832

    A jury question remained as to whether defendant received all of the equipment sold to it by plaintiff since defendant produced evidence showing that some items were not deli