• Kirkland v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-05-03
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1823

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that defense counsel was ineffective for failing to seek to strike eight venire persons who were stockholders of the Home Depot because the

  • Vaughn, Coltrane and Assocs. V. Van Horn Constr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Chris Irwin Cobb, Grabbe, Spillers & Irwin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sewell K. Loggins and Jennifer E. Theobold Mozely, Finlayson & Loggins LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Robert M. Beauchamp Beauchamp & Assocs., C. Jason Moore Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers, Albany, Michael J. Goldman, Michelle D. Coburn Hawkins & Parnell LLP, LeRoy P. Spell Jr., Dana M. Mango Welch, Spell, Reemsnyder, Pless & Davis PC, Atlanta, Richard C. Kissiah, Douglas T. Lay Kissiah & Lay, Alpharetta, Victor G. Swift Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, Ft. Pierce, Fla., and Gary D. Fry Pelino & Lentz, Philadelphia, Pa.

    Case Number: A02A0619

    Terms of general contractors written contract with owner of poultry plant explicitly provided that general contractor would indemnify owner's consultants and a

  • Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP v. Six Flags Over Ga. LLC

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt Chandler & Britt, Buford, Ronald L. Reid Alston & Bird, John J. Dalton Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Evan R. Chesler and Keith R. Hummel Cravath, Swaine & Moore, N.Y., for appellant.
    for defendant: . James E. Butler Jr., George W. Fryhofer III, Joel O. Wooten Jr., Cale H. Conley Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daugherty & Sullivan, Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, H. Lamar Mixson, Michael B. Terry, Nancy J. Walsh and Joshua F. Thorpe Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, for appellees. Other party representation: Gerald Davidson Jr. Davidson & Tucker LLP, Duluth.

    Case Number: A00A0120

    The Court of Appeals overruled Kent v. A. O. White Jr., Consulting Engineers PC, A01A0756 1/29/02, 02 FCDR 374, to the extent that it held that the Georgia Supreme Court adopted the standard set for

  • Sheppard v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward H. Warnock, McRae, for appellant.
    for defendant: William J. Edgar, Alma, and J. Alvin Leaphart, Jesup, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0336

    The trial court properly dismissed plaintiffs' renewal suit with prejudice based on her wilful and intentional violation of the court's numerous orders and warnings concerning her failure to comply

  • Smith v. Morris, Manning & Martin LLP

    Publication Date: 2002-03-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Graydon W. Florence Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Victor A. Ellis, Brian E. Daughdrill and John A. Sherrill Seyfarth Shaw, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A0236

    The trial court has authority to look behind an O.C.G.A. § 9-11-9.1 b allegation regarding the 45-day extension for filing an expert affidavit when it is challenged to ensure that the allegation is

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  • Pilkenton v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larkin M. Lee Virgil Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Griffin E. Howell III, Solicitor, Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0248

    The arresting officer misled defendant with regard to her implied consent rights by telling her that she was required to submit to a blood test due to the severity of a 2-car accident since there wa

  • Hipes & Norton PC v. Pye Auto. Sales of Chattanooga Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jere C. Smith and Bart W. Reed Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory H. Kinnamon McDonald, Kinnamon & Thames, Dalton, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A0290

    Plaintiff was entitled to summary judgment in its suit to recover outstanding legal fees and costs under the parties' retainer agreement since plaintiff provided the signed retainer agreement and d

  • Martin v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-15
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert E. Surrency, Watkinsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, and Wilson B. Mitcham Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Greensboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0521

    Defendant's prior presence at the sites of two burglaries, his recent possession of the stolen goods and his conflicting statements to police supported his convic

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Jones Abernathy & Ballinger, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: G. Channing Ruskell, Solicitor General, and Anthony B. Williams, Assistant Solicitor General, Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0212

    The arresting officer had probable cause to stop defendant based on his receipt of a radio dispatch that a suspected drunk driver was driving a vehicle that matched the description of defendant's

  • Talton v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monica N. Hamlett and Robin M. Kreider Hamlett & Kreider PC, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Columbus, and Mark C. Post, Assistant District Attorney, Hamilton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2005

    Since defendant was indicted for aggravated assault by shooting the victim with a pistol, the trial court reversibly erred in charging the jury that it could find defendant guilty if he pointed a fi