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  • H & C Dev. Inc. v. Bershader

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tom Pye Chestnut, Livingston & Pye PC, Doraville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth I. Sokolov Fine and Block, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2104

    A jury issue remained as to whether the address appearing in the county's tax records was reasonably ascertainable under the redemption st

  • Dorsey Trailers Inc. v. Knight

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. Foley, Tyler, Alan R. Perry Jr., George W. Austin III and Robert P. Marcovitch Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for Dorsey. Yehuda Smolar, James I. Seifter, G. Grant Brantley, Barry L. Roseman Smolar, Roseman, Brantley & Seifter, Atlanta, and Hardy Gregory Jr. Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, for Knight. Albert H. Parnell and Kristine B. Morain Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for Mobile Tool Int'l. Other party representation: William A. Posey, Joseph M. Callow Jr. Keating, Muething & Klekamp, Cincinnati, Ohio, A Timothy Jones Hawkins & Parnell, and Ben L. Weinberg Jr. Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A00A1985; A00A1986; A00A1987

    Under the rule of lex fori, the trial court properly applied Georgia's 10-year statute of repose to the plaintiffs' product liability c

  • Key v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario A. Pacella, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0318

    Any error in the trial court's failure to strike the victim's nonresponsive remark about defendant's incarceration was harmless given the eyewitness testimony, which overwhelmingly supported defenda

  • Tate v. Coastal Utils. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard D. Phillips and Joseph C. Kitchings Phillips & Kitchings, Ludowici, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David R. Smith Branan, Searcy & Smith, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2238, A00A2239

    The plaintiffs could not use the renewal statute to revive their personal injury claims because the federal court dismissed their original action for failure to exercise due diligence in attempting

  • Costrini v. Hansen Architects PC

    Publication Date: 2001-01-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Nash Jr., Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher L. Rouse Lee, Black, Scheer & Hart, PC, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1786

    There was no evidence that plaintiff was prevented from discovering the allegedly defective construction prior to expiration of the limitation p

  • Hines v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen T. Maples and Bernard Knight, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Donald P. Geary, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1713

    The prosecutor did not make an improper "Golden Rule" argument in asking the jury not to re-victimize the victim since the prosecutor was appealing to the jury's desire to create a safe community, r

  • In the Interest of C. C. E.

    Publication Date: 2000-12-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Wilbanks, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. Jenkins, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1668

    Father who was incarcerated in another state could not complain about his absence at the hearing on the termination of his parental rights since he had notice and was represented by co

  • Coombs v. Koblasz

    Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore H. Lackland Lackland & Heyward, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, and Kathryn L. Allen, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1361

    Plaintiff's service of process on the person who collected defendant's mail and watered his plants while he was out of the country was defe

  • Turner v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Word Word & Simmons PC, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0914

    The pipe bombs, hand grenades and other items seized from defendant's bedroom supported his conviction for manufacturing an explosive d

  • Honeycutt v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Murl E. Geary, Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, and James S. Archer, Assistant District Attorney, Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1737

    Trial court did not abuse its discretion in giving an Allen charge when the jury was not deadl