• Walker v. Tensor Machinery Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2015-11-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas C. Blaska II, Dana J. Norman, Thomas C. Blaska The Blaska Law Firm, Atlanta, and Brian S. Parker The Parker Firm LLC, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Amicus Appellants: James N. Sadd, Edward M. Wynn III Slappey Sadd LLC, Madeline E. McNeeley, Darren W. Penn, Yvonne S. Godfrey Harris Penn Lowry LLP, and Robin F. Clark, Atlanta. Jason D. Hergenroether and Matthew G. Moffett Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Dara D. Mann McKenna Long Aldridge LLP, James R. Evans Dentons US LLP, Atlanta, Robin S. Conrad Dentons US LLP, Washington, DC, and Matthew T. Nelson Warner, Norcross Judd LLP, Grand Rapids, MI.

    Case Number: S15Q1222

    Under the apportionment statute, the jury could assess a percentage of fault to the non-party employer of the plaintiff who sued a product manufacturer and seller for failure to warn after the plain

  • Martin v. McLaughlin

    Publication Date: 2015-11-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Yurachek Yurachek Associates LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ryan A. Kolb Carlock, Copeland Stair, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A0883

    The habeas court properly denied the defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus following his convictions for aggravated sexual battery, aggravated child molestation and child molestation, as

  • Twitty v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. and Tyler R. Conklin Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Joshua B. Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Vicki S. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A0906

    The State failed to prove venue beyond a reasonable doubt in the defendant's murder trial, because no one at trial asked the investigators about the county in which the boat ramp, where the defendan

  • Cash v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmonique R. S. Rodgers and Long D. Vo Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oliver J. Browning Jr., District Attorney, Cedartown, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christian A. Fuller, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Gary D. Bergman Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia, Morrow, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1247

    The evidence authorized the jury to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was a party to the two murders his friend committed after the defendant drove the shooter to a location where he

  • Young v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr. and Genevieve Holmes Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A0747

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting into evidence a handgun investigators found near the defendant at the time of his arrest, since the gun was evidence of the circumstances su

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  • Amos v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-10-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Bonner Jr., Brandon A. Bullard Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Mitchell D. Durham, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Daniel J. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1143

    The modified merger rule did not apply and the trial court properly sentenced the defendant on his murder convi rather than his voluntary manslaughter convi

  • Layer v. Barrow County

    Publication Date: 2015-10-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher W. Conowal Conowal, Welch, Womack LLP, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Angela E. Davis, County Attorney, Kenneth P. Robin Jarrard Davis LLP, Cumming, and Mary M. Katz Chambless Higdon Richardson Katz Griggs, Macon, for appellees.

    Case Number: S15A0725

    Sovereign immunity barred the plaintiff's contractual and quasi-contractual claims against the County in which he alleged the County breached an oral agreement to allow him to retain an interest in

  • Clayton County Bd. of Comm'rs v. Murphy

    Publication Date: 2015-10-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack R. Hancock and Michelle Youngblood Freeman Mathis Gary LLP, Forest Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Mark W. Forsling Schreeder, Wheeler Flint LLP, Atlanta, and Steven M. Frey, Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A0995

    The trial court erred in granting the former county employee's petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the County to offer him employment in an unspecified position, as he did not establish a clea

  • Dubois v. Brantley

    Publication Date: 2015-07-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. Franklin Franklin, Taulbee, Rushing, Snipes Marsh LLC, Statesboro, Kathryn H. Pinckney, and Brent J. Savage Savage Turner PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles A. Dorminy, Norman D. Lovein, and William S. Mann Hall, Booth, Smith Slover PC, Brunswick, for appellees.

    Case Number: S14G1192

    The Court of Appeals erred in ruling that the medical malpractice plaintiffs' witness did not qualify as an expert under Rule 702, as he had an appropriate level of knowledge in performing the proce

  • Tibbles v. Teachers Retirement Sys. of GA

    Publication Date: 2015-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William L. Nabors Jr. Nabors Law Group LLC, David C. Ates, Atlanta, George H. Carley, Hardy Gregory Jr., and Antoinette D. Gregory Carley, Gregory Gregory, Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Annette M. Cowart, Christopher A. McGraw, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, and Bryan K. Webb Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S15A0366

    The amount of annual retirement allowance that the former public school teacher was entitled to under O.C.G.A. § 47-3-120 subsection a 2 was to be calculated with reference to "average compensation