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  • Goldston v. Bank of Am. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott R. King and Andrew N. Gross Slater & King, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Linkous Jr., David G. Ross, Nicole J. Wade and Heather E. Harper Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A2431

    If proven, the allegations in the plaintiff's complaint were sufficient to show that fraud tolled the 10-year statute of limitation on her claims against a bank involving the bank's management of tr

  • Grant v. Douglas Women's Clinic PC

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph H. King Jr. and Adrienne P. Hobbs King & Hobbs, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ramon D. Sammons Jr., Paul E. Weathington, Gary R. McCain, Robert T. Strang III Allen, Weathington & Reeves PC, and John E. Hall Jr. Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A2187

    The defendant doctor was not entitled to summary judgment where a jury issue remained as to whether a physician/patient relationship existed between the doctor and the plaintiff at the time of the

  • Stokes v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl P. Greenberg Fulton County Conflict Defender Inc., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1668

    Evidence that the defendant threw the victim to the ground repeatedly and fell on and broke her ankle supported his conviction for aggravated ba

  • Coker v. Deep S. Surplus of Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Fred Orr II and James G. Edwards II Orr & Edwards, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell B. Davis, Sean L. Hynes Downey & Cleveland, Marietta, Theodore Salter Jr. Salter & Richards, and Michael J. Goldman Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1359

    A safety inspection company was not immune from suit under the Workers' Compensation Act since it was not the employer's insurance carrier and had no contract or agreement with the plaintiff's empl

  • King v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Rutkowski, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1038

    The defendant shot the mother of his three children after arguing over whether she could properly care for

  • DeKalb County Sch. Dist. v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John B. Austin Austin & Sparks PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Quinton Seay Thomas, Means, Gillis, Seay and Derek M. Wright The Wright Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: William T. Mitchell Cruser & Mitchell, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A01A2212

    A county school district waived sovereign immunity for a wrongful death suit involving as school bus by purchasing liability insu

  • Lucas v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald J. Jordan Adams, Jordan & Treadwell PC, Brian G. Combs, Milledgeville, and Patrick Keenan Southern Ctr. for Human Rights, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Karen A. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Center, Michael Mears MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta, and Linda A. Malone William and Mary College Sch. of Law, Williamsburg, Va.
    Case Number: S01P1069

    The trial court's error in allowing the state's opening comments and testimony about the victims' worth and the impact of their deaths was harmless in light of the state's corroborating evidence tha

  • Bohannon v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Jones King & King & Jones PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: T. Joseph Campbell, District Attorney, and Donald S. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2079

    Defendant lacked standing to challenge the search of a friend's too

  • Rhode v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Nebl, Decatur, Francis N. Ford Adams & Ford LLP, Eatonton, and Holly L. Geerdes Multi-County Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederic D. Bright, District Attorney, Gregory L. Bushway, Assistant District Attorney, Gray, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Karen A. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Center, Michael Mears MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta, and Linda A. Malone William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va.
    Case Number: S01P0708

    The trial court did not err in admitting defendant's voluntary juvenile confessions to unrelated crimes during the sentencing phase of his death penalty trial after determining that the confessions

  • Hollifield v. Monte Vista Biblical Gardens Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Wayne Pierce Pierce & Young, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: F. Carlton King Jr. King & Croft, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1329

    Defendant acted in bad faith by knowingly building structures that encroached on the plaintiffs' property and admittedly violating the county's building code by building the structures too close to