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  • Baldwin v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry D. Jackson, Atlanta, and Bobby L. Cook, Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lloyd B. Hedrick Jr. Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Alan C. Manheim Manheim & Manheim LLC, Atlanta, and Joseph H. Fowler Hartley, Rowe & Fowler PC, Douglasville.
    Case Number: A03A2196

    Where both parents shared joint custody of their children and their son resided with the father for at least 129 days prior to his death at his father's house, a jury could find that the son was a r

  • Edge v. Fugatt

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Graylin C. Ward, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Douglas C. Vassy Tinsinger, Vance & Greer PC, Carrollton, and Paul D. Ivey Jr. Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer PC, Columbus, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A2011

    Lay witnesses may state their opinions based on their own observa

  • Betha v. Ebanks

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lonzy F. Edwards and LaTonya N. Wiley Edwards & Youmas, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Joseph H. Chambless Chambless, Hidgon & Carson, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A2294

    The trial court did not err in charging the jury on hindsight since what the defendant doctor knew or should have known while treating plaintiff was hotly disputed and there was conflicting expert t

  • State v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2003-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip C. Smith, Penny A. Penn, District Attorneys, Sandra A. Partridge and James A. Dunn, Assistant District Attorneys, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rafe Banks III Banks, Stubbs, Neville & Cunat LLP, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1664

    The arresting officer did not unreasonably expand the scope or duration of a valid traffic stop by running computer checks to determine the status of the fendant's license and whether either th

  • Munn v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory J. Lohmeier Lohmeier & Lohmeier LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1757

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in excusing a juror who said he would be slanted towards acquittal and never stated that he could put aside hi

  • Campbell v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Erickson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amy H. McChesney and Andrew J. Saliba, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2527

    The officer's affidavit and oral testimony provided probable cause to issue the search warrant for defendant's

  • Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Croley

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Duke R. Groover Groover & Childs, Macon, and Charles W. Byrd, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Croley Jr., Fitzgerald, Gary C. Christy and Preyesh K. Maniklal Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, for appellee. Other party representation: Terry A. Dillard Dillard, Bower & Crowley, Waycross.
    Case Number: A03A0876

    The defendant was entitled to summary judgment on its former attorney's breach of contract claim because the oral agreement between the parties had no stated dur

  • Scraders v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura D. Hogue, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howard Z. Simms, District Attorney, and Eugene Felton Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2498

    The indictment against defendant was not perfect in form since it alleged only that the defendant's unlawful possession of a firearm caused the victim's unintentional

  • Bailey v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Killeen, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Julayaun M. Waters, Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1233

    The jury charge, when read as a whole, adequately and fully instructed the jury on the issue of self-defense, including the statutory language of O.C.G.A. § 16

  • McCaskill v. Carillo

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis C. Shenck Hartford Ins., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens Ezor & Olens PC, Kenneth A. David, Michael R. Martin Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, and William H. Buckley, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1261

    The plaintiff failed to show that the def assumed any contractual duty to protect or warn employees of difference in height between a bare concrete floor and 3/8-inch thick carpet that the de