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  • Shelnutt v. Georgia Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Larry Bonner, Springville, Ala., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Percy J. Blount Glover & Blount PC, Augusta.
    Case Number: A05A0718

    The plaintiffs failed to give proper ante litem notice to the Department of Administrative Services' Risk Management Division as required by O.C.G.A. § 50-

  • Emberson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Corbin, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and John S. Helton, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0155

    The trial court did not err in allowing the state to argue in closing that the defendant and other defense witnesses were "liars," since the state based its argument on the evi

  • In the Interest of S. G.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hurl R. Taylor Jr., Ellenwood, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mark J. Cicero, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert G. Nardone, Avondale Estate, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0212

    The mother's severe mental deficiency-paranoid schizophrenia-rendered her unable to adequate care for her

  • Costley v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter S. Haugen Sanders, Haugen & Sears PC, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Raymond C. Mayer, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0734

    The defendant's chemical test results were inadmissible pursuant to Cooper v. State, 277 Ga. 282 2003, because the defendant was not arrested after the fatal crash for a violation of O.C.G.A. § 40-6

  • Godsey v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Jarrell P. Schley, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0048

    A clean record, without more, is insufficient to invoke a defendant's good char

  • Stoker v. Bellemeade LLC

    Publication Date: 2005-03-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. McGoldrick Jr., Michael M. Smith, William H. Larsen Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, Macon, Walter E. Harrington Jr. and Shirley R. Watson, Warner Robins, for Stoker and others. Robert G. Brazier, Steven G. Hall, Seaton D. Purdom Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Atlanta, John G. Walker and Charles W. Byrd Walker, Hulbert, Gray, Byrd & Christy LLP, Perry, for Bellemeade LLC and others.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A2108; A04A2109

    Jamal v. Pirani, 227 Ga. App. 713 1997 and Carter v. Murphey, 256 Ga. App. 150 2002, are overruled to the extent that they are inconsistent with the ruling in Grace Bros., Ltd. v. Farley Indus., In

  • Camp v. Coweta County

    Publication Date: 2005-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald C. Evans Jr., Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Richard V. Merritt, Assistant Attorney General, Stephen C. Collier, H. Lane Young II and Brenda Godfrey Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A2289

    The plaintiff's appeal from the grant of a motion to open default was dismissed because the trial court denied his request for a certificate of immediate review and the case remains pending

  • Foster v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer E. Hildebrand, LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Elizabeth O. Evans and Grover W. Hudgins, Assistant District Attorneys, LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2256

    The victim's prior consistent statement to a detective was admissible where she testified at trial and the defendant challenged her credib

  • Barnes v. Turner

    Publication Date: 2005-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taylor W. Jones Taylor W. Jones & Assocs., and Richard E. Harris, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John C. Rogers and Johannes S. Kingma Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2331

    When payment on a secured transaction is to be made over more than five years, the lawyer handling the transaction has some duty regarding renewal of the UCC financing state

  • Steele v. Georgia Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2005-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T. Cathey, David A. Sleppy Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, and Matthew T. Allen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston and Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1626

    The DOT is not exempt from liability for failing to conform a roadway's shoulder slope ste to generally accepted engineering and design standards after road-widening projects increased the st