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  • 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

  • Rowe v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Smith, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Milledgeville, and Michael B. Fulcher District Attorney's Office, Greensboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A2119

    The officer was authorized to initiate the traffic stop because he observed the defendant traveling slowly in the leftmost lane of the interstate, impeding the flow of traffic and creating the risk

  • Ready Mix USA Inc. v. Ross

    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy C. Lemke and Jon W. Spencer Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Katherine L. McArthur and Leslie L. Cadle, Macon, for appellee. Other party representation: Delece Brooks State Bd. of Workers' Compensation, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A11A2173

    The ng notice itself and the statements of the plaintiff's counsel constituted some competent evidence to support a finding that the plaintiff provided the defendants with adequate notice of th

  • Johnson v. DeKalb County

    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Teague Jr. and Keisha L. Martin, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Duane D. Pritchett, Chief Assistant County Attorney, and Kendric E. Smith, Assistant County Attorney, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A2358; A11A2359

    The parties entered into a mutually binding settlement to drainage issues and repair the plaintiffs' properties from erosion d

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A11A1778; A11A2221

    The defendant did not show that his counsel was ineffective in failing to file a motion to suppress the contraband evidence, since the officers stopped the vehicle for failure to maintain lane, were

  • Travis v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman M. Kilgore, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Stokely, Solicitor General, Stephen J. Tuggle, Assistant Solicitor, and Sandra N. Wisenbaker Solicitor General's Office, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1941

    The defendant's speeding conviction and sentence merged with her conviction and sentence for reckless driving, which was based solely upon the speeding viol

  • Lee v. SunTrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2012-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary L. Britt, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Carmichael Stokes, Lazarus & Carmichael, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1576

    The defendant's specific denial of the validity of her signature on a note created a factual question that must be decided at

  • Hudgins v. Harding

    Publication Date: 2012-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A11A2247

    The trial court erred in dismissing the grandmother's petition for grandparents' visitation rights as to her youngest grandchild without making additional findings concerning whether the minor child

  • Jones v. White

    Publication Date: 2011-10-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexa R. Ross and Richard L. Robbins RobbinsFreed, Atlanta, for Jones. James E. Dearing Jr., Atlanta, for White. Christopher W. Phillips Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, for Khalil. William B. Hill Jr. and Joseph C. Sharp Ashe, Rafuse & Hill LLP, Atlanta, for Brock. Other party representation: Jeffrey M. Smith, Mark G. Trigg, Richard J. Valladares, and Ryan C. Grelecki Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1047; A11A1048; A11A1049; A11A1050; A11A1051

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant consultant, as material issues of fact remained regarding the fee-splitting arrangement between the plaintiff and this defendant,

  • In the Interest of A. B., a child

    Publication Date: 2011-09-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darice M. Good, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Thomas J. O'Donnell, Special Assistant Attorney General, Milledgeville, for appellee. Other party representation: Blanton C. Lingold, Milledgeville.
    Case Number: A11A1281

    The evidence authorized the juvenile court to find that the mother voluntarily and knowingly consented to the termination of her r