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  • Henderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold W. Wallace III, Public Defender, and Sara E. Meyers Public Defender's Office, Thomson, for appellant. Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, Durwood R. Davis, Assistant District Attorney, and Kevin R. Majeska District Attorney's Office, Thomson, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A2394

    The 13-year-old victim's testimony, standing alone, was sufficient to prove the charged crimes of child molestation and enticing a child for indecent pur

  • City of McDonough v. Campbell

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard R. Gignilliat and Amy S. Auffant Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson LLP, Atlanta, for appellant. Warren R. Power and Patrick D. Jaugstetter Power, Jaugstetter & Futch PC, McDonough, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A0598

    The plaintiff's employment agreement with the city of McDonough violated O.C.G.A. § 36-30-3 a's prohibition against binding successor cou

  • Robinson v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Sheppard, Smyrna, for Robinson. Jolanda E. Herring Hollowell Foster & Herring PC, Atlanta, for Rogers. Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0837; A11A0838

    The Court remanded one defendant's case with direction that the trial court enter express findings on the record pursuant to the balancing test required by O.C.G.A. § 24-9-84.1 b as to whether evid

  • Hernandez Auto Painting & Body Works Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mason White Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, Kyle G. Wallace Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Robert H. Schultz Jr. Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen PC, Edwardsville, Ill., for State Farm. Robert B. Turner, Stanley Karsman Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Christopher D. Britt Tate Law Group LLC, Savannah, for Hernandez Auto. Other party representation: William V. Custer IV Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0962; A11A0963

    The trial court erred in denying the defendants' motion to dismiss the plaintiff's claim for trade libel, as Georgia does not recognize such a

  • Fritz v. Shadwich

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kay Fritz, Chattanooga, Tenn., proceeded pro se. Christopher C. Young and Clifton M. Patty Jr., Ringgold, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0805

    The Court lacked jurisdiction over an appeal of an order dismissing a claim for damages arising from an alleged wrongful eviction, as the plaintiff, who attempted to challenge the prior foreclosure

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  • Yi v. Li

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Wayne Pierce Pierce & Dunkelberger, Atlanta, for appellant. Richard A. Kaye and E. Peyton Nunez Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1150

    Because the parties' franchise purchase agreement did not place the duty of obtaining the franchisor's consent on the seller and no evidence existed that the seller prevented the satisfaction of thi

  • Jones v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josh B. Wages Blasingame Burch Garrard Bryant & Ashley, Athens, for appellants. Annarita M. Busbee, Derrick L. Bingham Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Vincent A. Toreno Rutherford & Christie LLP, Adam L. Appel, and Kim M. Ruder Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, J. David Stubins Attorney General's Office, Brynda R. Insley Insley and Race LLC, Atlanta, James S. V. Weston Trotter Jones LLP, and Floyd M. Taylor Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Augusta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1363

    The trial court erred in finding that the defendant medical college faculty members were entitled to official immunity on the plaintiffs' medical malpractice claims, as these physicians did not esta

  • Wertz v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald W. Johnson The Johnson Law Firm, Fayetteville, for appellant. Julia H. Magda Sell & Melton LLP, and John A. Draughon, Macon, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0916

    The plaintiff did not rebut the existence of conditional privilege with evidence of actual or express malice regarding his defamation claim, arising from his expulsion from a respiratory therapy pro

  • Kaylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert R. McNeill, Sara D. Sibley Public Defender's Office, Dawsonville, Brett M. Willis and H. Bradford Morris Jr. Public Defender's Office, Gainesville, for appellant. Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Gainesville, and John G. Wilbanks Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Dawsonville, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0879

    Mason v. State, 310 Ga. Appl. 118 2011, adversely decided the defendant's claim that the ' "explicit language of OCGA § 42-8-60 a allows for either probation or confinement, but not bo

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-12-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin A. Pearlman Public Defender's Office, Athens, for appellant. Kenneth W. Mauldin, District Attorney, Athens, and Antonio E. Veal District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1003

    Because the defendant immediately fled upon being detected and confronted, O.C.G.A. § 16-11-36 b did not require the investigating officers to seek an explanation from him concerning his earlier pre