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  • Buchanan v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy J. Dixon, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, and Lalaine A. Briones, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1741

    The arresting officer's inquiry into what defendant was doing in the parking lot of a motel known for drug activity and prostitution did not constitute a

  • United Am. Ins. Co. v. Insurance Dep't of the State of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Shackelford, Robert M. Keenan III, Byron Attridge King & Spaulding, Atlanta, and Charles A. Dauphin Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin & McKnight, Birmingham, Ala., for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Robert S. Bomar, Deputy Attorney General, Harold D. Melton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sidney R. Barrett Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Christopher M. Bethel Governor's Office of Consumers' Ins. Advocate, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A02A1006

    Medsup insurer's must use a reasonable interest assumption in determining their loss ratio—the rate of premium dollars collected to claim dollars

  • Belluso v. Tant

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Connolly Flint & Connolly, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney S. Shockley Downey & Cleveland, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1200

    The plaintiff could sue his daughter's surviving spouse for her wrongful

  • Acree v. McMahan

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Odom, Hahira, Walter C. Hartridge and David M. Conner Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . O. Wayne Ellerbee, Valdosta, and Tom W. Thomas The Thomas Law Firm, Adel, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0903

    Georgia law permits piercing of the corporate veil in re

  • Atlanta Dev. Inc. v. Emerald Capital Invs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Chesin Parks, Chesin, Walbert & Miller PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David C. Moulds, Nicholas S. Papleacos Shapiro, Fussell, Wedge, Smotherman, Martin & Price, and Michael E. Ray Wachovia Bank of Ga. NA, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1567

    A jury question remained as to the intended closing date on a real estate purchase and sale agre

  • Guillen v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah M. Vaughan and Eugene Novy Novy, James & Vaughan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and David K. Keeton, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1477

    The defendant failed to prove that she was insane when she kidnapped and stabbed a co-worker since she took methodical steps to implement her c

  • Metropolitan Deluxe Inc. v. Bradsher

    Publication Date: 2002-11-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Milton D. Rowan Chip Rowan & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Irwin W. Stolz Jr. Winburn, Lewis, Barrow & Stolz PC, Athens, Seaton D. Purdom and Robert G. Brazier Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1297

    An agreement that either parties' attorney was authorized to take extensions of time did not operate as an extension of time for th ndant to file his answer under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-6 b, because t

  • State v. West

    Publication Date: 2002-11-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald N. Blaney Jr., Solicitor, and Gary S. Vey, Assistant Solicitor, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jessica R. Towne and Wystan B. Getz Clark & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1049

    The solicitor had authority to request that defendant's DUI charges be tried in state court, regardless of whether defendant elected to have the charges treated as state off

  • In Re: Morris Communications Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Hudson Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Augusta, and Katherine N. Lewis Holland & Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: Ronald E. Harrison II The Harrison Firm, Brunswick.
    Case Number: A02A0928

    The reporter's privilege did not apply to limited published information which the state sought to admit at a criminal defendant's robbery

  • Chicon v. Carter

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry A. Dillard and Scott C. Crowley Dillard & Crowley, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas R. Taggart The Taggart Law Firm, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1591

    Judicial estoppel did not apply to plaintiffs' tort claim which arose after confirmation of their bankruptcy plan to repay their creditors in full since additional property was not necessary for mai