• Brooks v. RES-GA ALBC LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Clifton The Clifton Law Firm LLC, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Andrew Gebhardt and John Webb Smith, Welch & Brittain, Stockbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0082

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his admissions, since the motion was untimely, the defendant did not show that the admissions were incredib

  • Phillips v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2012-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Constance M. Daise, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence E. Burke and David A. Canale, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Nancy H. Syrop, Marietta.

    Case Number: A12A0609

    A child's former stepfather had no legal right to child custody since he had not adopted the child while he was married to the child's m

  • Pargar LLC v. CP Summit Retail LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashoo N. Sharma Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mitchell S. Rosen Kitchens Kelley Gaynes PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0586

    A commercial tenant's letter to its landlord indicating its intent to exercise a r option in the lease upon the parties' agreement to new and different lease terms was not an exercise of the

  • Sechler v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean A. Black Black Law Offices, Toccoa, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Milledgeville, and Alison T. Burleson, Assistant District Attorney, Madison, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0676

    The trial court properly weighed three of the four Barker-Doggett factors against the defendant in denying his speedy trial motion for discharge and acqu

  • In the Interest of K. F.

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anne P. Rodman, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, Diane M. McLeod and Bess L. Walthour, Assistant District Attorneys, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0032

    The evidence supported the juvenile's sentence as a designated

  • Bennett v. MARTA

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hilary A. Wayne Isenberg & Hewitt PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James W. Scarbrough Mabry & McClelland LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0158

    Factual question remained regarding a gang attack at a MARTA st

  • Georgia Soc'y of Ambulatory Surgery Ctrs. v. Georgia Dep't of Community Health

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victor L. Moldovan and Kevin C. Watters McGuire Woods LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General at the time of filing, Sidney R. Barrett, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Alex F. Sponseller, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A2167

    The exhaustion of administrative remedies requirement must be assessed as of the time the lawsuit is filed, and actions taken to defend a lawsuit cannot establish fut

  • Weeks v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Roch, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry Moss, District Attorney, Wallace Rogers and Cliff Head, Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0745

    The trial court did not give an overly broad jury charge on the definition of child molestation because trial court instructed the jury as to the elements of the crime by reference to the elements

  • Kouche v. Farr

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Abbott Hayes and Jessica Lund Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Lazenby and Elizabeth Latta Forrester & Brim, Gainesville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A0755

    The plaintiff had equal knowledge of the dangerous icy conditions on the defendant's pro

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Nathan, Assistant Public Defender, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Arvo Henifin, District Attorney's Office, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0654

    The burglary count in the defendant's indictment was sufficient to survive a general demurrer, even though burglary was mislabeled as aggravated battery, because the averments in the indictment corr