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  • Byelick v. Michel Herbelin USA Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-10-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. Butler, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher B. Lyman and Susan A. Cahoon Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0761

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in dissolving an ex parte temporary restraining order barring defendant from interfering in plaintiff's operation of defendant's watch making business wh

  • Zaimis v. Sharis

    Publication Date: 2002-10-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark P. Groves Groves Bus. Assocs. and John D. Thalhimer, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas E. Cauthorn III and Melissa M. Nohr Cauthorn & Nohr, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1200

    The trial court properly reformed a real estate lease after determining through parol evidence that the parties intended the rent to be $135 per week during the second lease term, rather than $135 p

  • Tesfaye v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-09-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0953

    Defendant's 25-year sentence exceeded the statutory 20-year maximum sentence for armed ro

  • Chapman v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney S. Zell Zell & Zell PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0230

    The defendant and three accomplices took $60 from one v while holding a gun to his head and poking his side with a sharp metal object and beat and shot the other v

  • Young v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Chambless, Dawn G. Benson and Charles K. Wainright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank J. Klosik Jr. and Robert J. McCune Greer, Klosik & Daugherty, Atlanta, for appellee. Neutral Amicus Representation: Antoinette D. Johnson Smolar & Assocs., Atlanta. Amicus Appellant: H. Andrew Owen Jr., Roger E. Harris Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, David A. Cook, William T. Clark, Atlanta, Temple Sellers, Decatur, and Marilyn J. Allen, Marietta.
    Case Number: S01G0589

    The 2-year statute of limitation for medical malpractice claims does not provide for the commencement of the limitation period upon the termination of a health care provider's treatment of a p

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  • Northside Equities Inc. v. Hulsey

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Lehman Franklin Jr., Statesboro, Brent J. Savage and Christopher D. Britt Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles B. Tanksley Browning & Tanksley, Marietta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Christopher T. Terrell Stokes & Murphy PC, College Park, Irwin W. Stolz Jr. and John J. Barrow Winburn, Lewis, Barrow & Stolz PC, Athens.
    Case Number: S01G1307

    Scientific evidence of a driver's blood alcohol level can create a factual question as to whether the driver was noticeably intoxi

  • White v. Regions Bank

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harmon W. Caldwell Jr. and Christopher H. Elliott Caldwell & Watson LLP , Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam R. Gaslowitz, Thomas W. Dworschak Adam R. Gaslowitz & Assocs., Atlanta, Barry R. Price Winn, Price & Winn, James M. Allison Jr., Douglasville, and Jon L. Weinberg, Dallas, for appellees.
    Case Number: S01A1641

    A stranger to the attorney-client relationship cannot invoke the attorney-client priv

  • Mitchell v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-07-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert E. Keller, District Attorney, Jack S. Jennings, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A1827

    A witness's gratuitous testimony linking the murder to another murder scene did not put defendant's character at issue, given the unrefuted evidence that defendant did not possess the murder

  • Parker v. Crider Poultry

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ziva P. Bruckner Capers, Dunbar, Sanders & Bruckner, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven J. Hewitson and William M. Droze Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S01G1230

    An employment agreement for an indefinite duration falls outside the statute of frauds because it is terminable at the will of either party and capable of being performed within one

  • Preer v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leonard L. Franco, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Alonza Whitaker, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A0265; S02A0266

    During a fight with another group of men, the defendant and two other men produced pistols and began firing, killing the v