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  • Forster v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William E. Gray II and Sarah G. Adle Gray, King, Chamberlin & Martineau LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Maren R. Cave Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Garrett E. Miller, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A10A0927

    Negligently performed faulty workmanship, which damages other property, may constitute an occurrence under the property insurance policies at

  • Hopson v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1349

    The fact that the prosecutor believed one witness over another in the face of conflicting testimony did not warrant a new trial on the ground of prosecutorial misco

  • McReynolds v. Krebs

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard B. Eason Jr., David S. Crawford Eason, Kennedy & Crawford, David F. Root and Cheryl H. Shaw Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lance A. Cooper Cooper, Jones & Cooper LLP, Patrick A. Dawson, Marietta, Halli D. Cohn, Jennifer A. Simon King & Spalding LLC, Lewis S. Fine and Kristin P. Killeen, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1155

    The trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion for summary judgment wherein she argued that she and plaintiff entered into an enforceable settlement agreement because the evidence showed

  • Lankford v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David W. Hibbert and Sara Simmons-Brown, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan M. Adelman, Ashley Giblin Harper, Waldon & Craig and Blakely H. Frye Hill, Kertscher & Wharton LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0806

    Summary judgment in favor of automobile insurance company was proper, since appellant's 2-year delay in providing notice of accident amounted to an unreasonable delay as a matter o

  • Luke v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, and Keith A. McIntyre, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1116

    Because trial counsel raised a number of defenses at trial, the trial court did not err in failing sua sponte to charge the jury on the defense of justific

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  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles E. W. Barrow, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Walter C. Howard District Attorney's Office, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1014

    The trial court did not violate O.C.G.A. § 17-8-57, after the defense put venue into question, when the trial judge instructed the state to call another witness, limited the scope of that witnesses'

  • Garrett v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard and Ashley F. Campbell Public Defender's Office, Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fred A. Lane Jr., District Attorney, and Thomas D. Lyles District Attorney's Office, Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1294

    Appellant's indictment for serious injury by vehicle under OCGA § 40-6-394, after he pled guilty to DUI in violation of OCGA § 40-6-391, violated the federal Double Jeopardy C

  • Anderson v. Mountain Mgmt. Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifton M. Patty Jr., Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sharel L. Van Sandt, Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1005

    The trial court erred in excluding the plaintiff's proposed expert nurse witness in his nursing malpractice action, since she had regularly engaged in the active practice of managing patient safety

  • Fife v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana M. Whaley, Public Defender, Royston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, and Leon Jourolmon, Assistant District Attorney, Elberton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1263

    The 4-year-old victim's testimony that the defendant touched her on her front private, under her clothes, supported his child molestation convi

  • Garrett v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle Drummond & Swindle, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, and Natalee L. Staats, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1074

    One of the defendant's aggravated assault convictions should have merged with another aggravated assault conviction, which involved the exact same conduct with the same v