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  • Sherrill v. Stockel

    Publication Date: 2001-11-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert A. Myers III Mumford, Myers & Mooney, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bill W. Crecelius Jr., Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1369

    Plaintiff could not establish a necessary element of his malicious prosecution claim because the dismissal of his prosecution for criminal trespass resulted from a compromise and agreement between t

  • In the Interest of D. A. E.

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Bass Jr. The Bass Law Firm, Cairo, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Brian D. Bellamy, Thomasville, for appellee. Other party representation: John G. Runyan and Andrew W. Clark, Thomasville.
    Case Number: A01A0981

    The mother's repeated incarcerations, her admitted drug use and her failure to obtain adequate housing supported the termination of her parental r

  • Threatt v. Forsyth County

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Irwin W. Stolz Jr. Gambrell & Stolz LLP, and George E. Butler II, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Angela D. E. Davis, Kenneth E. Jarrard Jarrard & Davis LLP, and Rachel K. Iverson Morris, Manning & Martin, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0657; A01A0748

    The property owners were entitled to prejudgment interest from the date of the county's condemnation of their property based on the difference between the special master's $7.3 million award and the

  • Wallace v. Stringer

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent J. Savage and C. Dorian Britt Savage, Turner & Pinson, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Albert J. Descusati McLain & Merritt PC, Lucian Gillis Jr., Atlanta, and Anthony A. Rowell Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Tifton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0235

    A jury question remained as to whether defendant's employee's conduct in threatening plaintiff constituted an as

  • East Beach Properties Ltd. v. Taylor

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony H. Abbott and Laurie K. Abbott Abbott & Abbott, Savannah, for East Beach Properties Ltd. George M. Rountree George M. Rountree & Assocs. PC, for Taylor. Christopher J. O'Donnell, Brunswick, for Ryals. Other party representation: W. Gary Moore, Glynn County Attorney, and Desiree E. Watson, Assistant County Attorney, Brunswick.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0028; A01A0029; A01A0030

    In consolidated cases involving a dispute over the permissible use of beach easements, the trial court properly found that the burdened land could only be developed subject to the rights of the ease

  • City of Columbus v. Barngrover

    Publication Date: 2001-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene H. Polleys Jr., City Attorney, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary O. Bruce Page, Scrantom, Harris & Chapman PC, and James D. Patrick Jr., Columbus, for appellees. Other party representation: James E. Humes II Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, Columbus.
    Case Number: A01A0341

    The city's exercise of dominion and control over a drainage system by accessing and repairing the lines with city funds, gave rise to a duty to maintain the system, even though the system was locate

  • CGU Life Ins. Co. v. Singer Asset Fin. Co. LLC

    Publication Date: 2001-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael D. Hostetter Nall & Miller LLP, Atlanta, for CGU Life Ins. Co. Joseph S. Carr and Catrina C. Creswell Kritzer & Levick PC, Atlanta, for Singer Asset Finance Co.
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    Case Number: A01A0798; A01A0799; A01A0800; A01A0801

    A non-assignment provision contained in a structured settlement agreement barred the sale and assignment of the structured settlement pay

  • Page v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee W. Fitzpatrick, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Scott T. Poole, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0735

    Defendant's possession of a device commonly used to avoid theft detection sensors supported his conviction for possession of crime

  • Owens v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Hampton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Sandra A. Graves, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0581

    Defendant waived any error in the officer's reference to his parole when he declined a curative instruction and chose to testify about that

  • Aldridge v. King's Colonial Ford Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter D. Adams, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Marvin W. McGahee and William A. Bowen Brennan & Wasden, Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: James B. Manley Jr., Charles K. Reed and Michael R. Boorman Cabaniss, Conroy & McDonald LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A01A0400

    The defendants presented expert testimony disproving the plaintiffs' claim that the brakes on their new vehicle failed, causing a rear-end coll