Case Digests

Lockwood v. State

Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold A. Sturdivant and Michele W. Ogletree Sullivan, Sturdivant & Ogletree PC, Griffin, for appellant.
for defendant: William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Thomaston, and Daniel A. Hiatt, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Griffin, for appellee.
Case Number: A03A0274

Defendant could not show that his counsel was deficient for not requesting a psychiatric evaluation without showing a likelihood that such an evaluation would have affected the outcome of his

Head v. CSX Transp. Inc.

Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Taylor, John A. Harp and Jefferson C. Callier Taylor, Harp & Callier, Columbus, for appellant.
for defendant: Sandra Gray, James E. Gilson Casey, Gilson & Williams PC, Atlanta, and Ray Patterson University of Ga., Athens, for appellee.
Case Number: A03A0146

Defendant could not challenge an alleged conflict of interest between plaintiff's co-counsel and her partner after judgment was en

Eldridge v. Ireland

Publication Date: 2003-01-10
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, and Daryl L. Kidd, Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Linda W. Gettle and Larry W. Yarbrough, Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: A02A1724; A02A2207

The trial court erred in awarding child support without making written findings as required by O.C.G.A. § 19

City of Gainesville v. Waters

Publication Date: 2002-12-13
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Bart Gary and Stuart W. Gray Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Curtis G. Shoemaker, Athens, and J. Burroughs, Gainesville, for appellees.
Case Number: A02A1530

Crisp Reg'l Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr. v. Johnson

Publication Date: 2002-12-13
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. Durham, Beth M. Duncan and William M. McHugh Jr. Durham, McHugh & Duncan PC, Brunswick, for appellant.
for defendant: Charles R. Floyd Jr. and Deborah M. Floyd The Floyd Law Offices, Peachtree City, for appellee.
Case Number: A02A0873

Williams v. Young

Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Pope, Marion T.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank J. Klosik Jr., Jason R. Manton and Robert J. McCune Greer, Klosik, Daugherty & Swank, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Thomas S. Chambless, Dawn G. Benson Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless, and Charles K. Wainright II, Albany, for appellees. Other party representation: H. Andrew Owen Jr., Roger E. Harris Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, and Antoinette D. Johnson, Atlanta.
Case Number: A00A1393

The plaintiff filed suit more than two years after the defendant allegedly misdiagnosed her medical cond

Atlanta Dev. Inc. v. Emerald Capital Invs. LLC

Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Smith, George T.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Chesin Parks, Chesin, Walbert & Miller PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: David C. Moulds, Nicholas S. Papleacos Shapiro, Fussell, Wedge, Smotherman, Martin & Price, and Michael E. Ray Wachovia Bank of Ga. NA, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A02A1567

A jury question remained as to the intended closing date on a real estate purchase and sale agre

Georgia Dep't of Community Health v. Freels

Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ruffin, John H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Charles E. Hoffecker, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Michael Rosetti Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A02A1160

The state department of community health applied the wrong legal standard in denying a petition for Medicaid reimbursement for experimental cerebral palsy treat

The City of Poulan v. Hodge

Publication Date: 2002-11-08
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin G. Russell Jr. Shivers & Assocs., Alpharetta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Keith A. Pflepsen, Albany, for appellee.
Case Number: A01A1189

The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that a finding of maximum medical improvement is not a legal condition precedent to a determination of disability ben

Wellstar Health Sys. Inc. d/b/a Wellstar Physicians Group v. Green

Publication Date: 2002-11-01
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry D. Green Jr. and Kathryn J. Tanksley Browning & Tanksley LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Rosser A. Malone Thomas W. Malone PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A02A1554

Defendant was entitled to summary judgment on plaintiff's battery claim arising out of a nurse's mistake in treating his wife since the wife consented to treatment and there was no evidence that the