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  • Laviano v. Travelers Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey A. Daxe and T. Shane Mayes Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George L. Welborn Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams, Marietta, and Thomas E. Magill, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1863

    Competent evidence presumptively supported the trial court's denial of the plaintiff's motion for a damages hearing against his secondary automobile insurance carrier after a jury verdict in favor o

  • Golden v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas F. Jarriel, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan R. Tawse Jr., Solicitor General, Arthur J. Creque, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1590

    The trial court did not err in allowing the state to ask the defendant on cross-examination about whether she had filed an ante litem notice of her intent to sue the city based on the actions of its

  • Jastram v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William L. Jones, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julian A. Mack, West Point, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1731

    O.C.G.A. § § 16-10-26 and 16-10-24 are criminal statutes, which do not expressly provide for a civil cause of action as a remedy for their viol

  • Mayfield v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel J. Cahill Jr., Danielsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Hartwell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1941

    The trial court did not err in failing to give a jury instruction on self-defense because the defendant did not request it, it was not his sole defense and it was not supported by the evi

  • Caputo v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Franklin J. Hogue Hogue & Hogue, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan R. Tawse Jr., Solicitor General, and Arthur J. Creque, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2107

    The defendant has a right to a jury trial on a speeding c

  • Watson v. General Mechanical Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Goldstein and Jonathan P. Hayes Goldstein & Hayes PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard P. Spencer II and Timothy J. Buckley III Finley & Buckley PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Austin L. Ramsey III and Ronald L. Cundy Rumsey & Ramsey, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A05A2134

    The defendant could not foresee that placing metal parts in a trash container marked for paper or plastic would cause the defendant to suffer back inj

  • Gonzales v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles G. Price Smith, Price & Wright, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Charles S. Cox, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1831

    The evidence did not show that the defendant possessed or controlled a stolen ATV, which was allegedly parked behind his home before the ATV's owner called p

  • Solomon v. Barnett

    Publication Date: 2005-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce M. Edenfield and Evan R. Mermelstein Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey M. Fishman, Duluth, and Jeffrey P. Rothenberg Moss & Rothenberg, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A1375

    The plaintiff failed to show that the individual defendant was equitably estopped from taking advantage of the retroactive reinstatement of his corporate ent

  • Thompson v. Scientific Atlanta Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-10-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua A. Millican, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oscar N. Persons, Susan E. Hurd, Kelly C. Wilcove Alston & Bird, Atlanta, and Gerald Davidson Jr. Davidson & Tucker LLP, Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1447

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the shareholder's belated oral request to conduct discovery before dismissing his derivative suit pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 14-

  • Center Developers Inc. v. Southern Trust Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2005-10-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward H. Lindsey Jr. Goodman, McGuffey, Aust & Lindsey, George E. Duncan Jr. Duncan & Mangiafico PC, James H. Fisher II, Atlanta, Genevieve L. Frazier, Rome, and Robert J. Hulsey, McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jon B. McPhail Jon McPhail & Assocs. LLC, Alpharetta, and Adam Altman Cozen O'Connor, Charlotte, N.C., for appellee. Other party representation: G. Melton Mobley Lokey and Smith, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A05A1377

    Nine consolidated cases arising out of a shopping center fire were automatically dismissed after five years passed without an order being