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  • Richardson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Robinson III, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1154

    The evidence supported a finding that the defendant knew or should have known that the rental car he was driving was s

  • Barton v. City of Rome

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. Morris Jr. Parker & Lundy, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Anderson Davis, Kristy L. Cordle Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP, Thomas H. Manning Smith, Shaw & Maddox LLP, Rome, and Robert T. Monroe Smith, Shaw & Maddox LLP, Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2349

    The city's knowledge of a defectively designed dumpster at the city's landfill was imputed on its motion for summary jud

  • Barton v. City of Rome

    Publication Date: 2005-02-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. Morris Jr. Parker & Lundy, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Anderson Davis, Kristy L. Cordle Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP, Thomas H. Manning Smith, Shaw & Maddox LLP, Rome, and Robert T. Monroe Smith, Shaw & Maddox LLP, Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2349

    The city's knowledge of a defectively designed dumpster at the city's landfill was imputed on its motion for summary jud

  • Copper Tire & Rubber Co. v. Merritt

    Publication Date: 2004-12-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip W. Savrin and Sun S. Choy Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Kermit S. Dorough Jr. Divine & Dorough, Albany and Jesse G. Bowles Bowles & Bowles, Cuthbert, for Merritt.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A0811; A04A0812

    Workers' compensation provided the exclusive remedy for the plaintiff's injury due to his employer's negligence in failing to maintain a faulty for

  • Rhone v. Bolden

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. McDonald Jr. and Jamie P. Woodard Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for Rhone and others. Allen W. Bodiford, Stockbridge, and James B. McGinnis, Lawrenceville, for Bolden. Johannes S. Kingma, Shannon M. McKenzie Carlock, Copland, Semler & Stair, and Roger E. Harris Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for Devlin and others. Other party representation: Richard B. Maner Goodman, Hudnall, Abrams PC, Elizabeth J. Bondurant Carter & Ansley, Atlanta, and Ann J. Herrera Russell & Herrera PC, Decatur.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A1596; A4A1597; A04A1598

    The trial court erred in identifying the contempt as criminal instead of civil, where the parties found in contempt were not punished for their past deeds and could purge themselves of the contempt

  • Henry v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Chad E. Jacobs, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A1077

    The state proved venue in Fulton c through the officers' testimony that the victim was shot in an area located in that c

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryellen Simmons, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2066

    Evidence of two prior incidents in which the defendant sexually assaulted unwilling women at night was admissible to rebut his defense of co

  • Rios v. Norsworthy

    Publication Date: 2004-03-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Strawinski and Nicole W. Stout, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William E. Gray II, Stacey K. Hydrick Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield, Michael J. Warshauer and Bradford W. Thomas Warshauer, Woodruff & Thomas PC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Robert A. Freyre, Cumming.
    Case Number: A03A2411

    The third-party defendant was exercising ordinary care when he checked his rearview mirror to confirm that the defendant's vehicle was behind him before focusing his attention on an uphill curve in

  • TGM Ashley Lakes Inc. v. Jennings

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earl W. Gunn, John C. Bonnie and Nancy G. Cook Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles A. Mathis Jr., Douglas P. McManamy The Mathis Law Firm, and John D. Steel Matthews & Steel, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1401

    Dester v. Dester, 240 Ga. App. 711 1999, Spencer v. Gary Howard Enterprises, 256 Ga. App. 599 2002, and Stephens v. Greensboro Prop., 247 Ga. App. 670 2001, are overruled to the extent they held tha

  • Reddick v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Gustinella, Savannah, for Reddick. Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for Samuels. Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and George R. Asinc, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0982; A03A0983

    The defendants' convictions for aggravated assault and reckless conduct were mutually excl