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  • Dunn v. Royal Maccabees Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen H. Debaun, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel W. Wethern Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine, Sherri M. Graves and Nancy K. Deming Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0702

    Since the insured did not designate his deceased partner as the owner of his life insurance policy, the deceased partner's wife was not entitled to the proceeds when the insured

  • Bullard v. Elgin Fed. Savs. & Loan Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2000-04-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Froman and Jeffrey L. Sakas, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Abraham A. Sharony Culbreth & Sharony, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: John L. Taylor Jr. Vincent, Chorey, Taylor & Feil, and Jeffrey W. Kelley Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0789

    Evidence that the defendant approved the co-defendant's decision to foreclose the plaintiff's mortgage created a genuine issue as to whether the defendant was vicariously libel for the allegedly wro

  • Gray v. Oliver

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark R. Marden, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman R. Miller McLaughlin, Hendon & Miller, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0537

    Plaintiff could not recover from subdivision owner for injuries she received when she slipped on the curved slope of an open and obvious curbside drainage cu

  • Jackson v. K-Mart Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rita T. Williams and John H. Armwood Williams & Armwood, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: F. Earl Wiggers Jr. F. Earl Wiggers PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0388

    Plaintiff's speculation that she tripped over a floor mat that had rolled up due to a gust of wind did not establish that a hazardous condition ex

  • In the Interest of A.B.S.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward T.M. Garland and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0549

    Even though the juvenile used his fingernails to scratch an "X" from his shoulders to his waist in response to discipline at the detention center, he was not committable because medication controlle

  • Burruss v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John V. Lloyd Barr, Warner, Lloyd & Henifin, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Michael K. Dennard, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0252

    Defendant's claim that he was improperly sentenced as a recidivist was meritless since O.C.G.A. § 17-10-2 a does not apply to sentences imposed on a guilty

  • Maxwell v. Cronan

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl A. Puls Jr. Hartley & Puls, Kathy E. Jarman, Decatur, and Andrew W. Estes, Sylva, N.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: E. Wycliffe Orr, Gainesville, William K. Campbell, Covington, James T. Budd and William R. Youngblood Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A1404, A99A1405

    Plaintiff's complaint allegation that school board waived its sovereign immunity to the extent of any existing automobile liability coverage was sufficient to place the burden on the school board t

  • Vickers v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. O'Dell, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tambra P. Colston, District Attorney, and Fred R. Simpson, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0282

    The defendant's admission that he had oral sex with the 13-year-old victim corroborated her testimony that the defendant offered her cigarettes in exchange for kisses and tried to have sex with her

  • In the Interest of V.H.W. & S.D.R.W.

    Publication Date: 2000-01-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario S. Ninfo Ninfo & Ledbetter, Covington, and Richard K. Milford Milford & Milford, Carnesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas A. Camp, Athens, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Nadine D. Bailey, Athens, and Victor Y. Johnson Graham & Assocs., Danielsville.
    Case Number: A00A0125

    Mother's neglecting her children, failing to provide financial support while they were in foster care and failing to comply with reunification plan supported termination of her parental r