• Duvall v. Green

    Publication Date: 2003-08-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julius W. Peek Jr. Shaw, Maddox, Graham, Monk & Boling, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: H. Harold Chambers Jr., Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1181

    Plaintiff who slipped on defendant's stairs failed to rebut defendant's affidavit testimony that the stairs were properly constructed and maint

  • In the Interest of C. B. H.

    Publication Date: 2003-08-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark J. Nathan, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Leo G. Beckmann Jr. and Linda J. Carter, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1062

    Both past and present evidence of deprivation supported the termination of the incarcerated mother's parental r

  • Bonner v. Brunson

    Publication Date: 2003-08-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter C. hartridge, Edgar P. Williams and David M. Conner Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David H. Johnson McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson LLP, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1514

    The individual defendant was not personally liable for his limited liability company's alleged debt because there was no evidence that he abused the form of the LLC by commingling or confusing LLC b

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela D. Duncan, Lawrenceville, for Smith. Tyrone M. Hodnett II, Norcross, for Caldwell. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Julie L. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for the state.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A03A0669; A03A0673

    Although the investigating officer violated the Fourth Amendment when he leaned through the doorway of an apa and saw stolen property, the seized evidence was admissible as the fruit of the ap

  • Woodward v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adeline A. Johnson Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0559

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in shortening the time required for the state to file notice of its intent to introduce similar transaction evidence where defense counsel knew the state

  • State v. Graddy

    Publication Date: 2003-07-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert B. Ellis Jr., District Attorney, and Timothy L. Eidson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Berrien L. Sutton, Homerville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0765

    The named informant's statement that he personally observed the manufacturing of methamphetamine at the defendant's home provided probable cause for the search wa

  • Easley v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David R. Montgomery and Richard F. Connelly Jr. Hudson, Montgomery & Kalivoda, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, and Edward H. Brumby Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0674

    The trial court did not err in finding that the jury's first verdict contained mutually exclusive convictions for both aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter since the charges stemmed from

  • Clearwater Constr. Co. v. McClung

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Markle, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost, W. Andrew Maddox, Gainesville, Bryan A. Downs and Justin H. Hayes Wilson, Morton & Downs LLC, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0325

    A judgment for the individual defendants on two of plaintiff's did not preclude an award of fees to plaintiff on her prevailing breach of warranty

  • Reese v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2003-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Wright, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda K. DiSantis, City Attorney, Tuwanda R. Williams, Assistant City Attorney, and Chiquita T. Johnson City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A0896

    A police officer was officially immune from liability arising out of his arrest of the plaintiff for criminal trespass where the officer acted within his discretion and scope of auth

  • Bradford v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan J. Swingle University of Ga. Sch. of Law, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Athens, and Nicholas W. Chilivis District Attorney's Office, Watkinsville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1351

    Any error in the introduction of improper similar transaction testimony was har