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  • The Kroger Co. Inc. v. Briggs

    Publication Date: 2013-08-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Moffett and Jennifer Guerra Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherard Dixon and Michael Mills Dixon Mills LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0671

    The evidence supported the jury's finding that the defendant store's actions were the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injuries arising from his erroneous arrest for attempting to pass counterfeit

  • Artson LLC v. Hudson

    Publication Date: 2013-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacquelyn F. Luther, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Justin J. Wyatt, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0435

    The trial court properly dismissed the plaintiff limited liability corporation's action against a former managing member, as the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over two corporation members

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Swindle Drummond & Swindle, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James McDade, District Attorney, and James Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0722

    The evidence did not support the defendant's conviction for giving a false to law enforcement, since the State did not show that the defendant gave officers any

  • Moore v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sanford Wallack Wallack Law PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James McDade, District Attorney, and James Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0096

    The trial court properly concluded that the officer did not unreasonably prolong the traffic stop, since the officer was permitted to continue the defendant's detention while he verified the defenda

  • Littlejohn v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell Adams Public Defender's Office, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Milam, District Attorney, and Lauren Love, Assistant District Attorney, Jackson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A2456

    The defendant's Batson challenge did not present a basis for reversal, since he failed to prove that the State's peremptory strikes were motivated by discriminatory i

  • Mathis v. River City Bank

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Wright Gammon Jr. Gammon, Anderson & McFall, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thomas Richardson Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1403

    The plain language of O.C.G.A. § 44-14-233 expressly states that O.C.G.A. § 9-11-55 does not apply to foreclosures on perso

  • In the Interest of K. L. M.

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Bennett Bennett & Connell LLC, Adel, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren Mixon Mixon & Mixon, Ocilla, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0272, A12A0273

    The juvenile court failed to make specific findings supporting its conclusion of a likelihood of serious harm from continued depriv

  • Mountain Heritage Bank v. Rogers

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Bruce Russell, Clayton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Cummings Cummings & Dillard, Clayton, appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0019

    A bank's former senior vice president was not entitled to the severance pay specified in his emplo contract because the pa constituted a prohibited golden parachute pa

  • Ellis v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Veronica Brinson, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Atha Pryor, Thomas Williams and Sandra Rivers, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0232

    The state did not violate Brady in failing to provide Ellis with information pertaining to the victim's criminal history or mental health s

  • Union Carbide Corp. v. Fields

    Publication Date: 2012-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A11A2025; A11A2026

    The defendants failed to demonstrate that any issue of fact remained as to whether the nonparty vehicles or products to which the plaintiff was allegedly exposed in fact contained asbestos, as was r