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  • Pendley v. Southen Reg'l Med. Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald W. Johnson The Johnson Law Firm, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lori G. Cohen, R. Scott Campbell Greenberg Traurig LLP, Paul E. Weathington and Stanley P. Riepe The Weathington Firm, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0869

    No evidence showed that the decedent's attending doctor was anything other than an independent contractor working for the defendant hos

  • Johnson v. Leibel

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Brittain, Wendell R. Bird Bird & Assocs., Atlanta, Jenny E. Jensen and Richard E. Harris Jones, Jensen & Harris, Norcross, for Johnson. Michael J. Goldman, Christine L. Mast, Joseph H. Wieseman Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Michael J. Bowers and David J. Marmins Balch & Bingham, Atlanta, for Liebel. Other party representation: Peter H. Schmidt II Taylor, Odachowski, Sperry & Crossland LLC, St. Simons Island.
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    Case Number: A10A1047; A10A1048

    The trial court erred in granting a new trial in a legal malpractice case, because a juror's failure to disclose during voir dire that appellant attorney represented the plaintiff in a 1992 case aga

  • Gilbert v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Georgia Public Defender Standards Council Appellate Division, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1403

    The defendant did not have standing to contest the trial court's grant of use immunity to his codefendant because it was not part of the proceedings agains

  • Jaffray v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George C. Creal Jr., Forest Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and David E. Boyle, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1256

    Evidence of defendant's alcohol consumption, a positive AlcoSensor result, a BAC between 0.073 and 0.085 and the trooper's opinion testimony that the defendant was under the influence of alcohol to

  • Bridges v. Wooten

    Publication Date: 2010-09-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert K. Prater, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: David L. Wooten, Margaret E. Wooten and Eric L. Wooten, Roanoke, Ala., proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A10A0782

    O.C.G.A. § 51-1-6, upon which the plaintiff relied to establish two defendants' liability, does not create a remedy for the violation of O.C.G.A. § 19-10-1, the criminal statute which prohibits aban

  • Barber v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Public Defender Standards Council-Appellate Division, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0742

    Evidence that the defendant collected the victims' wallets, while his accomplice brandished a handgun, supported his convictions for three armed robb

  • Hernandez v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa L. Smith Public Defender's Office, Covington, and Jimmonique R. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and David E. Boyle, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0399

    Testimony that one has consumed alcohol does not place one's character in

  • Hamrick v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucas O. Harsh, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0628

    A passing reference to a defendant's record does not put his character into

  • Powell v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-06-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry A. Hibbert Cromwell & Hibbert, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0708

    The jury instructions allowed the jurors to find the defendant guilty of the crime of family violence battery in a manner not charged in the indic

  • Laing v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0024

    The trial court did not err in failing to charge the jury on accomplice corroboration, because the state relied on other evidence apart from the accomplice's test