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  • Thomas v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-09-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Lenny I. Krick, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1664

    The defendant failed to establish that his lawyer would have done anything differently if his co-defendant's attorney had not also worked for the same public defender office or that he slighted the

  • Wesley Chapel Foot and Ankle Ctr. v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2007-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Looper Jr., Elizabeth N. Neff, Jason D. Dergenroether and W. Scott Henwood Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James W. Howard The Howard Law Firm, Tucker, for appellees.
    Case Number: A07A0035

    O.C.G.A. § 9-3-71 b's applicable 5-year statute of repose did not bar the plaintiff's wr death claim, since her claim did not initiate legal proceedings against the defendants; she filed her w

  • Davenport v. Cummins Ala. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William S. Stone, Blakely, and Antoinette Davis Boone & Stone, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Leigh M. Wilco Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, and Todd E. Hatcher, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Charles L. Clay Jr., Ashley P. Nichols Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, George W. Brinson, Atlanta, and J. Bradley Powell Lightfoot, Franklin & White, Birmingham, Ala.
    Case Number: A06A2200

    A component part manufacturer and distributor that did not have an active role in the final product design is not liable as a manufacturer in a products liability a

  • Lowery v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Stanford Cox III, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Jeffrey L. Foster, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0218

    The defendant's trial counsel was not deficient in failing to call him to testify in his own defense where the evidence showed that the defendant was well aware of his right to testify, but agreed w