• Muhammad v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A99A1654

    The defendant could not complain that the trial court failed to exercise its discretion to probate or suspend part of his recidivist sentence since the court reviewed the defendant's prior convicti

  • Jones v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellis R. Garnett, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99A1581

    The trial court erred in charging the jury that it could consider the number of witnesses on each

  • Hyatt Corp. v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Brice Ladson, Jeffrey M. Rutledge and Christopher J. Thompson Ladson & Suthers LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas G. Andrews, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1770

    Hotel was not liable for plaintiff's arrest by the off-duty police officer it hired to provide security on New Year's Eve, since it did not instruct the officer on how to fulfill his security d

  • Warren v. Board of Regents

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Hue Henry and Christopher L. Casey, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Floyd C. Newton III, Letitia A. McDonald, Michael R. Smith King & Spalding, George P. Shingler, Karen R. Dunbar Casey, Gilson & Williams PC, James C. Rawls Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP, Randolph A. Mayer Mayer & Beal, Carrie L. Christie Savell & Williams LLP, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, John B. Ballard Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, and Oscar B. Fears III, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S99A1495

    The plaintiffs' appeal from the ruling that denied them standing to seek enforcement of a charitable trust based on the trial court's interpretation of O.C.G.A. § 53-12-115 did not invoke the Suprem

  • Fox v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Nuckolls, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Cecelia M. Harris, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99G0561

    Defendant's waiver of his right against unreasonable searches and seizures as a special condition of probation was invalid, since it was not part of his plea bargain agreement and a parole officer t

  • Jackson v. K-Mart Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rita T. Williams and John H. Armwood Williams & Armwood, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: F. Earl Wiggers Jr. F. Earl Wiggers PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0388

    Plaintiff's speculation that she tripped over a floor mat that had rolled up due to a gust of wind did not establish that a hazardous condition ex

  • Houston v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine M. Williams Williams & Spears PC, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, James E. Hardy, Chief Assistant District Attorney, and Mark E. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Thomasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2032

    The defendant was not entitled to separate trials on charges that he robbed four victims from the same county during the same month by engaging them in conversation and then demanding

  • Nix v. Cox Enters. Inc. d/b/a The Atlanta Constitution

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward T.M. Garland and Nelson O. Tyrone III Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A0070

    The trial court should have treated the defendant's motion to dismiss as a motion for summary judgment because the defendant relied on evidence from a separate lawsuit to show that its newspaper art

  • Johnson v. Rodier

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Grindle, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carter R. Page Hatcher, Stubbs, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2314

    Plaintiff did not need an expert affidavit to support his claims that defendant physician intentionally breached his privacy and interfered with his employment by informing his employer that he was

  • Brown v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rajan Bhandari, Chamblee, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Christopher M. Farmer and Janice M. Wallace Harper, Waldon & Craig, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2045

    Plaintiff's counsel's vague affidavit regarding his efforts to locate and serve defendant did not show that plaintiff diligently tried to serve defendant after the expiration of the limitation p