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  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tara L. Kneller, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Anna E. Green, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1165

    The interrogating officer did not threaten the defendant with increased punishment by telling the defendant that he was hanging himself with

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-09-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William T. Hankins III, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara D. Conroy, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Adam M. Hames, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1025

    The defendant was not entitled to a jury instruction on identity since the state did not rely on eyewitness testimony to connect him to the c

  • Alta Anesthesia Assocs. of Ga. PC v. Gibbons

    Publication Date: 2000-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy E. Paul, Walter C. Hartridge Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, Robert W. Webb Jr., James A. Lamberth and David B. Foshee Troutman & Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony L. Cochran, John K. Larkins Jr. Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, and John J. Ossick Jr., Kingsland, for appellee. Other party representation: Wallace E. Harrell Gilbert, Harrell, Gilbert, Sumerford & Martin, Brunswick.
    Case Number: A00A0238

    Trial court's charge on conspiracy was harmless, since defendant did not objection and a finding of a conspiracy was not essential to recovery by Gi

  • Bennett v. Cotton

    Publication Date: 2000-08-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
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    Case Number: A00A0091

    Plaintiff's tort claims arising out of her husband's construction contract with defen were barred by the prior arbitration proceeding between her husband and the defen

  • Hudson v. J.H. Harvey Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbie L. Solomon, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carl G. Fulp III, Robert M. Clyatt and Sandra K. Sanders Clyatt, Clyatt, Wallace & DeVaughn, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0664

    Defendant was entitled to summary judgment because plaintiff did not show why she slipped when she entered defendant's

  • Atlanta Cas. Co. v. Boatwright

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly K. Nagy and Frederick M. Valz III Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald A. Lowry, Marietta, for appellees. Other party representation: John E. Robinson and Gregory H. Blazer McLarty, Robinson & Van Voorhies LLP, Decatur, William P. Tinkler Jr., Decatur, Kristine J. Moschella, Stephen L. Cotter Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, and Karsten Bicknese, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0201

    Jury questions remain as to whether the insurer properly canceled tortfeasor's insurance contract for failure to pay insurance pre

  • Dennard v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank H. Childs Jr. Groover & Childs, and Amy Dever, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Katherine E. Kelley, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0606

    The indictment against defendant was not perfect in form since it did not identify the v

  • Saltis v. Daimler Benz North El America N.O. Inc. d/b/a AD Tranz Atlanta Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy R. Brennan Eidson & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sewell K. Loggins and J. Marcus Howard Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0482, A00A0483

    As a common carrier of airport passengers, the defendant had a duty to give more than a general warning that the doors of its airport shuttle train would not open automatically after they had starte

  • Means v. Marshalls

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Hunter, Brian K. Jackson Hendrick & Hunter and Andrew B. Koplan Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James R. Doyle II and Douglas A. Wilde Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0354

    The plaintiff could not recover for the injuries she sustained when she slipped on debris in the defendant's dressing room, even if she was distracted by an emergency involving her stepdaughter, bec

  • Wiley v. Liberty Southern Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Allison Jr., Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Crawford and Thomas E. Greer Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer PC, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2335

    The company that managed the hotel where plaintiff slipped and fell down the stairs was not entitled to summary judgment because there was evidence that a wet spot at the top of the stairs was not