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  • Hunter v. Emory-Adventist Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph King, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Natalie Beasman and James Meadows Balch & Bingham, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A13A0189

    The defendant hospital was protected from vicarious liability in the medical malpractice lawsuit because it fully complied with Georgia law in posting notice in a public area of the hospital regard

  • Castaneira v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Bradley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Ballard, District Attorney, Robert Smith, Assistant District Attorney, and Jeremy Hayes District Attorney's Office, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A2149

    The evidence did not support a jury charge on mistake in fact, since the defendant continued his contact with the intended victim, engaging in sexually explicit conversations and arranging to meet

  • Howard v. GMAC Mortg. LLC

    Publication Date: 2013-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A12A1931

    It is well-established that the alleged invalidity of a foreclosure sale cannot be asserted as a defense in a subsequent dispossessory proce

  • Reid v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-02-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, District Attorney, and Suhirjahaan Morehead District Attorney's Office, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1959

    Even if the t ourt erred in failing to notify the defendant before denying the jury's request to rehear evidence, the defendant failed to show harm as a result of the alleged error because the

  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance Dutton Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Campbell, District Attorney, and Jana Allen District Attorney's Office, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1188

    The trial court did not err in failing to conduct an "explicit" balancing test before concluding that the probative value of the evidence of prior difficulties between the 11-year-old child molestat