• General Motors Corp. v. Hammock

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David B. Dunaway Adams, Barfield & Dunaway, Thomaston, De Martenson, H. Lanier Brown II Huie, Frenambucq & Stewart LLP, Birmingham, Ala., Andrew M. Johnstone, Laurie M. Thornton and Walter R. Lancaster Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard H. Bishoff and Alonzo J. Bentley Jr., Thomaston, for appellee. Other party representation: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Brenda A. Raspberry, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, John M. Simms, Laurel, Miss. and John M. Deakle, Hattiesburg, Miss.

    Case Number: A02A0849

    The Court of Appeals was without jurisdiction since the trial court's grant of discovery motion was not a directly appealable jud

  • Hanne v. Mississippi Management Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: James A. Bishop Jr., Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0002

    Plaintiff had no cause of action for wrongful termination, because he was an at will employee when his employer discharged him after five months of emplo

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher W. Willis Turner & Willis, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, and Lindsay H. Messick Hall County District Attorney's Office, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0709

    Affiant could rely on information communicated by fellow officers for probable cause to support search wa

  • Passmore v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George H. Law Whitmer & Law, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald E. Moore, Solicitor, Jefferson, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2227

    Evidence that defendants turned truck around and went back to field where they had spotted deer to shoot it supported their convictions for hunting from a motor ve

  • In the Interest of J. W. K.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Thompson, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: James F. Ledbetter and Joseph D. Little, Calhoun, for appellee. Other party representation: George P. Govignon, Calhoun.

    Case Number: A01A2290

    The juvenile court erred in awarding temporary legal custody of the child to his paternal aunt and uncle for a period of two years without establishing a reunification plan between the child and his

  • Lawrence v. Direct Mortgage Lenders Corp.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexander P. LeVorse, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George L. Kimel and S. Robert Hahn, Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2313

    Trial court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to continue trial to allow defendant to commence discovery since defendant made no effort to conduct discovery after the filing of the complaint,

  • Duffy v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George C. Tapley, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph M. Walks, District Attorney, and James C. Garner, Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0445

    Under the totality of the circumstances, the uncorroborated hearsay statements of two informants that the defendant was selling cocaine from two separate rooms at different hotels did not provide p

  • Ghertner v. Solaimani

    Publication Date: 2002-04-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sarah M. Wayman and John C. Whatley IV, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2306

    A Bet Din is a three-member board consisting of three rabbis and the results of a Bet Din, when conducted pursuant to the Georgia Arbitration Act, are enforc

  • Rheem Mfg. Co. v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2002-04-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rufus D. Sams III and Sharon H. Reeves Jones, Cork & Miller LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Steven E. Marcus, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0073

    The administrative law judge incorrectly calculated the yee's weekly wage by using her hourly wage and multiplying it by 40 hours where the yee failed to present any evidence that a simila

  • Joel v. Chastain

    Publication Date: 2002-03-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin H. Rubin and David C. Joel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren R. Hinds, Roswell, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2501

    Evidence that defendant's inadequately supervised employee falsely represented himself to be an attorney and settled plaintiff's case without her consent supported the jury's award of mental distres