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Woods v. State

Publication Date: 2012-11-01
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta, for appellant.
for defendant: Catherine H. Helms, District Attorney, Nashville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin H. Pierman, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S12A1143

Since the legal concept of justification is a necessary component of the delusional compulsion d , the trial court reversibly erred in omitting the defendant's orally requested charge on self-

WMW Inc. v. American Honda Motor Co. Inc.

Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Lamar Mixson, Lisa R. Strauss, and Naveen Ramachandrappa Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Richard K. Hines V., Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Anne W. Lewis Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP, William Van Hearnburg Jr. Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP, Atlanta, and C. Mitchell Brown Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Columbia, S.C., for appellees. Amicus appellant: T. Bart Gary Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta. Amicus appellee: Chance D. Weldon Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Calif.
Case Number: S11G1828

The plaintiff franchisee had no standing under the anti-encroachment provision of the Georgia Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices Act, OCGA § 10-1-664, to challenge the new dealership the defendants p

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Couch v. Red Roof Inns Inc.

Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Davis K. Loftin, Jeffrey N. Mykkeltvedt Mykkeltvedt & Loftin LLC, Gilbert H. Deitch and Andrew T. Rogers Deitch & Rogers LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Burke B. Johnson Buckley King LPA, Gainesville, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Charles M. Cork III, Macon. Amicus Appellee: Jacob E. Daly and Sun S. Choy Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta. Neutral Amicus: Thomas A. Eaton, Michael L. Wells University of Ga. Law Sch. and Andrew J. Hill III Blasingame Burch Garrard & Ashley PC, Athens.
Case Number: S12Q0625

A jury is allowed to apportion damages among a property owner and criminal assailant and jury charges or a special verdict form requiring such apportionment would not violate a plaintiff's constitut

Gates v. Glass

Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald J. Grate, Joshua B. Portnoy and Sun. S. Choy Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Michael L. Neff, Timothy S. Peagler The Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff PC, and George B. Spears, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Steven G. Blackerby and Richard K. Strickland Brown, Readdick Bumgartner, Carter, Strickland & Watkins LLP, Brunswick.
Case Number: S12G0133

A tractor and a bush hog constituted motor vehicles, so the county waived its sovereign immunity when it purchased liability insurance coverage for the vehicles in an amount exceeding the limits pre

Adel v. State

Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Melton, Harold D.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee W. Fitzpatrick, Kennesaw, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S11A1397

The trial court properly admitted testimony elicited from the roommate of the victim's acquaintance regarding his direct observations about the acquaintance's whereabouts around the time of the m

Brina Bay Holdings LLC v. Echols

Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley A. Hutchins Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, and Christopher M. Porterfield Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: William H. Blalock Jr. Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, Gregory R. Veal, William R. Bryant Bovis, Kyle & Burch LLC, Dana K. Maine Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, and Michelle Y. Terry Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Forest Park, for appellees.
Case Number: A11A1792

The uncontroverted evidence established that the plaintiff seeking to recover excess funds from a tax sale had no recorded lien or interest in the property at issue at the time the tax commissioner

Burroughs v. Mitchell County

Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter A. Law, Ernest M. Moran Law & Moran, Atlanta, and Benjamin L. Lindquist Silvis & Ambrose PC, Thomasville, for appellants. Richard K. Strickland Brown Readdick Bumgartner, Brunswick, Grant B. Smith, George H. Connell Jr. Dennis Corry Porter & Smith LLP, Sun S. Choy, and Jacob E. Daly Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
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Case Number: A11A1001

The trial court must consider and rule on the admissibility of an expert's opinion that the defendant probably caused damage to a platform at a county sanitation facility where the plaintiff slipped

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Gibson v. State

Publication Date: 2011-10-14
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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Case Number: S11A1330

A witness heard five successive gunshots immediately before the defendant announced that he had ' "just killed her," ' in regard to his wife, whom officers found shot dead on her