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  • State v. Goodwin

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Melvin E. Hyde Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank K. Martin and John T. Martin The Martin Firm, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1271

    The state failed to show that defendant left Georgia or concealed herself so that she could not be arrested on arson charges before the statute of limitation ex

  • NF Invs. Inc. v. Whitfield

    Publication Date: 2000-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott H. Michalove and Peter L. Lublin McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James M. Barnes, Dalton, for appellee. Other party representation: Harry B. White White & Choate, Cartersville.
    Case Number: A00A2077

    Because the trial court's award of damages to the plaintiff was less than $10,000, defendant could not file a direct a

  • Treglown v. K-Mart Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bobby L. Cook, Summerville, Charles G. Price Smith, Price & Wright, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: James S. Strawinski Strawinski & Goldberg LLP and George A. Koenig Dennis, Corry, Porter & Gray, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0723

    The plaintiff was not entitled to a new trial on his loss of consortium claim since there was conflicting evidence as to whether his wife's fatigue and lack of energy was related to her physical inj

  • Wingate v. Ridgeview Inst. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Hubert Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel S. Reinhardt and Jennifer A.K. Campbell Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A98A0501

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's decision in Ridgeview Inst. Inc. v. Wingate, 271 Ga. 512 1999, holding that treatment facility properly adhered to the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 37-

  • Lebbage v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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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, George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, and Bettieanne C. Hart, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0395

    Defendant's bipolar disorder did not mandate that he be found guilty but mentall

  • Sears v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Woodbine, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1120

    The undisputed evidence showing that defendant and her 9-year-old son were the only occupants of her home, raised a rebuttable presumption that the cocaine found under defendant's bed belonged t

  • Battle v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    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: A00A0634

    Illustrations provided by trial court during rec to jury did not demand reversal in light of the totality of the rec

  • R.D. Stallion Carpets Inc. v. Dorsett Indus. LP

    Publication Date: 2000-08-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James H. Bisson III and Robert G. McCurry Minor, Bell & Neal, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lemuel H. Kemp Kinney, Kemp, Sponcler, Joiner & Tharper, Dalton, Edward Hine Jr. Hine & Niedrach PC, Rome, and Erin M. Richardson, Maplewood, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0084

    Judgment debtor's admission in the underlying action that it manufactured and sold certain carpet to plaintiff was an admission in judicio that plaintiff could use in its action to enforce its judgm

  • Birnbrey, Minsk & Minsk v. Yirga

    Publication Date: 2000-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hollis C. Cobb Greer, Klosik & Daugherty, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joe A. Weeks, Avondale Estates, for appellee. Other party representation: Lisa K. Whitfield, Ronald D. Reemsnyder Welch, Spell, Reemsnyder & Pless PC and Cynthia J. Becker Chamers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0267

    Absent evidence that defendant's employee was noticeably intoxicated at its holiday luncheon, the defendant was not liable for the accident involving the employee several hours

  • Moon v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Lenzer and Thomas P. Lenzer Lenzer & Lenzer, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0738

    The trial court did not err in failing to give a sua sponte charge on justification, as defendant could have asked for help or called 911 instead of taking the victim's truck in an attempt to get hi