• Hall v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A08A1318

    The evidence supported the defendant's conviction for terroristic threats, since he threatened to burn the victim's car with her locked in the

  • In the Interest of A. B.

    Publication Date: 2008-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A08A0691

    The 15-year-old mother ran away without a trace before her premature child was discharged from the hos

  • In the Interest of L. L. J.

    Publication Date: 2008-02-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A08A0351

    The father's repeated incarceration and current 10-year prison sentence, his failure to bond with and support the child, the child's continuous placement in foster care and need to start bon

  • Bowe v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-11-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Fulton County Conflict Defender Inc., Atlanta, for Bowe. Robert H. Citronberg, Atlanta, for Baker. Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A2448; A07A2449

    The trial court's denial of the first defendant's motion to sever his trial from that of his co-defendant constituted reversible error, since the first defendant had an antagonistic defense and coul

  • Dodds v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-11-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Mullis, Valdosta, for appellant. Richard W. Shelton, Solicitor, Valdosta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A2102

    The arresting officer had probable cause to believe that the defendant had violated the underaged DUI per se statute after he stopped the underaged defendant for operating a vehicle with an obscured

  • Blackmon v. Tenet Healthsystem Spalding Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas D. Trask and David F. Walbert Parks, Chesin, Walbert & Miller PC, Atlanta, for Blackmon. Thomas S. Carlock and Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for Webb and others. Kevin P. Race and Brian K. Mathis Insley & Race LLC, for Tenet Heathsystem.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A1840; A07A2284; A07A2283

    The decedent's mother lacked standing to bring a wrongful death action in state court where the decedent's spouse survive

  • Blocker v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Nash Jr., Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brenda K. Katz and Kelly J. Shepherd Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A1855

    The defendant did not show, as matter of law, that it lacked constructive knowledge of the grape upon which the plaintiff slipped and fell, since the defendant failed to present evidence showing tha

  • Cuyuch v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton C. Carter, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Samuel K. Barger, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0782

    Absent a motive to mislead, a translator's statements should be regarded as statements of the witnesses themselves, not double he

  • Rosenfeld v. Rosenfeld

    Publication Date: 2007-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William G. Leonard Taylor, Busch, Slipakoff & Duma, and David J. Hungeling, Atlanta, for Mary Rosenfeld. Michael Weinstock, John P. Wilson III, John B. Levy Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for William Rosenfeld. Other party representation: Walter H. Bush Jr. Schiff Hardin LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A0959; A07A1133

    The doctrine of unclean hands does not apply to a suit for damages for breach of a fiduciary relatio

  • Rosenfeld v. Rosenfeld

    Publication Date: 2007-06-29
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William G. Leonard Taylor, Busch, Slipakoff & Duma, and David J. Hungeling, Atlanta, for Mary Rosenfeld. Michael Weinstock, John P. Wilson III, John B. Levy Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for William Rosenfeld. Other party representation: Walter H. Bush Jr. Schiff Hardin LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A0959; A07A1133

    The doctrine of unclean hands does not apply to a suit for damages for breach of a fiduciary relatio