• In the Interest of K. D.

    Publication Date: 2007-06-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wade N. Krueger Georgia Legal Servs., Valdosta, Vicky O. Kimbrell, Lisa J. Krisher and Phyllis J. Holmen Georgia Legal Servs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Charles R. Reddick Charles R. Reddick PC, Homerville, for appellee. Other party representation: John G. Edwards and Jason B. Moon, Valdosta.

    Case Number: A07A0099

    The father's failure to form a parental bond with the child or comply with his case plan supported the termination of his parental r

  • Thomas v. Medical Ctr. Of Central Ga.

    Publication Date: 2007-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Audrey M. Tolson Cocharan, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Sistrunk PC, and Jane L. Sams, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy H. Meeks Jr. Pursley, Lowrey Meeks LLP, Atlanta, and Paul G. Phillips McCall, Phillips & Williams LLC PC, Albany, for appellee. Other party representation: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A07A0492

    The applicable 2-year statute of limitation barred plaintiff's nursing malpractice

  • In the Interest of I. G.

    Publication Date: 2007-05-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Bearden Jr., Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and W. Ashley Hawkins, Forsyth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0117

    Evidence that the mother, who is mentally disabled, conceived the child with her step-grandfather and failed to meet any of her case plan goals, supported the termination of her parental r

  • Mountain Orthopedics & Sports Med. PC v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2007-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharese Shields and Thomas S. Carlock Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Fred Orr II and James G. Edwards II Orr & Edwards, Decatur, for appellee. Other party representation: Daniel J. Huff and Erica S. Jansen Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A06A2311

    The expert affidavit requirement for medical malpractice actions did not apply to the complaint, as drafted, since it failed to allege that the defendant's agent or employee was a doctor or other l

  • Brawner v. Marietta City Bd. of Educ.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael E. Kramer and Shalini A. Patel Kramer & Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clement C. Doyle Brock, Clay, Calhoun, Wilson & Rogers PC, Marietta, and Brett J. Thompson Campbell, Waller & Loper, Birmingham, Ala., for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A2133

    The trial court erred in ruling that a teacher's attendance at a pre-planning meeting for the 2004-2005 school year while on approved leave of absence granted by the local school board, because of t

  • Global Diagnostic Dev. LLC v. Diagnostic Imaging of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2007-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Bowers and T. Joshua Archer Balch & Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for Global Diagnostic. John W. Ray Ray & Sherman, and David H. Flint Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, for Diagnostic Imaging. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, Sidney R. Barrett Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Kimberly W. Schroer Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for Georgia Department of Community Health. Leo E. Reichert, Thomas D. Watry and John H. Parker Jr. Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, Atlanta, for Northside Hospital.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A06A1728; A06A1729; A06A1730; A06A1731

    The trial court erred in failing to give deference to the State Health Planning Review Board's final decision to grant a certificate of need to the first appellant to purchase the equipment and asse

  • Weil v. Paseka

    Publication Date: 2006-12-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marion T. Pope Jr. Hasty, Pope & Ball, Canton, and Jonathan J. Tuggle Warner, Mayoue, Bates & Nolen PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth G. Lindsey Davis, Matthews & Quigley, and Rebecca L. Crumrine Carter & Ansley LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A1273

    The trial court erred in failing to note on the record whether the additional support obligations imposed on the mother-the costs involved with court-ordered supervised visitation and the child's he

  • Migmar Inc. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2006-11-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah L. Leslie The Leslie Group LLC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allan E. Alberga, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0973

    No evidence supported the defendant's contention that a motion for summary judgment was pending, with the trial court entered default judgment against it in the plaintiff's suit to recover money she

  • Mariner Health Care Inc. v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. McConnell, Joseph E. Finley, David C. Kiernan and G. Lee Garrett Jones Day, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John A. Chandler, Elizabeth V. Tanis and Drew D. Dropkin Southerland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta. Other party representation: Jill Pryor, Jeffrey O. Bramlett Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Peter Q. Bassett, Mary C. Gill Alston & Bird, Elizabeth T. Baer Meadows, Ichter & Bowers, Atlanta, and Jason L. Crawford Dougherty, Crawford, Fuller & Brown LLP, Columbus.

    Case Number: A06A1372

    The plaintiff should have been allowed to voluntary dismiss its suit claiming that the defendant/auditor caused another company, which acquired and merged with the plaintiff, to purchase the plainti

  • Unified Gov't of Athens-Clarke County v. McCrary

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew H. Marshall Begnaud & Marshall LLP, Athens, and Michael A. O'Quinn O'Quinn & Cronin, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: M. Eric Eberhardt Eberhardt & Hale LLP, Athens, for appellees.

    Case Number: S06A1287

    The trial court erroneously misconstrued "level of coverage" in regard to the applicable employment contracts as entitling the retired employees to receive to receive health coverage pursuant to the