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  • Phillips v. Walls

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A99A1968, A99A1969

    County transportation employees had official immunity against plaintiffs' suit for their children's deaths on a county road, since plaintiffs presented no evidence that employees negligently inspec

  • Ogburn v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
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    Case Number: A00A0215, A00A0411

    Following his acquittal, defendant could not seek to modify the record to set aside the trial court's denial of his motion for a directed verdict just because he wanted to improve his chances of rec

  • Muhammad v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
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    Case Number: A99A1654

    The defendant could not complain that the trial court failed to exercise its discretion to probate or suspend part of his recidivist sentence since the court reviewed the defendant's prior convicti

  • Hyatt Corp. v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Brice Ladson, Jeffrey M. Rutledge and Christopher J. Thompson Ladson & Suthers LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas G. Andrews, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1770

    Hotel was not liable for plaintiff's arrest by the off-duty police officer it hired to provide security on New Year's Eve, since it did not instruct the officer on how to fulfill his security d

  • Jackson v. K-Mart Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rita T. Williams and John H. Armwood Williams & Armwood, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: F. Earl Wiggers Jr. F. Earl Wiggers PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0388

    Plaintiff's speculation that she tripped over a floor mat that had rolled up due to a gust of wind did not establish that a hazardous condition ex

  • Houston v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine M. Williams Williams & Spears PC, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, James E. Hardy, Chief Assistant District Attorney, and Mark E. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Thomasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2032

    The defendant was not entitled to separate trials on charges that he robbed four victims from the same county during the same month by engaging them in conversation and then demanding

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

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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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 PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0070

    The trial court should have treated the defendant's motion to dismiss as a motion for summary judgment because the defendant relied on evidence from a separate lawsuit to show that its newspaper art

  • Johnson v. Rodier

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Grindle, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carter R. Page Hatcher, Stubbs, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2314

    Plaintiff did not need an expert affidavit to support his claims that defendant physician intentionally breached his privacy and interfered with his employment by informing his employer that he was

  • Brown v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rajan Bhandari, Chamblee, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Christopher M. Farmer and Janice M. Wallace Harper, Waldon & Craig, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2045

    Plaintiff's counsel's vague affidavit regarding his efforts to locate and serve defendant did not show that plaintiff diligently tried to serve defendant after the expiration of the limitation p

  • Spradley v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Schiavone and Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Lori L. Canfield, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1618

    Defendant could be retried after he successfully moved for mistrial when the prosecutor introduced inadmissible evidence from a 911 call, since the prosecutor did not intentionally goad defendant in