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  • Tinger v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle L. Gopman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1347

    The trial court did not reversibly err in giving a reasonable doubt charge that the Supreme Court disapproved of in Coleman v. State, 271 Ga. 800 1999, since the trial court gave the charge before r

  • Joel v. Chastain

    Publication Date: 2002-03-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin H. Rubin and David C. Joel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren R. Hinds, Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2501

    Evidence that defendant's inadequately supervised employee falsely represented himself to be an attorney and settled plaintiff's case without her consent supported the jury's award of mental distres

  • Bryan County Bd. of Equalization v. Bryan County Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ray C. Smith, Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michele M. Henderson Henderson & Henderson, Richmond Hill, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Kathryn L. Allen, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2286

    The Open Meetings Act applies to all meetings of the Board of Equalization, including deliberations and voting on tax ap

  • State Soil & Water Conservation Comm'n v. Stricklett

    Publication Date: 2001-11-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Edward Allen Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Augustus T. Curtis, Athens, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Denise E. Whiting-Pack, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for State Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Kerry S. Doolittle, Watkinsville, for the Strickletts. Other party representation: Mary A. Oakley Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A1364; A01A1365

    A factual question remained as to whether construction of defendants' home substantially interfered with the plaintiffs' nonexclusive easement right to safely operate and maintain

  • Patrick v. Macon Hous. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell M. Boston and Neil Halvorson Sell & Melton LLP, Macon, for Patrick. John C. Daniel III and Richard A. Epps Jr. Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, for Macon Hous. Auth. Other party representation:, Luanne Clarke Moore Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers PC, Albany, Heather C. McGrotty and Jason P. King Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0066; A01A0067

    Defendant exercised reasonable care under the circumstances in inspecting the laundry room floor in its apartment building for trash and water every two

  • Kaiser v. Tara Ford Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian B. Pastor Pastor Law Group PC, Atlanta, John E. Spainhour and Elise G. Spainhour Givhan Spainhour PSC, Shepherdsville, Ky., for appellant.
    for defendant: A. L. Mullins Jr. Byrne, Eldridge, Moore & Davis PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: William H. Brandon, Avondale Estate.
    Case Number: A00A2350

    Plaintiff had no cause of action for malicious prosecution based on false information that defendant's employee provided to authorities during an ongoing criminal investigation because the employee

  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Keith Barber Allen & Barber, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry E. Morgan, Solicitor General, and Katherine L. Kissam, Special Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2061

    Given the evidence of defendant's intoxication, he could not show that he was prejudiced by his counsel's failure to require the state to lay a proper foundation for admission of the Alcosensor re

  • Thorne v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George D. Bush, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1252

    Given the overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt, the trial court's failure to grant a sua sponte mistrial after the state's breach of the defendant's attorney-client privilege was not reversibl

  • Stephens v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter D. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0974, A00A0975

    Trial court impermissibly commented on the evidence by charging that the jury was bound to disbelieve incredible, impossible or inherently improbable testimony, since the defendants' story that the

  • 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