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  • Barrett v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Akin and S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Bonnie, Stephen J. Rapp Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Charles J. Cole and Derrick L. Bingham Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Julie A. Lierly, Caroline W. Spangenberg Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Norman L. Underwood Troutman Sanders, Robin F. Cook, Atlanta, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia.
    Case Number: A10A1125

    Natural gas was not a tant under the excess liability policy in question, because nothing in the record showed that natural gas is considered an irritant or contaminant within the meaning of th

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-07-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Smith, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Hartwell, and Leon Jourolmon, Assistant District Attorney, Elberton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1541

    The state gave race-neutral reasons for striking six African American prospective j

  • Georgia Dept. of Transp. v. Baldwin

    Publication Date: 2008-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A1463; A08A1464

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the plaintiff's expert to opine on the issue of whether a DOT foreman should have detected a downed stop sign during an inspection, since

  • Giang v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Smith, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Richard A. Vandever, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0992

    More than a mere spatial connection showed that the defendant possessed the a tin containing methamphetamine residue, which officers found in a dresser drawer in her bedroom during a warrant search

  • Neely Dev. Corp. v. Sevice First Invs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Edwin Hallman Jr. and Harry K. Buttermore III Decker, Hallman, Barber & Briggs, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emory L. Palmer, H. Lane Young II Hawkins & Parnell, and Glenn A. Delk Lightmas & Delk, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1291

    Defendant's obligation to execute a restrictive covenant survived the parties' real estate closing where they executed an Addendum and Acknowledgement, which expressly and unambiguously provided tha

  • Redi Floors Inc. v. The Sonenberg Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harriet C. Isenberg Isenberg & Hewitt, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay E. Loeb Olim & Loeb LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1841

    Management company assumed personal liability for contract to purchase and install carpeting in apartment co by entering into contract without disclosing to defendant that it did not own the co

  • Ford v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael S. Waldrop Walker & Waldrop PC, and Tricia B. Smith, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Reed, District Attorney, and Kirk M. Thomas, Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1642

    The trial court improperly delegated its duty to inquire about the defendant's indigence when it adopted the public defender office's finding that the defendant was not indigent without considering

  • Glenn v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher G. Paul, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: T. Joseph Campbell, District Attorney, Cartersville, and Donald S. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1046

    Defendant's free access to the apartment where the co was found supported a finding that he had joint constructive possession of the co