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  • Griffiths v. Rowe Properties

    Publication Date: 2005-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clark C. Adams Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas C. Vassy Tissinger, Vance & Greer PC, Columbus, for appellees. Other party representation: Arthur L. Waters, Roswell.
    Case Number: A04A2211

    As an out-of-possession landlord, the owner of an apartment complex could only be liable to third persons for defective construction or failure to r

  • In re: Laurens County April-June 2001 and July-September 2001

    Publication Date: 2004-05-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Morrison, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: James L. Wiggins, Eastman, Francis M. Lewis Lewis & King LLC, and Joseph L. Chambers, Assistant District Attorney, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0753

    The proposed grand jury presentment criticizing the district attorney's office constituted an act that was beyond the grand jury's statutory auth

  • McCombs v. Synthes USA

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James H. Webb Jr. Webb, Stuckey & Lindsey, Peachtree City, Martin C. Jones Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, Tifton, and Sharon J. Whitwell, Locust Grove, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan A. Cahoon Kilpatrick & Stockton LLP, Jenifer N. Stephens Alston & Bird LLP and Jeffrey J. Toney, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0006

    A wa on the package insert for a defective plate device was adequate and reasonable under the circumstances where the plate device failed in the exact manner encompassed by the wa

  • Ballard v. Burnham

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Benefield Jr. Law Offices of Robert H. Benefield Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederick A. Johnson, Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0394

    Plaintiff could not recover for the injuries she sustained in a fall at her son-in-law's home because she had equal knowledge of the hazard in que

  • Harvey III v. J. H. Harvey Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Dow N. Kirkpatrick II, Heather R. Peoples Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, J. Reese Franklin and W. Daniel Knight Jr., Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank C. Jones, Benjamin F. Easterlin IV and Rance L. Craft King & Spaulding, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0452; A02A0453

    The concept of constructive service was applicable to an action for breach of an employment contract which provided that the plaintiff would serve as the defending company's President and Chief Oper

  • Ballard v. Burnham

    Publication Date: 2002-07-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Benefield Jr. Law Offices of Robert H. Benefield Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederick A. Johnson, Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0394

    Plaintiff could not recover for the injuries she sustained in a fall at her son-in-law's home because she had equal knowledge of the hazard in que

  • Bennett v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Friese, Cuthbert, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles M. Ferguson, District Attorney, Cuthbert, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1276; A01A1277

    Evidence that defendants were sitting in deer stands located in baited fields and that they were holding loaded rifles and wearing camouflage clothing without the fluorescent orange required of hunt

  • Shortnacy v. North Atlanta Internal Med. PC

    Publication Date: 2001-11-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clinton W. Sitton and Robert H. Benfield Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jonathan C. Peters, Vicki M. Miller and Michael T. Carithers Love & Willingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0953

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in opening defendants' default where defendants reasonably believed that their malpractice insurer was defending plaintiffs'

  • Abend v. Klaudt

    Publication Date: 2000-04-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori G. Baer and Candice Stone Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David A. Sleppy and Dennis T. Cathey Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, for appellees. Other party representation: Robert G. Tanner and Johnathan T. Krawcheck Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A99A1862

    The 5-year statute of repose in O.C.G.A. § 9-3-71 b does not bar a foreign object medical malpractice action that is timely filed within the 1-year limitation period for that type of