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  • Smith v. Direct Media Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Lance Smith III, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph E. East, Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2160

    Because the defendant never gave the plaintiff any indication that he did not consider himself liable for the parties' advertising contract, the defendant was equitably estopped from relying on his

  • Arnold v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan J. Baverman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Timothy B. Lumpkin, Assistant District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2375

    Evidence that defendant threatened to shoot one of the arresting officers supported his convi for felony obstru

  • Jordan v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Millsaps, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan A. Cook, District Attorney, and William K. Wynne Jr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2031

    Trial co s decision not to call any defense witnesses in order to retain the right to open and close arguments did not constitute ineffective assistance of co

  • In the Interest of B.K.M.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, and Kimberly A. Homer, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David A. Fox Thompson, Fox, Joliff, Chandler & Homans, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2508, A00A2509

    A detailed description of the juveniles and their car, as well as the general timeframe and vicinity in which the crimes allegedly occurred, was sufficient evidence to justify a Terry

  • In the Interest of C.T. & D.T.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. McCarthy, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Cynthia N. Johnson Waycaster, Johnson, Morris & Dean, Dalton, for appellee. Other party representation: Ann H. Searcy, and Jerry W. Moncus, Dalton.
    Case Number: A00A2467

    The father's criminal history and evidence that he was in a federal detention center awaiting deportation supported the termination of his parental r

  • Bassett v. Harrington

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric K. Maxwell, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William M. Amos Sharon W. Ware & Associates, Richard W. Kelley, Atlanta, and E. Gilmore Maxwell Smith, Welch, Studdard & Brittain, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1826

    The plaintiff could not sue her husband for the injuries she sustained in an accident, even though she filed her suit before they were ma

  • Wang v. Moore

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert E. Shuman and Thomas R. Morgan Jr. Shuman & Assocs., Manchester, for appellant.
    for defendant: Evan R. Mermelstein, Bruce M. Edenfield Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, and Susan L. Rutherford, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2489

    The college dean and the college's chief academic officer were immune from liability for their actions in firing a non-tenured faculty member who was absent from the first week of classes without

  • Georgia Dept. of Human Resources v. Coley

    Publication Date: 2001-01-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, John C. Jones, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Bruce M. Edenfield and Robert L. Bunner Gray Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John A. Lawson Lawson & Priebe, Jason K. Priebe and Charles E. Cox Jr., Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1491

    Under the Georgia Tort Claims Act, the state was immune from a suit involving the strangulation of the plaintiff's brother at a state hos

  • Williams v. Young M.D. PC

    Publication Date: 2001-01-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank J. Klosik Jr., Jason R. Manton and Robert J. McCune Green, Klosik & Daugherty, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas S. Chambless, Dawn G. Benson Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless and Charles K. Wainright II, Albany, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1393

    The Court of Appeals adopted the continuous treatment doctrine and concluded that plaintiff's medical malpractice claim was not barred as a matter of law because she filed her claim within two years

  • City of Atlanta v. Arnold

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan P. Langford and Bruce P. Johnson City of Atlanta Dep't of Law, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd K. Maziar, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1056

    An injured police officer who quit work to receive a disability pension could not show that he was entitled to a resumption of temporary disability benefits based on a change in condition because he