• Sorema N. Am. Reinsurance Co. d/b/a Fulcrum Ins. Co. v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2002-11-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Bonnie and Howard J. Russell Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John H. Moore and Tara C. Riddle Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1328

    An insurance policy excluded coverage for plaintiff's vandalism claim involving a building which had been vacant for more than 60

  • Magner v. One Sec. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2002-11-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Gallo, Jennifer A. Adler Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP, Atlanta, and Stephen D. Libowsky Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
    for defendant: . David Balser and Gregory S. Brow McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A1269

    Plaintiff waived his dissenters' rights with regard to a corporate merger when he cancelled his stock certificates and requested issuance of new ones to his family's limited liability company, inste

  • Hickey v. Bowden

    Publication Date: 2002-11-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene C. Brooks IV and Christopher M. Kessinger Eugene C. Brooks IV PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Hall F. McKinley III, Andrew D. Horowitz Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, John C. Amabile Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks LLP, Atlanta, and David H. Johnson McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson LLP, Savannah, for appellees. Other party representation: Amy E. Edgy King & Spalding LLP, and Frank O. Brown Jr. Holland & Knight, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A00A2257

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's ruling that the trial court properly granted summary judgment to the manufacturer in plaintiffs' product liability suit arising out of the use of sy

  • Pledger v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-10-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Wyatt, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fred R. Simpson, Acting District Attorney, and Charles S. Cox, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1157

    Defendant's consent to search her home was tainted by the officers' illegal entry and illegal detention of the home's occu

  • Byrd v. Medical Ctr. of Cent. Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-10-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles L. Ruffin and Mark L. Stuckey Law Offices of Charles L. Ruffin, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Philip R. Taylor and Donna L. Crossland Taylor, Odachowski & Sperry LLC, St. Simons Island, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A1104

    The trial court erred in excluding a surgical manual which directly contradicted the defendants' contention that Georgia physicians were not using certain prophylactic measures to prevent patients f

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  • Palmer v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-10-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmy D. Berry and D. Victor Reynolds, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Rose L. Wing and Amelia G. Pray, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1084

    The officer did not need articulable suspicion to approach defendant's parked car and ask for the occupants' identific

  • Williamson v. Georgia Dep't of Human Resources

    Publication Date: 2002-10-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elliott B. Watkins, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Annette M. Cowart and Bryan K. Webb, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A1613

    Sovereign immunity did not bar the plaintiff's claim against her state employers under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act since the Fair Employment Practices Act creates a state right of ac

  • State v. Mussell

    Publication Date: 2002-10-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry E. Morgan, Cobb Solicitor General, and Anthony Volkodav Jr. Cobb County Solicitor General's Office, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry W. Yarbrough, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1632

    A police vehicle stopped at a red light is an oncoming vehicle under O.C.G.A. § 40

  • Harrell v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-10-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan B. Fecteau, Clarkesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, and Earnest J. McCollum, Assistant District Attorney, Clarkesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A1493

    Defendant was entitled to a hearing to determine whether he was ultimately responsible for failing to file a timely direct a

  • Ham v. Ham

    Publication Date: 2002-10-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin L. Fierman, Eatonton, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Franklin Freeman, Forsyth, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A1414

    Decedent's wife and executrix could offer her lay opinion that decedent's signature on a document which purportedly release defendants' from a $50,000 debt was f