• Katz v. Hospital Auth. of Rabun County

    Publication Date: 2002-03-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles L. Clay, Clayton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2191

    Plaintiff had actionable suit for damages against defendant under O.C.G.A. § 51-1-6 for terminating his contract to perform services as an emergency room doctor since defendant based its decision on

  • Satilla Reg'l Med. Ctr. v. Corbett

    Publication Date: 2002-03-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shawn F. Wildes Walker & Sweat, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas M. Hackel Hackel & Hackel, Waycross, for appellee. Other party representation: Lee Southwell State Bd. Workers Compensation, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A01A2224

    The history of plaintiff's complaints to her doctors supported the ALJ's determination that plaintiff's carpal tunnel injury was not related to her work as a triage

  • Thomas v. T & T Straw Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas C. Rogers Douglas C. Rogers & Co. PC, Moultrie, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1812

    A 20-year lease of 1-acre of land for $600 per year was neither unconscionable nor violative of public p

  • Cole v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven A. Cook, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Henry R. Thompson and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1999

    Objective facts establishing a reasonable suspicion that defendant had marijuana in his car justified defendant's continued detention, regardless of the officer's subjective belief that defendant w

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Murcier-Ashley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, and Daniel M. Hirsh, Assistant Solicitor, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2258

    The officer had probable cause to stop a vehicle in which defendant was a passenger based on information that someone in that type of car would be picking up one of the perpetrator's since the offi

  • Sundman v. Faris

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles R. Desiderio, Royston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas A. Camp, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2128

    An out-of-state court's order of dismissal which included an award of costs to plaintiff was a final judgment which was subject to full faith and credit in Ge

  • Lane v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacqueline J. Herring, Fulton County Conflict Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1778

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that defendant did not waive his right to open and close arguments when his co-defendant's counsel had a police witness read a portion of hi

  • Campbell v. Coates

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William L. Lundy Jr., Charles E. Morris Jr. Parker and Lundy, and W. Wright Gammon Jr. Gammon and Anderson, Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Clinton Sumner Jr., Susan D. Taylor Magruder & Sumner, Rome, Lanny B. Bridgers and Steven J. Estep King & Spalding, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2377

    The evidence supported the trial court's conclusion that plaintiff did not properly serve defendant through his son pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-11-

  • Bryan County Bd. of Equalization v. Bryan County Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ray C. Smith, Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michele M. Henderson Henderson & Henderson, Richmond Hill, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Kathryn L. Allen, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2286

    The Open Meetings Act applies to all meetings of the Board of Equalization, including deliberations and voting on tax ap

  • State v. Duncan

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, and David W. Bass, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lynne Y. Borsuk, R. Stephen Roberts Peters, Roberts, Borsuk & Guest PA, Decatur, and Michael D. Mann, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2208

    The warrantless search of defendant's vehicle following his arrest in a fast food restaurant was reasonable where the officers had arranged to buy a large amount of cocaine from defendant at that loc