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  • Case v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-01
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen R. Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, and David K. Getachew-Smith Sr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1086

    The habeas court incorrectly concluded that an affidavit showing a party's lack of notice of the final hearing cannot constitute grounds for setting the final habeas order

  • Zarate-Martinez v. Echemendia

    Publication Date: 2016-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beverly B. Bates Bates Baum, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Huff, Taylor M. Tribble, and Randolph P. Powell Jr. Huff, Powell Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15G1446

    The Supreme Court vacated the trial court's dismissal of a medical malpractice complaint based on its finding that the plaintiff failed to comply with the expert affidavit requirement and remanded t

  • Kautz v. Powell

    Publication Date: 2015-06-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Zahra S. Karinshak, Christopher E. Adams Krevolin Horst LLC, Atlanta, S. Lester Tate III Akin Tate PC, Cartersville, Kelly D. Kautz, Snellville, and Phyllis Miller, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathryn S. Whitlock Hawkins Parnell Thackston Young LLP, Atlanta, Jody C. Campbell Rubin Lublin LLC, Peachtree Corners, Anthony O. L. Powell, and Robert J. Wilson Webb Tanner Powell Mertz Wilson LLP, Lawrenceville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S14G1161

    The mayor of Snellville had the authority to terminate the employment of the city attorney as incident to her power to appoint the city attorney for an otherwise indefinite period of