• James-Dickens v. Petit-Compere

    Publication Date: 2009-08-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah C. Cipperly Cobb County Legal Aid, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Barrett Puch, Barrett, Canale & Leslie LLC, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A1617

    The mother was entitled to a hearing on the father's failure to pay child support after expiration of the underlying protective order, which provided for the support in que

  • Collins v. Dickman

    Publication Date: 2009-01-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Carl Reynolds and Bradley J. Survant Reynolds & McArthur, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert P. Monyak Peters & Monyak LLP, Susan V. Summers, Trisha L. Lewis Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, and Rush S. Smith Jr. Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A08A1725

    The evidence showed that the plaintiff's expert had not engaged in the active practice or teaching of anesthesiology for three of five years preceding the plaintiff's su

  • Whitten v. Wooten

    Publication Date: 2008-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A08A0882

    No evidence showed that the defendants used force ' "maliciously or sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm," ' in attempting to restrain the plaintiff, who was a pre-tri

  • Myung-Sung Presbyterian Church Inc. v. North Amer. Assoc. of Slavic Churches & Ministries Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A08A0675

    The trial court erred in instructing the jurors that they could not find for both parties on their respective breach of contract c

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A08A0770

    The total amount of the cocaine, combined with the investigator's observation of traffic to and from defendant's trailer and hand to hand exchanges, indicated that the defendant was distribu

  • Murray v. Georgia Dept. of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter F. Boyce, Catherine M. Packwood Peter F. Boyce PC, Duluth, David F. Walbert and Thomas D. Trask Parks, Chesin, Walbert & Miller PC, Atlanta, for Murray and others. Michael A. O'Quinn O'Quinn & Cronin, McDonough, for Manning and others. Scott W. Kelly Fulcher Hagler LLP, Augusta, for CSX Transportation Inc. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General and Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for the Georgia Depart. of Transp.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A06A1655; A06A1656

    The county DOT is entitled to immunity from the plaintiffs' claims that its failure to act more quickly in installing an state DOT-approved traffic signal at an intersection proximately caused a fa

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony J. Morgese, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Susan K. Treadaway, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A2426

    The trial court did not err in refusing to accept the jury's first verdict of guilty with reasonable doubt as an acquittal and in sending the jury out for further delibera

  • Peters v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Grimes, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Robert A. Rogers, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A1630

    The evidence did not support a finding that the defendant's blood alcohol level exceeded the legal limit within three hours of the last time he controlled a moving ve

  • Amstead v. McFarland

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen L. Broughton Broughton & Fernandez, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert P. McFarland McFarland & Assocs., and Randall A. Meincke, Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0001

    Attorney was entitled to of only the father's portion of $325K ement attorney procured for the wrongful death of the father and the mother's son, since the mother withdrew from the suit prior t

  • Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Daniels

    Publication Date: 2006-06-16
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marvin W. McGahee Brennan & Wasden, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Raymond S. Gordon Jr. and W. Jefferson Hires Gordon & Hires, Jesup, for appellees. Other party representation: William B. Johnson, Jesup, Clyde M. Urquhart, James E. Stein, St. Marys, William M. McHugh Jr. and James B. Durham Durham, McHugh & Duncan PC, Brunswick.

    Case Number: A06A0337

    The "rentee" exclusion to the commercial lines excess insurance policy at issue did not apply to the driver of a fatal 1-vehicle accident, since she drove the rental car permissibly and without payi