Case Digests

Yates v. Dublin Sir Shop Inc.

Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Smith, George T.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Ford Sr. Ford & Barnhart LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Francis M. Lewis Lewis & King LLC and John F. Helton Hilbun & Helton LLC, Dublin, for appellees. Other Party Representation: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and George S. Zier, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
Case Number: A02A1891

The Court balanced the bias against finding restrictions by implication against the cardinal rule of contract construction-ascertaining the parties' intent-and found that the trial court properly g

Doe v. Hall

Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carlton M. Bozeman, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Griffin B. Bell Jr., Thomas S. Grow Fisher & Phillips, Michael R. Hurst Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ga. Inc., Dennis G. Lovell Jr., and Jennifer L. Snyder Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Robert L. Goldstucker and Mark D. Lefkow Nall & Miller LLP, Atlanta.
Case Number: A03A0587

The trial court retained discretion under O.C.G.A. § 24-9-47 y 2, to allow the plaintiff to proceed with his wrongful disclosure of HIV status case under a pseu

Ball v. Bright Horizons Children Ctr. Inc.

Publication Date: 2003-03-28
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Shea Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Marvin A. Devlin and Chrisna J. Walker Devlin & Robinson PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A02A2176

A 4-year-old's alleged injury due to exploratory sexual play with a 6-year-old classmate at daycare was not the result of any negligence on the part of the daycare c

Patton v. St. Francis Hosp.

Publication Date: 2003-03-14
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, John J.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony L. Cochran Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Alan F. Herman, Assunta F. Deevey Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Kimberly L. Woodland and Robert P. Monyak Love & Willingham, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A03A0148

A hospital's decision to terminate a doctor's staff privileges was based on the hospital's reasonable belief that the denial furthered quality health

State v. Kell

Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, Harrison Kohler State Health Care Fraud Control Unit, Tucker, for appellant.
for defendant: Leonard L. Franco, Atlanta, and Thomas C. Rowsey, Cumming, for appellee in S02G0997. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Atlanta, and Michael D. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General State Health Care Fraud Control Unit, Tucker, for appellant. James A. Yancey, Brunswick, for appellee in S02G1114.
Case Number: S02G0997; S02G1144

The state may prosecute Medicaid fraud cases under O.C.G.A. § 49-4-146.1 b 1 C, in any county where an act in furtherance of the crime took

Lockwood v. State

Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold A. Sturdivant and Michele W. Ogletree Sullivan, Sturdivant & Ogletree PC, Griffin, for appellant.
for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Thomaston, and Daniel A. Hiatt, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.
Case Number: A03A0274

Defendant could not show that his counsel was deficient for not requesting a psychiatric evaluation without showing a likelihood that such an evaluation would have affected the outcome of his

Head v. CSX Transp. Inc.

Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Taylor, John A. Harp and Jefferson C. Callier Taylor, Harp & Callier, Columbus, for appellant.
for defendant: Sandra Gray, James E. Gilson Casey, Gilson & Williams PC, Atlanta, and Ray Patterson University of Ga., Athens, for appellee.
Case Number: A03A0146

Defendant could not challenge an alleged conflict of interest between plaintiff's co-counsel and her partner after judgment was en

Eldridge v. Ireland

Publication Date: 2003-01-10
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, and Daryl L. Kidd, Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Linda W. Gettle and Larry W. Yarbrough, Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: A02A1724; A02A2207

The trial court erred in awarding child support without making written findings as required by O.C.G.A. § 19

City of Gainesville v. Waters

Publication Date: 2002-12-13
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Bart Gary and Stuart W. Gray Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Curtis G. Shoemaker, Athens, and J. Burroughs, Gainesville, for appellees.
Case Number: A02A1530

Crisp Reg'l Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr. v. Johnson

Publication Date: 2002-12-13
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. Durham, Beth M. Duncan and William M. McHugh Jr. Durham, McHugh & Duncan PC, Brunswick, for appellant.
for defendant: Charles R. Floyd Jr. and Deborah M. Floyd The Floyd Law Offices, Peachtree City, for appellee.
Case Number: A02A0873