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  • Goddard v. City of Albany

    Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice L. King Jr., Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald A. Sweat and Kimberly A. Reid Gardner, Willis, Sweat & Goldsmith, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1102

    The appellant had no right to notice and a hearing prior to her termin

  • Pittman v. Coosa Med. Group PC

    Publication Date: 2009-10-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen V. Kern Kitchens, Kelley & Gaines PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Virginia B. Harman and Thomas H. Manning Hunter, Stegall, Peek, Harman, Smith & Manning LLP, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2006

    The medical practice had legitimate business interests in enforcing the restrictive covenant of a formerly employed phys

  • Corey v. Clear Channel Outdoor Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-08-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mairen C. Kelly, Matthew R. Simpson and Griffin B. Bell Jr. Fisher & Phillips, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John W. Harbin, W. Ray Persons King & Spalding,Damon J. Whitaker, John T. Marshall, Eric P. Schroeder Powell Goldstein LLP and William V. Custer IV Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Michael J. Bowers and J. Matthew Maguire Jr. Balch & Bingham, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A09A0304; A09A0005; A09A0306

    The trial court properly dismissed the defendant's counterclaim, since the non-competition clause in the parties' purchase agreement did not create an implied duty on the buyer's part to refrain fro

  • Artis v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-08-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David S. West West & Corvelli, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming,, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, and Deborah D. Wellborn District Attorney's Office, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1377

    The firearms discovered in a vehicle in which the defendant was a passenger was admissible as part of the res g

  • Schramm v. Lyon

    Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori G. Cohen, Thomas J. Mazziotti, John B. Merchant III and Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Jonathan C. Peters and Jeffrey S. Bazinet Peters & Monyak LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daniel A. Ragland Ragland & Jones, Harvey R. Spiegel, Phillip C. Henry, Wendy G. Huray Henry, Spiegel, Fried & Milling LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Norman S. Fletcher, Robert L. Berry Jr. and Ansel F. Beacham III Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler & Richardson, Rome. Amicus appellee: J. Marcus Howard Pope & Howard PC and Lyle G. Warshauer Warshauer, Poe & Thornton PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S08G1391, S08G1418

    The 5-year statute of repose did not bar the plaintiff's claims, arising from her development of an overwhelming post-splenectomy infection OPSI and her resulting partial loss of

  • West v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Adam, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Gainesville, John G. Wilbanks Jr. and Jennifer D. Hart, Assistant District Attorneys, Dawsonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2271

    The defendant refused to leave the roadway in front of a private home, after an officer repeatedly told him to

  • Thompson v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A07A2306

    The state did not ' "use up" ' evidence of the defendant's prior felony conviction to establish a firearms charge, since the prosecutor only offered evidence of defendant's

  • Savage v. E. R. Snell Contractor Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A1368; A08A1369

    The plaintiffs claimed that repeat flooding on their property constituted a continuing nuisance and trespass, such that a new cause of action arose with each

  • Daimler Chrysler Motors Co. v. Clemente

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A0870; A08A0871; A08A0872

    Agreement between automobile manufacturer and an authorized dealer stated that neither was the other's

  • Wyche v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A1892

    A nolo contendere plea cannot serve as proof of a prior conviction for a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted