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  • Dickerson v. Dickerson

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth L. Shigley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard W. Hendrix Finch, McCranie, Brown & Thrash, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1992

    A prior judicial determination that petitioner was not decedent's common-law wife, precluded her from raising their alleged common-law marriage in her petition to set aside the appointment of decede

  • In re Sellers

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Agrippa K. Long III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark N. Stephen The Law Complex, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1894

    The probate court had authority to approve the creation of a trust for the benefit of an incapacitated woman after the court authorized her guardian to settle her personal injury

  • Smith v. Mr. Sweeper Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Sweet Clements & Sweet PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David A. Smith Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1808

    Workers' compensation claimant had the burden of proving that her continuing problems with migraines and high blood pressure were directly related to her 7-year-old work-related i

  • Gunsby v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles R. Floyd Jr., Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, and Lynda S. Engel, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2418

    The trial court was not required to sever an armed robbery charge involving a convenience store from a similar robbery charge involving a fast-food restaurant because the crimes were committed a day

  • Ellerbee v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tamara Jacobs Lindsey & Jacobs, Barnesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Fayetteville, and Jamie K. Inagawa, Assistant District Attorney, Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1849

    The state's failure to comply with the notice requirements for admissibility of simi ansaction evidence as set forth in USCR 31.1 was harmless because the defendant had actual notice of the sim

  • Grant v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Bonnie K. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1259

    Officer did not need articulable suspicion of criminality to approach and request to search defendant who fit police profile of a drug smu

  • Associated Elec. Contrs. Inc. v. Edlen Elec. Exhibition Servs. of Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gus H. Small Jr. Small, White & Marani PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melvin Drukman, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1719

    Directed verdict on counterclaim for quantum meruit was harmless

  • Hart v. Hart

    Publication Date: 2000-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Warnes II, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lane Fitzpatrick, Danielsville, Hardy Gregory Jr. and Preyesh K. Maniklal Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1692

    The trial court had authority under O.C.G.A. § 44-6-170 to hire a timber cruise to assess the value of the timber on the parties

  • In the Interest of J.W.H.

    Publication Date: 2000-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Host and Charles L. Daniel III McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham LLP, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Cynthia N. Johnson Waycaster, Johnson, Morris & Dean, Karen E.L. Webb and Jerry W. Moncus, Dalton, for appellee. Other party representation: Joel P. Thames, Todd L. Ray McDonald, Kinnamon & Thames, Dalton.
    Case Number: A00A1190, A00A1332

    Several factors, including the father's verifiable medical condition that prevented him from caring for his child, supported termination of the father's and mother's parental r

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George T. Jackson and Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Woodbine, Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, and Robert C. Harper, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1122

    Evidence that defendant willingly accompanied his accomplices when they went "creeping" at the victims' hotels supported his convictions as a party to their c