• Stanfield v. Waste Management of Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-10-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Parker & Withers LLC, Savannah, and Howell F. Wright Jr., Atlanta, for Stanfield. Erin B. Raley and Christopher H. Smith Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, for Waste Management of Ga.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A1479; A07A1480

    Any error in the trial court's grant of the defendant's motion for directed verdict was harmless, since the jury's verdict that the plaintiff's should take neither nominal damages nor general damage

  • Hayles v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Robinson III Robinson & Assocs., Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A1341

    The defendant was not entitled to a jury charge on O.C.G.A. § 16-5-92-providing that ' "persons or employees of such persons lawfully engaged in bona fide business activity or lawfully engaged in th

  • Ray v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-09-28
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Doyle S. Ray, Buford, proceeded pro se. Norman S. Gunter, District Attorney, and Charles W. Smegal, Assistant District Attorneys, Dahlonega, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A1005

    The trial court is directed to conduct the requisite inquiry as to who ultimately bore responsibility for the defendant's failure to file timely appeal of his aggravated stalking convi

  • City of Duluth, Ga. v. Morgan

    Publication Date: 2007-09-07
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harvey S. Gray Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta and Virgil L. Thompson Jr. Thompson & Sweeny PC, Lawrenceville, for the city of Duluth and others. Edward A. Webb, Matthew C. Klase The Webb Law Group LLC, Atlanta, and Jack L. Park Jr., Zebulon, for Morgan. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William W. Banks Jr., John B. Ballard Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Theresa A. Cox Gwinnett County Dept. of Law, Lawrenceville, for the State of Georgia and others.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A0945; A07A0946

    The city of Duluth's improper assessment of surcharges in addition to $70 civil monetary penalty, after a red light camera caught laintiff running red light at city intersection, did not violat

  • Slade v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-08-17
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd M. Johnson Johnson Law PC, Cohutta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Stephen E. Spencer, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0734

    Though the trial court erred in improperly limiting the defendant's cross-examination of his wife regarding how the victim's demeanor changed towards everyone after spending time with his other gran

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  • Mitsubishi Motors Credit of Amer. Inc. v. Sheridan

    Publication Date: 2007-08-10
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Burleigh L. Singleton Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald L. Cundy Rumsey & Ramsey, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: James R. Doyle II and Ashley S. Harris Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A07A0384

    The defendant successfully set aside the foreclosure of a vehicle for lack of notice, so the foreclosure judgment was void and the subsequent buyers could not establish ownership, which was fatal t

  • Patterson v. Bristol Timber Co.

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William H. Stoll, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: H. Michael Bray, Lauren L. McKenzie Bray & Johnson, Mathew A. Baker Cherokee County Juvenile Court, and Richard A. Jones, Canton, for appellees.

    Case Number: A07A0343

    The first defendant was a statutory employer under the Workers' Compensation Act, who was entitled to O.C.G.A. § 34-9-11's tort immunity, since it contracted to supply wood chips to a third party, i

  • Axson Timber Co. v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rufus D. Sams III and Callie E. Bryan Jones, Cork & Miller LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Wilton E. Stone Jr. Barham & Dover, and J. Michael Bass Closson, Bass & Tomberlin, Valdosta, for appellee. Other party representation: Lee Southwell Board of Workers' Compensation, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A07A0638

    The defendants were not the injured worker's statutory employers, liable for his injury at a mill in Florida while working for a third-party employer and delivering lumber for the defendants' custom

  • Johnson v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dale C. Ray Jr. Chambers, Aholt & Rickard LLP, Atlanta, Deborah A. Alroth Cirignani, Hiller & Harman LLP, and Stanley J. Heller, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lawrence J. LoRusso, Henry D. Green Jr., David V. Johnson and Mary P. Adams Green, Johnson & Landers LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.s

    Case Number: A07A0608

    The injured child had two years from the date of his 5th birthday to bring a medical malpractice action against the doctors and nurses who provided his mother's prenatal

  • Allen v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony L. Axam Axam & Adams PA, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Shepard R. Orlow, Senior Assistant District Attorneys, and Gary S. Hulsey, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0133

    The defendant did not show that the trial court would have dismissed a juror for cause had that juror revealed on voir dire that his uncle was a judge in Florida, who specialized in drug