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  • Watson v. General Mechanical Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Goldstein and Jonathan P. Hayes Goldstein & Hayes PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard P. Spencer II and Timothy J. Buckley III Finley & Buckley PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Austin L. Ramsey III and Ronald L. Cundy Rumsey & Ramsey, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A05A2134

    The defendant could not foresee that placing metal parts in a trash container marked for paper or plastic would cause the defendant to suffer back inj

  • Gonzales v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles G. Price Smith, Price & Wright, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Charles S. Cox, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1831

    The evidence did not show that the defendant possessed or controlled a stolen ATV, which was allegedly parked behind his home before the ATV's owner called p

  • Solomon v. Barnett

    Publication Date: 2005-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce M. Edenfield and Evan R. Mermelstein Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey M. Fishman, Duluth, and Jeffrey P. Rothenberg Moss & Rothenberg, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A1375

    The plaintiff failed to show that the individual defendant was equitably estopped from taking advantage of the retroactive reinstatement of his corporate ent

  • Thompson v. Scientific Atlanta Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-10-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua A. Millican, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oscar N. Persons, Susan E. Hurd, Kelly C. Wilcove Alston & Bird, Atlanta, and Gerald Davidson Jr. Davidson & Tucker LLP, Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1447

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the shareholder's belated oral request to conduct discovery before dismissing his derivative suit pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 14-

  • Center Developers Inc. v. Southern Trust Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2005-10-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward H. Lindsey Jr. Goodman, McGuffey, Aust & Lindsey, George E. Duncan Jr. Duncan & Mangiafico PC, James H. Fisher II, Atlanta, Genevieve L. Frazier, Rome, and Robert J. Hulsey, McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jon B. McPhail Jon McPhail & Assocs. LLC, Alpharetta, and Adam Altman Cozen O'Connor, Charlotte, N.C., for appellee. Other party representation: G. Melton Mobley Lokey and Smith, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A05A1377

    Nine consolidated cases arising out of a shopping center fire were automatically dismissed after five years passed without an order being

  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth. v. Bridges

    Publication Date: 2005-10-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Routman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven E. Marcus Marcus & Jones, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Lee Southwell State Bd. Workers Compensation, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A05A1274

    The employer failed to comply with the statutory requirements of the Workers' Compensation Act when it reduced and then terminated its employee's temporary total disability ben

  • Dunson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-10-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer R. Burns Office of the Circuit Pub. Defender, and Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Margaret E. Heap, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1122

    The trial court did not err in allowing the investigating detective to remain in the courtroom during the trial and before he testified, because the prosecutor requested that he be present to assis

  • Barnett v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-09-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. V. Booker, Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, and William P. Doupe', Assistant District Attorney, Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1385

    The trial court properly admitted the cocaine found in a popcorn bag on the floorboard of the defendant's truck, since a drug dog alerted to the truck prior to the conclusion of a valid traffic stop

  • Fredericks v. Hall

    Publication Date: 2005-09-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory T. Talley, Wade H. Coleman and Edward F. Preston Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston & Holland, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . G. G. Kunes Jr., Tifton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A0872

    The record did not support the defendants' claim that the plaintiff's expert was not credible, since he testified with ease, despite having filed an insurance claim alleging problems with panic diso

  • United Bank v. West Central Ga. Bank

    Publication Date: 2005-09-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David B. Dunaway, Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan W. Connell, Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1133

    The typed in maturity date on a deed to secure debt, along with the incorporation by reference of the note containing the same maturity date, sufficiently complied with O.C.G.A. § 44-14-80 a 1's req