• Barngrover v. City of Columbus

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Patrick Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifton C. Fay, City Attorney, Lucy T. Sheftall, Assistant City Attorney, James C. Clark Jr., Thomas F. Gristina, and Alan G. Snipes Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford PC, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1492

    The trial court's order directing the razing and rebuilding of the structures on the plaintiff's property properly resolved the equitable features of the jury's v

  • MCG Health Inc. v. Owners Ins.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Allgood Enterprise Mill, David E. Hudson and Christopher A. Cosper Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael C. Kendall Talley, French & Kendall PC, Douglasville, Sam G. Nicholson, Harry D. Revell Nicholson Revell LLP, David B. Bell, Bell & Bell Assocs., John C. Bell Jr. and Pamela S. James Bell & Brigham, Augusta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Donna P. Bergson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Appellee: John D. Hadden Turkheimer & Hadden LLC, Atlanta, and Jason L. Crawford Daughtery, Crawford, Fuller & Brown LLP, Columbus.

    Case Number: S10G1142

    The statutory and regulatory scheme governing TRICARE does not provide any basis for allowing contracting civilian healthcare providers to collect their treatment costs from a third-party tortfeasor/

  • Stovall v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Tracie H. Cason, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S10A0208

    The defendant could only be convicted once for possessing a firearm during the commission of a crime under Marlowe v. State, 277 Ga. 383 2c 2003, since the incident at issue involved one continuous

  • Perdue v. O'Kelley

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Stephen E. Ritter, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Charles C. Stebbins III Warlick, Tritt & Stebbins LLP, Augusta, and Glen Lavy Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, Ariz., for appellant.
    for defendant: John E. Stephenson Jr., Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird LLP, Gerald R. Weber Jr., Elizabeth L. Littrell American Civil Liberties Union, and Jack H. Senterfitt Lambda Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellee: Scott C. Titshaw Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Miles J. Alexander, Alexander S. Clay, Michael W. Tyler and Jill Warner Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta. Amicus appellant: Brent M. Estes Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, Anita L. Staver, Erik W. Stanley, Rena M. Lindvaldsen and David M. Corry, Lynchburg, Va.

    Case Number: S06A1574

    Art. 1, Sec. 4, Par. 1 of the Georgia Constitution of 1983-which defines the recognition of marriage as only the union of man and woman and states that no union between persons of the same sex shall

  • Department of Transp. v. Meadow Trace Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Ray O. Lerer, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Thomas L. Fitzgerald Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, T. Michael Tennant Alston & Bird LLP, Tim Carssow, Curtis A. Garrett Jr. and Thomas C. Harney Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S05G1930

    Notations in a plat incorporated into a cannot vary or expand the right of access given in the