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  • Singleton v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph E. East, Kingsland, and Herbert P. Schlanger, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Brunswick, and Diane L. Dodd District Attorney's Office, Woodbine, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1998

    The defendant's sentence for possessing 200 or more grams of cocaine was within the maximum sentence for the offense and therefore not invalid or il

  • Nash v. Compass Bank

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard J. Storrs, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sara L. Doyle and Allen A. Hendrick Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2374

    The appellee showed that the partially completed office park at issue sold for its true value of $2.6 during a foreclosure sale, after the appellant defaulted on a $3.5M

  • Haugabook v. Crisler

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Jerome Strickland and Christopher B. Jarrard Jones, Cork & Miller LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Edward Allen Jr., Jeffrey W. DeLoach Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, and F. Gregory Melton Davis & Melton PC, Dalton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A08A0688

    The doctrine of money had and received fits the facts of this case in which the plaintiff's son-in-law borrowed $1M from the plaintiff to cover fictitious settlement proceeds t the defendants from a

  • Fradenburg v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William F. Rucker, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1888

    The time to object to an improper closing argument is when the impropriety occurs at

  • Tara Foods v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd S. Handelman Gardner, Willis, Sweat & Goldsmith, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Henry A. Hammack, Albany, for appellee. Other party representation: Delece Brooks State Bd. of Workers' Comp., Atlanta.
    Case Number: A08A1628

    The claimant untimely filed her application for catastrophic designation of her compensable injury under the Workers' Compensation Act after expiration of the 2-year statute of limitation set forth

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  • Killings v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Rutkowski, Atlanta, and Romin V. Alavi Plichta, Alavi & Assocs., Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jewel C. Scott, District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2289

    The victim identified the defendant as one of two men, who robbed him of $50 to $60 at gun

  • CSX Trans. Inc. v. Howell

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Gilson and Sandra Gray Casey, Gilson & Williams PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael J. Warshauer Warshauer, Poe & Thornton PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A08A2172

    The doctrine of judicial estoppel is a procedural rule governed by th of the forum rather than federal substantiv

  • Crawford v. Lawyers Title Ins. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Crawford, Fort Meyers, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: Martha D. Turner and John H. Bedard Jr. Franzen & Salzano, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2194

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the title insurance company on the plaintiff's claim for reimbursement as a result of the fact that an easement unknown to her encumbered certa

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gabrielle A. Pittman, Michael L. Edwards and Jennifer Public Defender's Office, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Isabel M. Pauley, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2426

    The trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for a mistrial after the state introduced evidence of an independent act placing his character at issue without complying with Uniform Superio

  • Parham v. Peterson, Goldman & Villani

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert E. Brooks Jr., Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas L. Brooks, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1692

    A jury issue remained as to whether the defendant waived his right to receive notice under O.C.G.A. § 10-1-10 that the plaintiff would pursue a deficiency claim, after selling equipment, which secur