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  • Reliance Trust Co. v. Candler

    Publication Date: 2013-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luke A. Lantta, William V. Custer IV, and Nicole J. Wade Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian M. Deutsch, Craig M. Frankel Gaslowitz Frankel LLC, and Robert P. Marcovitch Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Curiae: Norman S. Fletcher, Robert M. Brinson, and Lee B. Carter Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP, Rome.
    Case Number: S12G1390

    The trial court erred in awarding $535,558.15 in prejudgment interest to th inder beneficiaries of a marital trust, since the trial court's method of calculation created a windfall by placing t

  • Spectera Inc. v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2013-11-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Bowers, Malissa A. Kaufold-Wiggins Balch & Bingham LLP, Atlanta, Cavender C. Kimble Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, Ala., Wade P. K. Carr, Bruce E. Baty Dentons US LLP, Kansas City, Mo., and Eric J. Andalman Dentons US LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter G. Elliott II Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding PC, Valdosta, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Aubrey T. Villines Jr. and Jeffrey R. Filipovits Filipovits Law Firm PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S12G1935

    The Court of Appeals erred in defining the phrases "any class of providers" and "classes of eye care providers" too broadly, inasmuch as it relied on the general dictionary definition of the word "

  • Sullivan v. Kemp

    Publication Date: 2013-10-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura G. Hastay, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Daniel M. King Jr. King Law Group, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A1259

    The trial court should not have given instructions regarding the definition iminal negligence when it did not also specifically instruct that conviction for aggravated assault requires a findin

  • Turner Cnty. v. City of Ashburn

    Publication Date: 2013-10-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Elliott and Walter G. Elliott II Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding PC, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: James F. Grubiak Association of County Commissioners of Georgia, Atlanta. Franklin T. Coleman III, Robert K. Raulerson, and James V. Davis Perry & Walters LLP, Albany, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Susan J. Moore, Rusi C. Patel Georgia Municipal Association, Atlanta, Andrew J. Welch III, A. J. Welch Jr. Smith, Welch, Webb & White LLC, McDonough, George T. Talley, Edward F. Preston Coleman Talley LLP, Valdosta, M. Joseph Reitman Jr., General Counsel Lambert, Reitman & Abney LLC, Madison, James Burgess, Social Circle, and C. Robert Melton Haygood, Lynch, Harris & Melton LLP, Forsyth.
    Case Number: S13A0992

    The procedure for judicial resolution set forth in O.C.G.A. § 48-8-89 subsection d 4 violates the separation of powers doctrine of the Georgia Constitution of 1983, Art. 1, Sec. II, Par

  • State v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2013-09-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, John S. Melvin, Assistant District Attorney, John C. Butters, Marietta, and John E. Floyd Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig A. Gillen, Anthony C. T. Lake Gillen, Withers & Lake LLC, Atlanta, Roy E. Barnes, John F. Salter Jr., James C. Tribble The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, and Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Withers & Lake LLC, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12G1305

    The trial court properly quashed the indictment against the defendant, since it was not returned in open court as the newly-constructed courthouse had limited accessibility to the p

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  • Breedlove v. Breedlove

    Publication Date: 2013-09-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brenda H. Trammell, Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Martin L. Fierman, Madison, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13F0715

    The wife did not show that the jury failed to consider all the evidence regarding the husband's monthly gross i

  • Parker v. Parker

    Publication Date: 2013-07-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Camp Westmoreland Patterson Moseley & Hinson, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: T. Rabb Wilkerson III, Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0073

    The child support worksheets for both children at issue contained erroneous facts, the nonspecific deviations were thus erroneous, and the worksheets, in any event, did not support the Final

  • McNair v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. McCarthy and George B. Sparks Public Defender's Office, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: James C. Bonner Jr. and Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta. Herbert M. Poston Jr., District Attorney, Susan L. Franklin, Assistant District Attorney, and George J. Souther District Attorney's Office, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12G1477

    Shabazz v. State, 273 Ga. App. 389 2005 and its progeny, disapproved of, to the extent that they held that the rule of lenity cannot be applied, because the statues at issue exact felony punis

  • Bulloch v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard J. Weintraub and Benjamin B. Alper The Law Offices of Howard J. Weintraub PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Columbus, Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, Raymond C. Mayer, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Elizabeth A. Brandenburg and Marcia G. Shein Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg, Decatur.
    Case Number: S13A0129

    Trial counsel was not deficient for calling the defendant as the only defense witness, since it was reasonable trial strategy to not present evidence in order to preserve the right to make the final

  • Armstead v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Bikoff, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0611

    The defendant waived any statutory privilege or constitutional right of privacy in his jail mental health records when he placed his mental capacity in issue by filing a notice of intent to pursue a