• Brannon v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel B. Kanes, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, and William H. McClain, Assistant District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1933

    Telephone records showing that the defendant called his co-defendant before each drug transa provided three of the predicate crimes that supported his RICO convi

  • Roberts v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore W. Robinson Carey, Jarrard & Walker, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, and Jason J. Deal, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1942

    The jury could find that defendant forced himself on the 16-year-old victim even though she had no physical injuries since he took her to an unfamiliar location, gave her alcohol and continued his s

  • In the Interest of L.H., N.H. & W.H.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. Knight Jr., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso and Sanders D. Deen, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: David C. Butler, Kenneth R. Croy and Reagan W. Dean, Marietta.

    Case Number: A99A1893

    Evidence that the father had not seen his children or provided a drug assessment in four years, owed more than $15,000 in child support and had no home of his own supported the termination of his p

  • Mansfield v. Colwell Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taylor W. Jones Jones & Greer LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William T. Casey Jr. and Teri D. Alpert Hicks, Casey & Barber PC, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Henry C. Tharpe Jr. Kinney, Kemp, Sponcler, Joiner & Tharpe, Dalton.

    Case Number: A99A1938

    Since plaintiffs' son chose to get into a van with an unlicensed driver who was under the influence, plaintiffs could not recover for son's fatal injuries sustained when the van plunged off an eleva

  • Cox v. Edelson

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A99A2292, A99A2293

    Trial court erred in applying the economic reality test before the stock characterization test to determine whether plaintiff's investment in defendants' corporation was a security subject to the pr

  • Hogan Management Servs. PC v. Martino

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A00A0610, A00A0611

    The trial court's decision not quire the plaintiff to post a security bond when it sought strain the defendant from opening a competing medical practice did not affect the defendant's righ

  • Mullinax v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2212

    The state adequately informed the defendant of its intention to introduce his prior convictions in aggravation of his sentence when it orally discussed his prior record and the recidivist statute wi

  • Capitol Materials Inc. v. Kellogg & Kimsey Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ira L. Rachelson Rachelson & White, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James B. Gurley Gurley Prof'l Ass'n, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2240

    Defendant's agreement to settle the plaintiff's materialman's claim was enforc regardless of whether the plaintiff's materialman's lien was enforc

  • Southeastern Security Ins. Co. v. Lowe

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mason White and James D. Kreyenbuhl Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph M. Hall, Statesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0635

    Trial court did not acquire in personam jurisdiction over defendant through service by publication, so in personam judgment against defendant could not be recovered from defendant's liability ca

  • Wadkins v. Smallwood

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Patrick Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald W. Self Self, Mullins PC, Columbus, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A0283

    Evidence that the landlords failed to maintain a battery-operated smoke detector in their tenant's apartment was not admissible in the suit involving the death of a 3-year-old when the apartment cau