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  • In the Interest of J. L. C.

    Publication Date: 2008-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A0679

    The father's unrehabilitated alcohol abuse, physical abuse of the mother and failure to have consistent, meaningful contact or visits with the child, to pay the required child support and to mai

  • Washington v. McKibbon Hotel Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
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    Case Number: S08A0584

    The appellant's inchoate or defeasible title to property he acquired in a tax sale did not ripen by prescription into a fee simple title, despite his occasional cleanup and mowing of the propert

  • Reaves v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
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    Case Number: S07A1826

    The trial court failed to determine whether a reasonable person in the defendant's position would have felt so restrained as to equate situation to formal arrest, when officers questioned him ab

  • Pruitt Corp. v. Georgia Dept. of Community Health

    Publication Date: 2008-07-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
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    Case Number: S07G1252

    Where the parties incorporated the terms of the Department of Community Health's manual setting forth the parties' agreement as to the DCH's reimbursement of Medicaid to a nursing home i

  • Bickerstaff Real Estate Management LLC v. Hanners

    Publication Date: 2008-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A1438

    The defendant's fraud claim failed because they could not, as a matter of law, show reliance on the defendants' alleged si

  • Coote v. Branch Banking and Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2008-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0365

    The plaintiff, an experienced real estate investor, failed to exercise ordinary care for his interests, since he took no steps to verify that the real property at issue's stated value was co

  • Harrouk v. Fierman

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A0088

    The Brokerage Relationships in Real Estate Transactions Act "BRRETA", O.C.G.A. § 10-6-A-1, et seq., provides that, absent a written, signed agreement to the contrary, the duties and

  • Lee, Black, Hart & Rouse PC v. The Travelers Indemnity Co.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0353

    A law firm could not recover on its claim for $143.5K in forged checks, which a dishonest employee deposited into the firm's escrow account as part of her check kiting scheme, because the fi

  • IH Riverdale LLC v. McChesney Capital Partners LLC

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A0369

    The plaintiff's submission of an affidavit, after the trial court received the remitter in the prior appeal, did not change the ntiary posture of the case and constituted inadmissible parol

  • Bulgin v. Georgia Dept. of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
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    Case Number: A08A0414

    The trial court properly admitted an appraiser's testimony that he did not include compensation for two temporary easements for the building of a driveway and fence on condemnee's land, sin