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  • State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David R. Smith and Beverly G. O'Hearn Brannen, Searcey & Smith, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles R. Ashman and Brian E. Krapf Ashman, Lasky & Cooper, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2487

    The trial court could not modify its judgment for the defendant after the expiration of the term in which that judgment was en

  • Bullard v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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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: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, and Nancy B. Bordeaux, Assistant Attorney General, Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1695

    Undisputed evidence showed that the defendant actively participated in the creation of false documents after the GBI began investigating her husband for Medicaid

  • In re Mauldin

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Tyler and Audra A. Dial Kilpatrick Stockton, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Thomaston, and James E. Hardin, Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2095

    The trial court properly sentenced defendant to three days in jail after he chose to perform in an out-of-state music tour instead of reporting for jury duty after the superior court denied his waiv

  • Clark v. Joiner

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Thomas Whelchel Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Andrew A. Taylor, St. Marys, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1765

    Plaintiff could not recover on his dog claim since there was no evidence that the dog had bitten someone before or that the dog's owners knew of his propensity to

  • Zager v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2000-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Goldberg, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ruth W. Woodling Fisher & Phillips, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A2100

    Employer's letter stating that employee had a two-year contract with the company was not an enforceable employment contract since it did not describe nature or location of employee's d

  • Hyatt Corp. v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Brice Ladson, Jeffrey M. Rutledge and Christopher J. Thompson Ladson & Suthers LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas G. Andrews, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1770

    Hotel was not liable for plaintiff's arrest by the off-duty police officer it hired to provide security on New Year's Eve, since it did not instruct the officer on how to fulfill his security d

  • Spradley v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Schiavone and Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Lori L. Canfield, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1618

    Defendant could be retried after he successfully moved for mistrial when the prosecutor introduced inadmissible evidence from a 911 call, since the prosecutor did not intentionally goad defendant in

  • Gwinnett-Club Assocs. v. Southern Elec. Supply Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ira L. Rachelson Rachelson & White, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dock H. Davis, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1641

    Even though debtor's bankruptcy stayed cement of creditor's action to recover on a materialman's lien, creditor still had to file a notice of commencement of that action to preserve its right t

  • Wilson v. Anderson-Columbia Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sid M. Kresses and Kenneth I.M. Behrman Birnbey & Kresses, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William P. Langdale III Langdale, Vallotton, Linahan, Threlkeld & Wetherington, Valdosta, for appellee. Other party representation: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta, Michael J. Gorby Gorby, Reeves, Peters & Burns PC, Richard N. Sheinis Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A99A2338

    The plaintiffs could not recover damages in their injury suit against the defendant, since the third-party defendant was liable to the defendant by default and the plaintiffs previously agreed to in

  • Pilzer v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A99A1688, A99A1689

    Since the trial court instructed the jury not to award damages related to plaintiff's permanent colostomy, it is presumed that the award of almost $4.5 million included only damages for plaintiff's