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  • Anthem Casualty Ins. Co. v. Murray

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel C. Hoffman Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Scott & Smith, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas L. Gibson Gibson & Spivey, Neal L. Conner Jr. Kopp & Conner PC, Waycross, Blanche R. Miller Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, and Joan P. Shaker Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1501, A00A2304

    Given the conflicting evidence as to whether the employee was fully compensated for his catastrophic on-the-job injuries, the worker's compensation insurer was not entitled to summary judgment on it

  • Nealy v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Bishop, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and George W.K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1453

    Defendant could not show prejudice from his counsel's failure to demand a speedy because he was not harmed by the 18-month delay between his arrest and

  • Toal v. DeKalb Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Rawls, V. Robert Denham Jr., Sara K. Sledge and Holly A. Pierson Powell, Goldstein, Frazier & Murphy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Per B. Normark and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1654, A00A1655

    Georgia's 1996 Medicaid reimbursement plan was invalid because the Georgia Department of Medical Assistance adopted the plan without make the findings necessary to insure that the plan provided for

  • Watts v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Jones King & King & Jones PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin W. Drummond, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1084

    Videotapes seized during a s of defendant's residence were admissible based on the testimony of defendant's alleged common-law wife that she consented to the s

  • Anderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-11-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry A. Hibbert, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and George W.K. Snyder Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1437

    The victim's identification of the defendant and the fact that her car was found at the house where he was staying supported his convic

  • Wal-Mart Stores v. Board of Tax Assessors of Fayette County

    Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward K. Smith Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis A. Davenport McNally, Fox & Cameron, Fayetteville, for appellee. Other party representation: William B. Wood Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, and Steven A. Pickens Webb, Tanner & Powell, Lawrenceville.
    Case Number: A00A1183

    Trial court properly found plaintiff in contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents to local tax auth

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy W. Hoffman, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Maria Ashley, Kristin L. Wood, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1387

    Defendant's dilatory tactic in discharging his appointed co based on his unjustifiable dissatisfaction with her was the functional equivalent of a knowing and voluntary waiver of his right to co

  • Barbazza v. International Motor Sports Ass'n Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank R. McKay Sartain, McKay & Crowell, Gainesville, Leeza R. Cherniak Strongwater & Cherniak, Atlanta, Michael R. Perle and Robert J. Hantman Hantman & Assocs., New York, NY, for appellant.
    for defendant: . M. David Merritt McLain & Merritt PC, George R. Neuhauser Nall & Miller LLP, Dennis J. Webb & Eric J. Sharon Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1455

    Injured race car driver's waiver of liability and indemnity agreement with defendants released defendants from liability for damages caused by negli

  • Sellers v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elaine T. McGruder, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1303

    Any error in the charge on accident and self-defense was harmless since the jury rejected both defenses when it convicted defendant for voluntary manslau

  • Lanier v. Burnette

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Cunningham, LaFayette, and Clifton M. Patty Jr., Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Larry J. Campbell, Chattanooga, TN, Dennis D. Watson, LaFayette, Richard W. Andrews Kinney, Kemp, Pickell, Sponcler & Joiner, Dalton, and Renzo S. Wiggins, Ringgold, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1191

    The grantor could not reduce a previously granted 50-foot easement across the defendants' land because the easement rights had vested in other gra