• Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0751

    The boat speakers, which the defendant pawned, bore no signs that would excite suspicion that they had been stolen in the mind of an ordinary prudent p

  • Turner v. Gateway Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0635

    The trial court lacked power to increase the amount of liability coverage contained in the existing insurer's policy from $100K per person injured and $300K per incident, even if the ins

  • Evans v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0802

    The defendant swung his elbow at an officer and struck him under the eye, causing a deep gash requiring eight stitches, while refusing to allow the officer to handcuf

  • Whatley v. Sharma

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0825

    No evidence showed that the defendant controlled the actions of the professional tree-cutting contractor, who he hired to remove the tree, which partially fell onto the plaintiffs' adjoining pro

  • Chappell v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0977

    The trial court did not err in charging the jury that "a firearm, when used as such, is a deadly weapon as a matter of law."

  • Hernandez v. Carnes

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0588

    The statute of frauds did not render unenforceable an oral agreement between a buyer and a seller of commercial property to suspend a written installment contract until the buyer resolved a tax issu

  • Rodrigues v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0755

    A physician's initial expert affidavit testimony and the non-expert evidence raised a factual issue as to whether chlorine exposure while working for a contractor at defendant's plant caused

  • Simmons v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A07A2218

    The trial court erred in depriving the father and grandmother of an opportunity to question the guardian ad litem about the results of his investigation, since the father and grandmother bore the bu

  • Hart v. Northside Hosp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0465

    The exclusion of any expert witness testimony was not the proper remedy for the plaintiffs' failure to timely identify expert witn

  • In the Interest of M. L.

    Publication Date: 2008-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0880

    The mother's failure to comply with the reunification case plan, to bond with the children or to support the children supported the termination of her parental r