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  • Sidhi Invs. Corp. v. Thrift

    Publication Date: 2016-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Miller and James Thagard Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith Lawrence, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Earl Smith, Nahunta, and C. Deen Strickland, Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1678

    Because the defendant was an out-of-possession landlord, it was entitled to summary judgment in the plaintiff's lawsuit arising after she slipped and fell on an unknown substance in a convenience st

  • Tricoli v. Watts

    Publication Date: 2016-06-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Humphreys, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Kathleen Pacious, Dennis Dunn, Deputy Attorneys General, Loretta Pinkston, Annette Cowart, Christopher McGraw, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, and Claude Sitton, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A2256

    Since waiver of eign immunity for a breach of contract action requires a written contract and the plaintiff failed to prove the existence of a valid, written employment contract, the doctrine o

  • Edwards v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-06-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Bullard and Margaret Heinen Georgia Public Defender Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oliver Browning, District Attorney, Carrollton, and Jordan Stover, Assistant District Attorney, Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0532

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that manifest necessity existed for a mistrial and did not err in denying the defendant's subsequent double jeopa

  • Watkins v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bearden, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. David Cooke Jr., District Attorney, and Dorothy Hull, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A2411

    The trial court erred in sentencing the defendant on each of his three convictions for child molestation to a term of confinement rather than exercising its discretion and imposing split sent

  • Sneiderman v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Anna Cross District Attorney's Office, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1774

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for hindering the apprehension of a criminal, concealing a material fact from the police, three counts of making a false statement to the police an

  • Sims v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Brumby Public Defender's Office, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carroll Chisholm, Solicitor General, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1836

    Officers had probable cause to arrest the defendant for obstruction after he refused to stop and submit to the officers' lawful authority to conduct a tier two encounter based on their reasonable su

  • Nolley v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kyle Joyce Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, District Attorney, Covington, and Miguel Trujillo District Attorney's Office, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1686

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions on several counts of violating the Street Gang Terrorism and Preventio

  • Fairgreen Capital LLC v. City of Canton

    Publication Date: 2016-03-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Boynton McMichael Gray PC, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Dyer Dyer Rusbridge PC, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A2184

    The written agreement between the property developer and the city, under which the developer advanced the city over half a million dollars for the construction of a road, was void as a matter of law

  • Complete Wiring Solutions LLC v. Astra Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-03-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Daum, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John McManus, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A2270

    The appellant's brief contained no enumeration of errors filed pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 5-6-40 of the Appellate Practice Act, and the Court therefore dismissed the a

  • Aames Plumbing Heating Inc. v. Shuford

    Publication Date: 2016-02-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Leeper and Cory Close Busch, Reed Jones PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Helton, Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A2166

    Because the jury awarded no actual damages on the defendant's counterclaim for fraud in the plaintiff's action seeking payment for plumbing services it performed, the jury's award to the defendant o