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  • Rinks v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Luttrell, Canton, for appellant. James D. McDade, District Attorney, Rachel D. Ackley and James A. Dooley, Assistant District Attorneys, Douglasville, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1785

    An eyewitness saw the defendant's accomplice smash the window of a parked automobile, reach inside the automobile and grab an item, then get into the passenger side of a black truck idling behind an

  • Dunbar v. Ertter

    Publication Date: 2011-12-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce W. Phillips, Marietta, for appellant. Hylton B. Dupree Jr. Dupree & Kimbrough LLP, Marietta, Ronne G. Kaplan and Jean M. Kutner, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Susan A. Hurst Bogart & Bogart PC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0933

    The juvenile court's long-term cu order prevented the superior court from exercising jurisdiction over a subsequent petition for permanent cu

  • Williams v. Cobb County Farm Bureau Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George H. Connell Jr. Dennis, Corry, Porter & Smith, Atlanta, for appellant. Duke R. Groover, Marty K. Senn James, Bates, Pope & Spivey LLP, Macon, Joseph C. Parker and Kelley E. Webb Downey & Cleveland LLP, Marietta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0904

    To support a claim of age discrimination, a plaintiff must show that, but for his age, he would not have been fired, and the plaintiff's former employers testified that their sole consideration for

  • Vaughn v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney, Thomaston, and Robert W. Smith Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1658

    The victims' testimony sufficiently supported the defendant's convictions for child molestation and sexual exploitation of chi

  • Meder v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-09-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen M. Trapp Jr., Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian K. Fortner, Solicitor General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Solicitor General, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0986

    The 30-month delay following the defendant's arrest did not violate her right to a speedy trial under the circumst

  • Flores v. Exprezit Stores 98-Ga. LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward J. Bauer, Brandon R. Day Edward J. Bauer PC and Mary K. Durant, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gene A. Major Fain, Major & Wiley, Y. Kevin Williams, John B. Jackson, Michael A. Sexton Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Robert C. Semler, Atlanta, John H. Smith Jr. Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence, Valdosta, Douglas L. Gibson Gibson & Assocs. PC, Waycross, Brian S. Duffey, Mary L. Wakeman and Jeff F. Dodson McConnaughhay, Duffy, Coonrod, Pope & Weaver PA, Tallahassee, Fla.,
    Case Number: A10A0703

    The Georgia Dram Shop Act did not require a store employee to investigate whether an allegedly intoxicated man would immediately drink a 12-pack of beer in a closed, packaged container, become furth

  • Murray v. Patel

    Publication Date: 2010-06-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond R. Grant II Cruiser & Mitchell, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Joseph H. Fowler Hartley, Rowe & Fowler PC, Douglasville, Kimberly A. McNamara and John E. Alday Harper, Waldon & Craig, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0594

    The appellants' third-party complaint against the driver of the car in which the plaintiffs were riding when they were injured was not an impermissible attempt to substitute defen

  • Mather v. L'Oreal USA, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-06-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian K. Panessa Panessa & Assocs. LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert B. Hill McClain & Merritt, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0458

    Summary judgment to lotion company was proper, because the plaintiff presented no evidence that a lotion company had a duty to warn consumers of severe allergic reactions, from using the company's s

  • State v. Billings

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Candace K. Slezak, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donna L. Clement Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0591

    A Miranda warning was not required prior to defendant's arrest, because the officer's questioning did not occur in a custodial situ

  • In the Interest of T.C.

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Wiggins, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Jennifer E. Hildebrand, LaFayette, Steven M. Ellis, Chickamauga, and Justin G. Woodward, Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2243

    An order extending DFACS' temporary custody of the children, which the juvenile court entered three days after DFACS filed the termination petition, did not preclude a subsequent finding that clear