• Howland v. Wadsworth

    Publication Date: 2013-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Bracken and James Humphries Hunton & Williams LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles Adams Adams & Adams LLP, Fort Valley, Virgil Adams, Caroline Herrington Adams & Jordan PC, Jarome Gautreaux Gautreaux & Adams LLC, and Tracey Dellacona, Macon, for appellee. Amicus Curiae: Hunter Allen, Simuel Doster Allen, McCain & O'Mahoney PC, Atlanta, and Steven Salcedo, Decatur.

    Case Number: A13A0927

    The evidence created a jury issue as to whether the medical care provided to the plaintiff constituted "emergency medical care", in which case the plaintiff needed to prove gross negligence by clear

  • Myers v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lumpkin Public Defender's Office, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Campbell, Rosemary Greene, District Attorneys, and Jana Allen District Attorney's Office, Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0544

    Officers had a right to enter a hotel parking lot and had a legitimate reason for approaching the defendant's vehicle where they observed stolen merchandise in plain

  • Vega v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-05-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Daniel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James McDade, District Attorney, James Dooley, Assistant District Attorney, and Emily Richardson District Attorney's Office, Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0673

    The circumstantial evidence was sufficient to demonstrate that the defendant—the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle in which an officer found a large quantity of cocaine—had possession and con

  • Pinnacle Props. V LLC v. Mainline Supply of Atlanta LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jefferson Allen and Stephen Estep Cohen Cooper Estep & Allen LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David Cook Autry Horton & Cole LLP, Adam Caskey Clark Caskey LLC, Atlanta, Mark Hanrahan Autry Horton & Cole LLP, Tucker, and Fred Bentley, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0809

    The defendant had an estate for years in the premises at issue, so that a materialman's lien could attach to and be enforced against such interest, subject to the conditions of the

  • Johnson v. Omondi

    Publication Date: 2012-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Sampson Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Patterson, and Keith Lindsay Edmond & Lindsay LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jeffrey Braintwain and Michael Frankson Huff Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Joshua Becker Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Curiae: Simuel Doster and Hunter Allen Allen McCain & O'Mahoney PC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A12A1347

    The evidence indisputably showed that the plaintiffs could not prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant doctor failed to exercise even slight care in treating their son, now decease