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  • Harwood v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Sexton and Joseph S. Key Sexton & Morris PC, Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles A. Spahos, Solicitor General, and Gilbert A. Crosby Henry County Solicitor General's Office, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1284; A03A1285

    Any issue about whether a roadblock complied with departmental policy requiring the use of orange cones and reflective hats was irrelevant to the issue of whether the roadblock was constitut

  • Bryant v. Hoffman La Roche Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Brittain, Wendell R. Bird and Jonathan T. McCants Bird & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard B. North Jr., Matthew B. Lerner Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Atlanta, and Leslie J. Bobo Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, Miss., for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0661

    Once a prima facie case for design defect is established, a pharmaceutical manufacturer will be relieved from strict liability only when it demonstrates that 1 the product is properly manufactured a

  • Simmons v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight L. Thomas, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynn Jr., District Attorney, and Alan A. Cook, Special Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0151

    Child witnesses are statutorily competent in criminal

  • Mohamud v. Wachovia Corp.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney L. Moore Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Pankaj K. Shere and Charles B. Marsh Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0261

    A bank had probable cause to have the plaintiff arrested based on his refusal to leave, despite the bank's repeated requests for him to

  • Meeks v. City of Buford

    Publication Date: 2002-10-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony O. Powell Webb, Tanner & Powell LLP, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Dana K. Maine Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, and Gregory D. Jay Chandler & Britt LLC, Buford, for appellees.
    Case Number: S02A0698

    Plaintiffs had no vested rights to utilize their property in accordance with an unexercised zoning because plaintiffs made no substantial expenditures in rel on the var

  • Freeman v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1226

    Defendant pulled out a gun, told the victim he had three seconds to leave, fired one shot into the air and then pointed the gun at the victim and shot him in the

  • Brock v. Allen d/b/a Complete Pest Control

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna S. Golden, Jefferson, and Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles E. Rogers Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Joseph R. Cruser, Jennifer M. McBath Cruser & Mitchell LLP, Philip W. Savrin and Brian K. Schumacher Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A0114

    A plaintiff can maintain a professional negligence claim against an extermi

  • Cherokee County v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2002-02-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore Freeman, Dana K. Maine Feeman, Mathis & Gray, Atlanta, and John D. Thalhimer, Staff Attorney, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James S. Teague Brockman & Teague LLC, Cumming, and Joel L. Larkin Sams & Larkin, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0265

    The county's failure to make the zoning of plaintiff's property expressly conditional on co ce with his plan to build an assisted living facility prevented the county from insisting on strict c

  • Dolensek v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-01-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon L. Hopkins, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1610

    The trial court properly excluded irrelevant evidence of prior threats made by the man whose actions allegedly started the fight which resulted in the victim's death, even though defendant relied on

  • Dyer v. Honea

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory W. Lancaster Peevy & Lancaster PC, Lawrenceville, for Dyer. William M. Droze Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Jerry A. Daniels Daniels & Taylor, Dennis L. Collins III, Lawrenceville, and Jonathan J. Wade Webb & Lindsey, Peachtree City, for Joel Honea. Jerry A. Daniels Daniels & Taylor, Lawrenceville, for Robert Honea. Daniel S. Reinhardt and William M. Droze Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, for Wayne Bailey. Other party representation: Walter M. Britt Chandler & Britt, Buford.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0991; A01A0992; A01A0993

    The pendency of plaintiff's viable claims against other defendants did not bar his legal malpractice claim because the alleged malpractice did not arise out of the defending attorney's handling of a