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  • Perry v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren H. Williamson Hall & Williamson PC, Albany, for Nashon Perry. Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for Clyde. Edward R. Collier Collier & Gamble, Dawson, for James Perry. Charles M. Ferguson, District Attorney, Cuthbert, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03A0053; S03A0054; S03A0055

    The trial court did not unfairly state the law in relation to the defendants' rights when it repeated certain charges to the

  • Imperial Foods Supply Inc. v. Purvis

    Publication Date: 2003-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Thomas Whelchel, St. Simons Island, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. Ligon Jr., Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1744

    In an action seeking recovery for injuries sustained when the plaintiff was knocked to the ground by a truck door, the Court held that it was foreseeable that a driver operating a trailer with a de

  • Ridley v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alfred L. King Jr., Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Rita B. Lewis, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1901

    By failing to present any evidence of the date on which the District Attorney received notice of the seizure, the state failed to carry its burden of proving that it complied with the 30-day period

  • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution v. Jewell

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter C. Canfield, Sean R. Smith, Thomas M. Clyde, James A. Demetry Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. L. Lin Wood Jr., Mahaley C. Paulk L. Lin Wood PC, G. Watson Bryant Jr. and David B. Hornsby, Atlanta, for Jewell. Other party representation: David E. Hudson Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Augusta, David A. Schulz and Jeffrey H. Drichta Clifford, Chance, Rogers & Wells LLP, New York, N.Y.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A1564; A01A1565; A01A1566

    Plaintiff was a limited-purpose public figure for purposes of his libel suit arising out of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing because he granted 10 interviews and one photo shoot in the three days

  • Pittman v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-10-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Jones Abernathy & Ballinger, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roger D. Queen, District Attorney, Jasper, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Bebko, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0780

    The trial court did not violate defendant's right to confrontation in allowing several witnesses to testify about statements made to them by defendant's girlfriend, who invoked her Fifth Amendment p

  • Morrison v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shandor S. Badaruddin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Thomas A. Cole and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1177

    Repetitive Bruton objections to testimony about the co-defendants' statements would have served no purpose because defendant claimed he was coerced into participating in the c

  • Patrick v. Macon Hous. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell M. Boston and Neil Halvorson Sell & Melton LLP, Macon, for Patrick. John C. Daniel III and Richard A. Epps Jr. Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, for Macon Hous. Auth. Other party representation:, Luanne Clarke Moore Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers PC, Albany, Heather C. McGrotty and Jason P. King Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0066; A01A0067

    Defendant exercised reasonable care under the circumstances in inspecting the laundry room floor in its apartment building for trash and water every two

  • Nix v. Cox Enters. Inc. d/b/a The Atlanta Constitution

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward T.M. Garland and Nelson O. Tyrone III Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0070

    The Court of Appeals partially reversed the grant of summary judgment to a publishing company and its newspaper on an attorney's defamation claim arising out of two articles that characterized him a

  • Bakhtiarnejad v. Cox Enters. Inc. d/b/a The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne Grant and Kimberly W. Rabren Wood & Grant, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Richard A. Carothers, Thomas M. Mitchell Carothers & Mitchell LLC, Buford, Charles R. Floyd Jr., Peachtree City, and Genet McIntosh-Hopewell, Decatur.
    Case Number: A00A1434

    Defendants were not entitled to summary judgment or dismissal of plaintiff's defamation suit because a genuine issue remained as to whether defendants accurately reported an officer's investigation

  • Bakhtiarnejad v. Cox Enters. Inc. d/b/a The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    Publication Date: 2000-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne Grant and Kimberly W. Rabren Wood & Grant, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Richard A. Carothers and Thomas M. Mitchell Carothers & Mitchell LLC, Buford, Charles R. Floyd Jr., Peachtree City, and Genet McIntosh-Hopewell, Decatur.
    Case Number: A00A1434

    Defendants were not entitled to summary judgment or dismissal of plaintiff's defamation suit because a genuine issue remained as to whether defendants accurately reported an officer's investigation