• Chapman v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2005-04-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Troy R. Millikan, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0626

    The plaintiff was not entitled to ve damages for the conversion of certain construction equipment, because he was the assignee of the rights to the actual owner of the equipment and a right to

  • Bardo v. Liss

    Publication Date: 2005-04-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal H. Howard Neal H. Howard & Assocs. PC, Columbus, and William D. James, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert C. Martin Jr. and Gregory S. Ellington Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild LLP, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0778

    Plaintiff's failure to file an expert affidavit with her original complaint subjected her complaint to dismissal for failure to state a claim, which constituted a dismissal with prejudice and rende

  • Gingold v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2005-04-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Bart Gary and Erica S. Jansen Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linley Jones, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0338

    The plaintiff's malpractice a against his bankruptcy attorney was the property of his bankruptcy estate, because his cause of a accrued prior to commencement of his bankruptcy a

  • Gingold v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2005-04-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Bart Gary and Erica S. Jansen Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linley Jones, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0338

    The plaintiff's malpractice a against his bankruptcy attorney was the property of his bankruptcy estate, because his cause of a accrued prior to commencement of his bankruptcy a

  • Garvin v. Secretary of State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George T. Smith Browning & Tanksley LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William W. Banks Jr., John B. Ballard Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, and Robin A. Golivesky Office of the Secretary of State, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Fred T. Finney McCall & Finney PC, Albany.

    Case Number: A03A2145

    Willfully" as defined in O.C.G.A. § 10-5-13, only requires proof that the defendant intended to commit conduct, which violates the Georgia Securitie

  • Shelnutt v. Georgia Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Larry Bonner, Springville, Ala., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Percy J. Blount Glover & Blount PC, Augusta.

    Case Number: A05A0718

    The plaintiffs failed to give proper ante litem notice to the Department of Administrative Services' Risk Management Division as required by O.C.G.A. § 50-

  • Emberson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Corbin, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and John S. Helton, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0155

    The trial court did not err in allowing the state to argue in closing that the defendant and other defense witnesses were "liars," since the state based its argument on the evi

  • In the Interest of S. G.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hurl R. Taylor Jr., Ellenwood, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mark J. Cicero, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert G. Nardone, Avondale Estate, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0212

    The mother's severe mental deficiency-paranoid schizophrenia-rendered her unable to adequate care for her

  • Costley v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter S. Haugen Sanders, Haugen & Sears PC, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Raymond C. Mayer, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0734

    The defendant's chemical test results were inadmissible pursuant to Cooper v. State, 277 Ga. 282 2003, because the defendant was not arrested after the fatal crash for a violation of O.C.G.A. § 40-6

  • Godsey v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Jarrell P. Schley, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A05A0048

    A clean record, without more, is insufficient to invoke a defendant's good char