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  • Arnold v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victor A. Cuvo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and Jeffrey L. Ballew, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2490

    Jurors' discussion of defendant's case during a trial break did not harm defendant, since the trial court gave a curative instruction and determined that no juror stated an opinion as to the defenda

  • Porter v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Julia Slater, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1900

    Trial court's exclusion of defense expert's testimony that mother experienced an impaired perception that allowed her to block out knowledge of her husband's abuse of her son was reversible error si

  • Clark v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, and Deborah R. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2255

    The fact that the informant met with the officer, volunteered to set up the drug buy, specifically described defendant, defen truck and the location of the sell, and provided police with defe

  • In the Interest of E.D.F.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles J. Steedley, Homerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert B. Ellis Jr., District Attorney, and Timothy L. Eidson, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Nashville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2054

    Juvenile court's failure to specifically address the best interest of the child in its order of disposition demanded that the delinquency adjudication be vacated and remanded for the required writte

  • 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