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  • Watson v. Williams Travelcenter Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-02-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen D. Apolinsky Eastman & Apolinsky LLP, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Pankaj K. Shere and Charles B. Marsh Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2292

    There was no evidence that the defendant gas station had actual or constructive knowledge of the spilled diesel fuel that caused the plaintiff to slip and

  • Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Croley

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Duke R. Groover Groover & Childs, Macon, and Charles W. Byrd, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Croley Jr., Fitzgerald, Gary C. Christy and Preyesh K. Maniklal Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, for appellee. Other party representation: Terry A. Dillard Dillard, Bower & Crowley, Waycross.
    Case Number: A03A0876

    The defendant was entitled to summary judgment on its former attorney's breach of contract claim because the oral agreement between the parties had no stated dur

  • The Rental Equip. Group Inc. v. MACI LLC

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Childs, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles A. Gower, Columbus, and John P. Cannon, Albany, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1293

    The jury's award of $3.678 million in damages for promissory estoppel and/or breach of contract was within the range of damages shown by the evidence, including plaintiffs' detrimental reliance on d

  • Northwest Social and Civic Club Inc. v. Franklin

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan I. Begner, Robert M. Adelson and Cory G. Begner Begner & Begner PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, R. Roger Bhandari and Kendric E. Smith, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1037

    Appellant could not obtain a second review of its claims through a direct appeal after the Supreme Court denied its application for discretionary review on the m

  • Simmons v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight L. Thomas, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynn Jr., District Attorney, and Alan A. Cook, Special Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0151

    Child witnesses are statutorily competent in criminal

  • Byrd v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Randolph Jeffery John W. Spence PC, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Bryan H. Frost, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0643

    Te fact that an expert's opinion was based on hearsay went to the weight, not the admissibility of the evi

  • Lunsford v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Horace K. Sawyer III Sawyer & Sawyer, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0545

    The defendant's two convi for child molestation did not merge since separate evidence supported each convi

  • Petty v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna A. Seagraves, Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Winder, and Mary L. Skene, Assistant District Attorney, Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2452

    Given the evidence linking the defendant to the charged crimes, the admission of improper opinion testimony from a doctor did not justify reversal under the plain error

  • Gibbs v. Loomis, Fargo & Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert N. Katz Hewitt, Katz, Stepp & Wright, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lynn M. Roberson Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1755

    Defendants had probable cause to believe that the plaintiff was guilty of

  • In the Interest of J. C.

    Publication Date: 2002-10-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold B. Baker, Valdosta, and Mark E. Mitchell, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney and Justo C. Cabral III, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1323

    The juvenile court violated the juvenile's right against self-incrimination and her right of confrontation when it failed to warn her that anything she said could be used against nd did not giv