• Haughton v. Canning

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kennon Peebles Jr., Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Milton B. Satcher III Jennings, Sparwath & Satcher, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0772

    Letters a psychiatrist sent to her patient's treating physicians did not constitute medical malpractice, since plaintiff failed to establish that the psychiatrist's actions proximately caused any i

  • Health Management Assocs. Inc. v. Bazemore

    Publication Date: 2007-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen L. Stincer and Tracie G. Smith Brennan & Wasden LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: M. Francis Stubbs Stubbs & Assocs., Reidsville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A1503

    The trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion to dismiss the plaintiff's claims to the extent that she alleged that the defendant was vicariously liable for the professional negligence of

  • McKesson Corp. v. Green

    Publication Date: 2007-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John H. Williamson and Simon R. Malko Morris, Manning & Martin LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . H. Lamar Mixson Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Edwin J. Schklar Schklar, Wright & Henderson LLC, Henry D. Fellows Jr. Fellows, Johnson & LaBriola LLP, Dorothy Y. Kirkley Kirkley & Payne, Harold T. Daniel Jr. Holland & Knight, and John G. Parker Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A07A0415

    The trial court d err in dismissing the plaintiffs' suit against the defendants for fraud and RICO violations without prejudice, since its ruling to exclude the plaintiff's expert's testimony

  • Ashburn Health Care Ctr. v. Poole

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Marshall Hawkins & Parnell, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jason L. Nohr Cauthorn & Nohr PC, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0572

    No evidence showed that the decedent's husband, who signed an arbitration agreement relating to his s care at the defendant's nursing home, acted with actual or apparent authority in waiving hi

  • Renz v. Northside Hosp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Winston Briggs Decker, Hallman, Barber & Briggs, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jane C. Taylor and Susan V. Sommers Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Theodore E. Pound Mayfield, Commander & Pound, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A07A0040

    A factual question remained as to whether the alleged negligence of the hospital's nurses proximately caused the plaintiff's inj

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  • Action Concrete v. Portrait Homes-Little Suwanee Point LLC

    Publication Date: 2007-06-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas J. Pieschel Dreger, Coyle, McClelland, Bergman & Pieschel LLC, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert L. Norton Jr. and Harry L. Sivley III Norton & Assocs., Alpharetta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0186

    The plaintiff's materialman's lien claim against the property owner was properly dismissed for its failure to fully comply with O.C.G.A. § 44-14-361.1 a 3's requirement that the subcontractor file a

  • 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