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  • Cowart v. Widener

    Publication Date: 2010-07-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles C. Stebbins III Warlick, Tritt, Stebbins & Murray LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John A. Davison, Amy R. Snell Fulcher Hagler LLP, Charles C. Mayers, Augusta, J. Edward Allen Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, and Henry E. Scrudder Jr. Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Taylor & Lazarus LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09G1177

    The plaintiffs did not establish that the defendant's failure to render the decedent aid proximately caused his death from natural causes, since they produced no evidence, expert or otherwise, on th

  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Persse, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, and Daphne H. Jarriel, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09G1927

    The presumption of vindictiveness in North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U. S. 711 1969, whenever more a severe sentence is imposed, after a new trial, is not triggered, unless the new aggregate sentence

  • State v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2010-07-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman and Jesse D. Evans, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tony L. Axam Axamlaw and Calvin A. Edwards Jr., Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A0070

    State v. Crane, 247 Ga. 779 1981, overruled, as the felony murder statute requires only that the defendant's felonious conduct proximately cause the death of another p

  • 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

  • Bragg v. Oxford Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster The Webster Firm PC, Norcross, and Ralph O. Scoccimaro Brown & Scoccimaro PC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Carrie L. Christie Rutherford & Christie, and Frank M. Lowrey IV and Nicole G. Iannarone Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S08G1031

    The acceptance doctrine applicable to independent contractors barred the plaintiffs' recovery against the defendant for injuries allegedly caused by the defendant's work under contract for the count

  • Jones v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Stubbs III Banks, Stubbs, Neville & Cunat LLP, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert J. Grayson Edwards, Friedewald & Grayson, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06A0388

    The father waived his right to seek downward modification of alimony in form of child support below a pre-determined $1,657.68 per month "floor am

  • O'Heron v. Blaney

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Kara A. Hicks Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Thomas S. Carlock, Daniel J. Huff, Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Robert B. Remar Rogers & Hardin, Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Nicholas A. Lolito Georgia Assoc. of Criminal Defense, Atlanta, and George T. Jackson Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah.
    Case Number: S02G1784

    O.C.G.A. § 19-7-5 provides immunity to those who have reasonable cause to report suspected child abuse and for those who make such a report in good

  • Ketchup v. Howard

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Linnie L. Darden III Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David R. Smith Branan, Searcey & Smith, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0987

    The Court of Appeals adopted the common law doctrine of informed consent providing that physicians and dentists have a duty to inform patients of the known material risks of a proposed treatment or

  • Security Life Ins. Co. of Am. v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2000-12-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Barwick, Teresa W. Roseborough, Robert J. Neis, Amelia T. Rudolph and Carla W. McMillian Sutherland, Asbill & Brennann LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Preyesh K. Maniklal, Hardy Gregory Jr., Davis, Gregory, Christy & Forehand, Cordele, William S. Stone and Kevin R. Dean William S. Stone PC, Blakely, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Harold G. Clarke Troutman Sanders, George E. Duncan Jr. Duncan & Mangiafico, Allen S. Willingham Love & Willingham, Lewis E. Hassett Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, Thomas C. Alexander Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, Billy N. Jones Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, Peter R. Chaffetz, Thomas J. McCormack and Stanley B. Lutz Chadbourne & Parke LLP, New York, NY, Victoria E. Fimea, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: S00G0006

    The Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals' decision in Security Life Ins. Co. v. Clark, 239 Ga. App. 690 1999, holding that it violated the law of the case doctrine on remand from the Supreme

  • Upson County Hosp. Inc. v. Head

    Publication Date: 2000-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward L. Long Jr. Willis, McKenzie & Long, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles W. Stephens, Stephens & Shuler, Gainesville, and W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, for appellee. Other party representation: Paul E. Weathington Allen, Weathington & Reeves, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A1601

    P ff's professional malpractice claims in her amended comp were barred by her failure to file an expert affidavit with her original comp