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  • Desmond v. Troncalli Mitsubishi

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terence T. Thomas and Sarah E. Yarbrough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle C. Hamilton, Joseph M. English and Burton F. Dodd Fisher & Phillips, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A2105

    Car salesman who was arrested for theft by conversion after being fired failed to prove that the car dealership slandered him by authorizing his co-workers to tell others that he was fired for steal

  • Robbins v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey A. Rothman Daniels & Rothman PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederic D. Bright, District Attorney, Milledgeville, and Wilson M. Mitcham Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Greensboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2515

    Statements of 13- and 10-year-old victims who were interviewed separately in a neutral loc possessed sufficient indicia of reliability to convict their uncle of child molest

  • Simmons Co. v. Deutsche Fin. Servs. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gus H. Small Jr. and David A. Geiger Small, White & Marani PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James A. Orr and Rebecca L. Burnaugh Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2226

    Although the Federal Arbitration Act prohibits ls from interlocutory orders compelling arbitration, in this case the FAA's rules did not pre-empt Georgia's procedural rule allowing a preliminar

  • Heard v. Sexton

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. McCaffery, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glenn S. Bass and Matthew P. Lazarus Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0491

    A jury question remains as to whether insurance agent is liable for negligent misrepresentation since the insured relied on the agent's statement that only rheumatic heart conditions were excluded f

  • Quinn v. City of Cave Spring

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Satcher Jr., Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Clinton Sumner Jr. and John A. Owens Magruder & Sumner, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2326

    City was not liable for failing to foresee that an overflow in the sewer system would dislodge a manhole cover, causing the plaintiff to blow out his car tires on the uncovered hole and lose control

  • Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Vanhuss d/b/a Vanhuss Poultry Farm

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig M. Childs Groover & Childs, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: C. Robert Melton Haygood, Lynch, Harris & Melton, Forsyth, for appellee. Other party representation: Harold E. Martin Martin & Martin, Barnesville.
    Case Number: A00A0590

    Insurer's letter initially agreeing to defend its insured in a lawsuit did not estop surer from subsequently denying sured's claim when it determined that the claim was not covered under

  • In the Interest of R.D.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Moncus, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James E. Wilbanks, Dalton, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Sanders B. Deen and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0824

    Evidence of father's drug use, suicide attempts, felony convictions, incarceration, mental illness and failure to contact or support his minor son supported termination of his parental r

  • GLW Int'l Corp. v. Yao

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melvin L. Dansby, East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Seaton D. Purdom, Irwin W. Stolz Jr. and Robert G. Brazier Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A2298

    The fact that defendants moved for directed verdict only at the close of plaintiff's case did not preclude their raising the issue on a

  • Vaughn v. Protective Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Fred Orr II Orr & Edwards, Decatur, and Irwin W. Stolz Jr. Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William E. Gray II Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield, and Linda M. Fitzgerald Michael T. Thornton PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2146

    Decedent who rode in the back of a flatbed truck which crashed into an oncoming tractor trailer could not have assumed the risk of being hit by the tractor trailer which was being driven at an exces

  • Wiley v. Liberty Southern Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Allison Jr., Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth B. Crawford and Thomas E. Greer Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer PC, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2335

    The company that managed the hotel where plaintiff slipped and fell down the stairs was not entitled to summary judgment because there was evidence that a wet spot at the top of the stairs was not