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  • Riggins v. City of St. Marys Ga.

    Publication Date: 2003-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fletcher Farrington, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terry L. Readdick Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1296

    A jury question remained as to whether the city's refusal to put a traffic signal at a dangerous intersection contributed to a collision in which the plaintiff's son was severely in

  • East Gas Inc. v. Johnson County Bd. of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2003-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua E. Kight and Billy R. Kight Kight & Baggett PC, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Judson L. Green IV Green & Green, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1123

    The trial court properly granted the board of tax assessors' petition for contempt based on the defendants' failure to provide subpoenaed documents where the board was entitled to receive the inform

  • Ellerin & Assocs. v. Brawley

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Irwin M. Ellerin, William L. Phalen III Ellerin & Assocs., and William J. Morton MD, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John Hinton IV, Robert G. Brazier and Seaton D. Purdom Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0924

    Plaintiffs were not entitled to a recovery under their contingency fee contract for legal services rendered to their former clients since the clients discharged the plaintiffs before settling their

  • Shepherd Interiors v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harmon W. Caldwell Jr. and Robert S. Carlson Caldwell & Watson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason P. Wright and James Mac Hunter Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1237

    The trial court erred in refusing to grant a continuance for the condemnee to interview an undisclosed wi

  • Carriage Hills Assocs. Inc. v. Municipal Elec. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard N. Hubert Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert J. Wilson Webb, Tanner & Powell LLP, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1194; A03A1195

    Defendants' contention that the trail court erroneously excluded evidence of a plat showing an anchor building and outparcels was decided adversely to them in Dep't of Transp. v. Benton, 214 Ga. App

  • Standard v. Hobbs

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward D. Tolley and Robert C. Irwin III Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael LLP, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William T. Mitchell and Deana L. Simon-Johnson Curser & Mitchell LLP, Norcross, for appellees. Other party representation: Benjamin H. Brewton Dye, Tucker, Everitt, Wheale & Long, Augusta.
    Case Number: A03A1437

    An officer was officially immune for his actions while pursuing a wanted armed robber who collided with plaintiff's car when she pulled out of her dr

  • Spinner v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Chandler and Cheryl H. Kelley Fox, Chandler, Homans, Hicks & McKinnon LLP, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason J. Deal, District Attorney, and Alison W. Toller, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1310

    A nolo plea can constitute proof of a prior conviction with respect to conviction under recidivist sta

  • Holliday v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David S. West Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Amelia G. Pray, Victoria S. Aronow and Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1479

    The court-appointed interpreter's requests for repetition and clarification demonstrated her careful attempt to translate the witnesses' testimony accur

  • Collins v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leo E. Benton Jr., Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason J. Deal, District Attorney, and Norris S. Lewis Jr., Office of the District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1464

    The trial court's erroneous admission of hearsay testimony from an agent about statements made to him by a confidential informant was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant'

  • In the Interest of G. B.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tamara Jacobs, Barnesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Nina J. Edidin, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, for appellee. Other Party Representation: Karen K. Martin Martin & Martin, Barnesville.
    Case Number: A03A1146

    The mother's intent to allow her child to continue visiting the grandmother's violent home supported the termination of the mother's parental r