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  • Barbazza v. International Motor Sports Ass'n Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank R. McKay Sartain, McKay & Crowell, Gainesville, Leeza R. Cherniak Strongwater & Cherniak, Atlanta, Michael R. Perle and Robert J. Hantman Hantman & Assocs., New York, NY, for appellant.
    for defendant: . M. David Merritt McLain & Merritt PC, George R. Neuhauser Nall & Miller LLP, Dennis J. Webb & Eric J. Sharon Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1455

    Injured race car driver's waiver of liability and indemnity agreement with defendants released defendants from liability for damages caused by negli

  • State v. Goodwin

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Melvin E. Hyde Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank K. Martin and John T. Martin The Martin Firm, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1271

    The state failed to show that defendant left Georgia or concealed herself so that she could not be arrested on arson charges before the statute of limitation ex

  • NF Invs. Inc. v. Whitfield

    Publication Date: 2000-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott H. Michalove and Peter L. Lublin McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James M. Barnes, Dalton, for appellee. Other party representation: Harry B. White White & Choate, Cartersville.
    Case Number: A00A2077

    Because the trial court's award of damages to the plaintiff was less than $10,000, defendant could not file a direct a

  • Peek v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis and George A. Stein Law Offices of George A. Stein, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith C. Martin, Solicitor, and Kimberly A. Gross, Assistant Solicitor, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A98A1510

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's holding that the state did not prove that the person who drew Peek's blood for the state-administered blood alcohol test was qualified to do so by in

  • Georgia Ports Auth. v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, R.O. Lerer, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, George S. Zier, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Thomas J. Mahoney Jr. Ranitz, Mahoney, Coolidge & Mahoney, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Noble L. Boykin Jr. Jones, Boykin, Stacy & Assocs., Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: Mary K. Hogan Ranitz, Mahoney, Coolidge & Mahoney PC, Savannah.
    Case Number: A99A2012, A99A2013

    The plaintiff's federal express delivery of his ante litem notice satisfied the personal delivery option of the Georgia Tort Claim

  • In re A.S.O. & N.L.R.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence M. Korn, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Sanders B. Deen and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Reagan W. Dean and David J. Casey, Marietta, and W. Keith Barber Allen & Barber PC, Statesboro.
    Case Number: A99A2241

    The mother waived her right to a separate nonreunification hearing when she consented to the consolidation of that hearing with the action to terminate her parental r

  • Dixon v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Goldberg, Roswell, and Michael E. Bergin Law Office of Michael E. Bergin, Fairburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Dennis R. Fortin, Decatur, Jeffrey E. Tompkins Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson, Walter B. McClelland and Jo B. Gosdeck Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Lee A. Frison Jr. Ward & Frison PA, Newnan.
    Case Number: A99A2221

    The trial court's elimination of all but one of plaintiffs' claims based on its sua sponte ruling that the claims were barred by collateral estoppel and res judicata did not give the plaintiffs fair

  • Cox v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A99A2374, A99A2375, A00A0173

    Defendant was not entitled to severance of his trial from that of his co-defendants even if the evidence showed he kicked the victim only once and that the majority of the victim's injuries were ca

  • In the Interest of H.D.McC.

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry H. Tatum, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Dennis R. Dunn, Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and John L. Welsh II, Lawrenceville, for appellee. Other party representation: Deborah L. Stone Gwinnett Juvenile Court and Debra W. Hale, Lawrenceville.
    Case Number: A99A2498

    Evidence that father waited six months to comply with court's directive that he legitimate his child, that he had a history of drug abuse and that he infrequently visited the child supported termina