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  • Leibel v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Goldman, Christine L. Mast and Joseph H. Wieseman Hawkins, Parnell, Thackston & Young LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard L. Brittain, Wendell R. Bird Bird, Loechl, Brittain & McCants, Atlanta, Jenny E. Jensen and Richard E. Harris Jones, Jensen & Harris, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11G0557

    Expert testimony as to causation is not appropriate in a legal malpractice

  • Walker v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth R. Croy Kenneth R. Croy & Assocs., Marietta, and Christopher R. Geel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Allen R. Knox, Anna G. Cross, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Dana E. Weinberger, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1492

    The state had a statutory right under O.C.G.A. § 17-7-130.1 to call its mental health expert to rebut the testimony of the defendant's expert who testified regarding the defendant's mental state at

  • Lytle v.State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Samuel Rael, Atlanta, for appellant. Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, Sheila E. Gallow, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S11A1226

    No evidence showed an actual conflict in representation solely because the same public defender's office represented multiple co-indi

  • Sharpe v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Julayaun M. Waters, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10A1883

    The trial court's Allen charge did not improperly coerce the jury, as the jury deliberated for a considerable time after the trial court gave the instruction and reaffirmed its verdict when p

  • Pointer v. Roberts

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles M. Cork III, Macon, and Randy J. Ebersbach Kam, Ebersbach & Lewis PC, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Erica L. Parsons Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, Decatur, Joseph R. Cruser, Raymond R. Grant III Cruser & Mitchell LLP, Norcross, Frederick M. Valz III and Albert P. Moore Jr. Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S10G0644

    Judgment in Roberts v. Pointer, 301 Ga. App. 531 2009, rev

  • Manley v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-08-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for state.
    Case Number: S10A0136, S10A0137

    The trial court erred in failing to suppress defendant's statement to police after being arrested, because he unambiguously requested a lawyer and all questioning should have stopped immedi

  • Baker v. Wellstar Health Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-06-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason R. Manton The Manton Law Firm LLC, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Henry D. Green Jr. and Mary P. Adams Green & Sapp LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellants: Traci G. Courville Oates & Courville, Columbus, and J. Marcus E. Howard Pope & Howard PC, Atlanta. Amicus Appellees: Thomas S. Carlock Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Brian W. Looby, Donald J. Palmisano Jr. Medical Ass'n of Ga., Simuel F. Doster Jr. and Hunter S. Allen Jr. Allen, McCain & OMahoney PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S10A0994

    O.C.G.A. § 24-9-40 a provides that a plaintiff waives his right to privacy with regard to medical records only insofar as they are relevant to a medical condition, which the plaintiff places at iss

  • Manley v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock Public Defender's Office, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for state.
    Case Number: S10A0136, S10A0137

    The trial court erred in failing to suppress defendant's statement to police after being arrested, because he unambiguously requested a lawyer and all questioning should have stopped immedi

  • 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

  • Manley v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, appellants. Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Christopher R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10A0136, S10A0137

    In some cases, defendants may present an objective and significant disparity in parol eligibility on cross-examination of a state's wi