• Childs v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-21
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Childs, Unadilla, proceeded pro se. Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, and Cliff Head, Assistant District Attorney, Canton, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1312

    The defendant was not entitled to an out-of-time appeal from his guilty plea because the record showed that he was adequately advised of his right against self-incrimin

  • Laun v. AXA Equitable Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-09-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francesca Macchiaverna and Michael J. Thomerson Thomerson & Macchiaverna PC, Savannah, for appellant. Michael A. Coval Ford & Harrison LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0843

    The insured was not entitled to reclassification of his disability insurance designation from sickness to injury, since the insured's osteoarthritis admittedly contributed to his total disability,

  • Lindsey v. Clinch County Glass Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-09-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Cotton Cotton Law Firm PC, Cordele, and Saleem D. Dennis Maniklal & Dennis LLP, Valdosta, for appellants. William H. Hedrick, Albany, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1313

    The defendant admitted that at the time of the collision he was being inattentive because he was looking for a number on his mobile phone and the evidence showed that he had a pattern of regularly

  • Avery v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-09-23
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Cunningham, LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, LaFayette, and Leonard C. Gregor Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Trenton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A11A1340

    The DUI defendant's statement that he wanted the officer to give him more tests could not reasonably be construed as a request for an independent chemical test of his own cho

  • Florez v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2011-08-26
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen B. Taylor and Charles W. Brannon Jr., Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, Swainsboro, and Andrew J. Ekonomou and Michael G. Lambros The Lambros Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A11A0929; A11A0930

    The Court vacated and remanded a default judgment entered against the defendants in a civil RICO action because the trial court entered the judgment premat

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  • In the Interest of A. D.

    Publication Date: 2011-08-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith G. Brasher, Assistant Public Defender, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A11A1097. John K. Edwards Sr., Circuit Public Defender, Valdosta, for appellant in A11A1195. J. David Miller, District Attorney, Laura A. Wood and Justo C. Cabral III, Assistant District Attorneys, Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A11A1097; A11A1195

    The Court reversed the delinquency adjudications of two boys based on charges of battery and violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act because the state failed to show that t

  • Strickland v. Leake

    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Houser Pugh, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellee. Other party representation: Toni J. Leake, Columbus.

    Case Number: A11A0465

    The plaintiff failed to prove the amount of her unliquidated damages arising out of an allegedly inadequate home inspe

  • Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. North

    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee M. Gillis Jr. and Duke R. Groover James, Bates, Pope & Spivey LLP, Macon, for Georgia Farm Bureau. Wallace Miller III, Macon, and Charles W. Watwood Jr., Roswell, for North. Alvin L. Bridges Jr. Bridges, Ormond & Faenza, Atlanta, for DeBose, Other party representation: Joseph D. Perrotta, Alpharetta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0047; A11A0134

    The appellee was entitled to UM benefits in the amount of his umbrella insurance policy's $1M limits, since former O.C.G.A. § 33-7-11 a clearly provided the UM coverage options from which an insure

  • Keaton v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-08-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. McGee III McGee & McGee, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, and Michelle C. McIntire, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A11A0566

    Georgia's stalking laws were drafted to protect people, not places, and the interim order, upon which the state relied to convict the defendant, kept the defendant from the victim's home and only in

  • ADI Fin. Servs. Inc. v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2011-07-29
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Ayoub Ayoub & Mansour LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Sauriol-Gibris City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A11A0745

    Nothing in the parties' agreement for recovery auditor services required the city to pursue collection of past due re