• Watts v. City of Dillard

    Publication Date: 2008-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1137

    The traffic court in question was acting in its judicial capacity when it ordered forfeiture of the plaintiff's cash bond and ' "municipal corporations shall not be liable for failure t

  • Saye v. Deloitte & Touche LLP

    Publication Date: 2008-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1172

    Statements made in the context of the auditing relationship are conditionally privileged, and may be actionable upon a showing of m

  • State v. Lee

    Publication Date: 2008-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1654

    A hope of benefit given after a defendant has already confessed cannot be said to have induced his confe

  • Valentino v. Matara

    Publication Date: 2008-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1542

    The trial court did not err in denying the plaintiff's motion to amend her personal injury complaint to add the negligent driver of the other vehicle involved as a defendant, since no evidence s

  • Port v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A0838

    Evidence that the defendant entered his fiance's home uninvited, they struggled when she attempted to flee into an adjacent room, he took the phone away when she tried to call 911, and he tried

  • In re Beckstrom

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1557

    An attorney was required to follow a trial judge's directive to appear for his client's trial, regardless of whether the notice of trial, which he received through letters and a telephone ca

  • In the Interest of J. B. M.

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1052

    A minor, who was a rightful occupant of the home, could not allow the juvenile lawful entry into the residence when his mother had given prior notice that such entry was forb

  • State v. Slaton

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1466

    The state failed to prove the defendant, who entered an Alford plea, was a recid

  • placeCityDawsonv. Leder

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1472

    The plaintiff's expert witness was unqualified to render an opinion under standard set forth in O.C.G.A. § 24-9-67.1 in this medical malpractice and wrongful death a

  • Smith v. Stoddard

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1189

    The plaintiff could not recover attorneys' fees and expenses from his UM insurer under O.C.G.A. § 13-6-11 based on the underlying defendant's bad faith and stubborn litigiou