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  • Patel v. Sanders

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Andrew Fernandez, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thomas D. Harper Harper, Waldon & Craig, Atlanta, and Gary M. Cooper Cooper & Makarenko, Duluth, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1507

    The plaintiffs failed to exercise due diligence in serving the defendants within the applicable 2-year statute of limit

  • Hodges v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edea M. Caldwell, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and Blair D. Mahaffey, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2274

    The circumstantial evidence did not support a finding that the defendant's had joint constructive possession of the cocaine found on the floor behind the driver's seat of the car, which his co-defen

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Grube, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2230

    Although the 26 to 27-month delay between the defendant's arrest and his was presumptively prejudicial, his failure to raise his constitutional right to a speedy until shortly before hi

  • Travis Pruitt & Assocs. PC v. Hooper

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary A. Oakley and Lindsey G. Churchill Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Kristine E. Orr and E. Wycliffe Orr Sr. Orr & Orr, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1062

    An employer can not be held liable for ratifying an employee's sexual harassment, which was not in furtherance of the employer's bus

  • Hanse v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul A. Morgan, Rory K. Starkey and Robert D. Ware County Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew T. Allen, Atlanta, David A. Sleppy, Edward E. Strain III and Lisa J. Bucko Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A0955

    A police officer was entitled to official immunity in the plaintiffs' wrongful death and injury suit arising out of a high-speed chase, because the decision to initiate and continue the chase was di

  • 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