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  • Palmer v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-10-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmy D. Berry and D. Victor Reynolds, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Rose L. Wing and Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1084

    The officer did not need articulable suspicion to approach defendant's parked car and ask for the occupants' identific

  • Williamson v. Georgia Dep't of Human Resources

    Publication Date: 2002-10-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elliott B. Watkins, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Annette M. Cowart and Bryan K. Webb, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1613

    Sovereign immunity did not bar the plaintiff's claim against her state employers under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act since the Fair Employment Practices Act creates a state right of ac

  • In the Interest of T. S. T.

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula O. Free, Jefferson, and Douglas W. McDonald Sr. McDonald & Cody Law Offices, Cornelia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas A. Camp and Deidra L. Schad, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0878; A02A0879; A02A0880

    The reunification requirements set forth in O.C.G.A. § 15-11-58 a did not apply to a father's private petitions to terminate his former wife's parental r

  • Richards v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph J. Drolet, Solicitor General, and Katherine Diamandis, Assistant Solicitor, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1128

    Defendant's violation of O.C.G.A. § 40-6-240, by backing up 50 feet, justified the traffic stop which led to his DUI a

  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary P. Bunch, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Kevin W. Drummond and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorneys, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1103

    Application of Georgia's rape-shield statute to irrelevant evidence about the victim's relationship with her ex-boyfriend did not violate the defendant's confrontation

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine A. Koehler, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0443

    The defendant sold crack cocaine to an undercover officer in exchange for $50 and a warrant search of the house where he was staying produced cocaine in a bedroom and underneath a cement block behin

  • Vaughn, Coltrane and Assocs. V. Van Horn Constr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Chris Irwin Cobb, Grabbe, Spillers & Irwin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sewell K. Loggins and Jennifer E. Theobold Mozely, Finlayson & Loggins LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Robert M. Beauchamp Beauchamp & Assocs., C. Jason Moore Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers, Albany, Michael J. Goldman, Michelle D. Coburn Hawkins & Parnell LLP, LeRoy P. Spell Jr., Dana M. Mango Welch, Spell, Reemsnyder, Pless & Davis PC, Atlanta, Richard C. Kissiah, Douglas T. Lay Kissiah & Lay, Alpharetta, Victor G. Swift Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, Ft. Pierce, Fla., and Gary D. Fry Pelino & Lentz, Philadelphia, Pa.
    Case Number: A02A0619

    Terms of general contractors written contract with owner of poultry plant explicitly provided that general contractor would indemnify owner's consultants and a

  • Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP v. Six Flags Over Ga. LLC

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt Chandler & Britt, Buford, Ronald L. Reid Alston & Bird, John J. Dalton Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Evan R. Chesler and Keith R. Hummel Cravath, Swaine & Moore, N.Y., for appellant.
    for defendant: . James E. Butler Jr., George W. Fryhofer III, Joel O. Wooten Jr., Cale H. Conley Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daugherty & Sullivan, Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, H. Lamar Mixson, Michael B. Terry, Nancy J. Walsh and Joshua F. Thorpe Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, for appellees. Other party representation: Gerald Davidson Jr. Davidson & Tucker LLP, Duluth.
    Case Number: A00A0120

    The Court of Appeals overruled Kent v. A. O. White Jr., Consulting Engineers PC, A01A0756 1/29/02, 02 FCDR 374, to the extent that it held that the Georgia Supreme Court adopted the standard set for

  • Glatfelter v. Delta Air Lines Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-02-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Matt Wilson, Anthony O. Lakes and Davis K. Loftin The Wilson Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael L. Goldberg, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2048

    Defendant's delay in providing wheelchair assistance to a handicapped person at an airport was not the proximate cause of the man's injury's which resulted from his decision to walk to his connectin

  • Hawthorne Grading and Hauling v. Rampley

    Publication Date: 2001-12-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony J. Morgese, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard W. Calhoun and John K. Wells Brock, Clay, Calhoun, Wilson & Rogers PC, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1900

    Under O.C.G.A. § 13-4-103 b, a creditor who knew there was a dispute as to the amount due on the debt could not avoid the defense of accord and satisfaction after the creditor accepted the debtor's