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  • Houston County v. Harrell

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Buckley III and Tracy K. Huff Buckley Brown PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel, Pearson & Gardner LLP and Charles T. Brant Colom and Brant, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09G2004

    The Court of Appeals' dismissal of the plaintiff's case deprived the trial court of any authority to enter a subsequent order of finality, and therefore, the plaintiff's second appeal was not proper

  • Thomas v. Freeman

    Publication Date: 2010-05-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shelton R. Thomas, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and David K. Getachew-Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10A0166

    The defendant's claims could not serve as the basis for pre-trial habeas relief, since the defendant may assert them in his pending prosecution for armed robbery, aggravated assault and related c

  • Weston v. Dun Transp. & Stringer Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. Killian Killian & Boyd PC, CityplaceBrunswickfor appellants. Michael J. Goldman, Alan F. Herman Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Atlanta, Brenda K. Katz Drew Eckl & Farnham, Brunswick, and Thomas G. Whatley Jr. Howard & Whatley PC, Savannah, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A0861

    The appellees fied evidence supporting the affirmative defense of avoidable consequences in a husband's suit to recover for his wife's death in an automobile acc

  • Hicks v. Heard

    Publication Date: 2010-04-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven K. Leibel, Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: Render C. Freeman, Michael J. Blakely Jr. Andersen Tate & Carr PC, Duluth, and Jeffrey P. Yashinsky Schur, McDuffie & Morgan, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09G1508

    In iff's vicarious liability action, the burden-shifting paradigm in Allen Kane's Major Dodge v. Barnes, 243 Ga. 776 1979, supported the grant of summary judgment to the defendant, because the

  • Roberts v. Cooper

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel M. King Jr., Dublin, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Attorney General, Atlanta, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School and Stuart E. Walker Martin Snow LLP, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1512

    The mailbox rule, stated in Massaline v. Williams, 274 Ga. 552 2001, is to be applied only in the circumstances presented therein, i.e., the attempted appeal of a pro se habeas petitioner operating

  • Brown v. Baskin

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Attorney General, Atlanta, and Amy E. H. Morelli, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1956

    Appellate counsel was deficient in not raising trial counsel's failure to present to the trial court authority for cross-examining the victim about the pending criminal charges against him, or other

  • Spivey v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2010-03-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Shea Browning, Pearson, for Spivey. Robert B. Sumner, Pearson, and James D. Hudson, Douglas, for Smith et al.
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    Case Number: A09A2011, A09A2012

    In a boundary line dispute, the trial court did not err in setting aside the jury verdict in landowner's favor, because landowner's evidence was too vague and indefinite to allow rec

  • Holmes v. Grubman

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Burton and Rosemary Armstrong Burton & Armstrong LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . C. B. Rogers, Richard Sinkfield, Brett Rogers Rogers & Hardin LLP, Atlanta, Walter Rieman, Eric Goldstein, Brad Karp and Susanna Buergel Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09Q1585

    Negligent misrepresentation claims, like fraud claims, can be based on forbearance in the sale of publicly traded secur

  • Broughton v. Douglas County Bd. Of Elections

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joan P. Davis, Marietta, for Derrick T. Broughton. James Quarterman, Douglasville, proceeded pro se. David A. Cole and Benton J. Mathis Jr. Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S09A1445, S09A1446

    O.C.G.A. § 21-2-524 a measures the 5-day period starting from certification by the election official having responsibility for taking such action, and not the Secretary of

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