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  • Jordan v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Millsaps, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan A. Cook, District Attorney, and William K. Wynne Jr., Chief Assistant District Attorney, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2031

    Trial co s decision not to call any defense witnesses in order to retain the right to open and close arguments did not constitute ineffective assistance of co

  • Kirkland v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1823

    Defendant's prior acquittal on an attempted burglary charge arising out of his connection with a "Bad Cop" crime did not preclude his trial on other charges attributed to the crime

  • Wang v. Moore

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert E. Shuman and Thomas R. Morgan Jr. Shuman & Assocs., Manchester, for appellant.
    for defendant: Evan R. Mermelstein, Bruce M. Edenfield Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, and Susan L. Rutherford, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2489

    The college dean and the college's chief academic officer were immune from liability for their actions in firing a non-tenured faculty member who was absent from the first week of classes without

  • City of Griffin v. McKemie

    Publication Date: 2001-01-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew J. Whalen III and Jacob A. Maurer Mullins & Whalen, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard N. Hubert Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A1010

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that the city's pursuit of its condemnation petition could justify the award of attorneys' fees and litigation costs to the property owners

  • Smith v. Gwinnett County, Ga.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gresham H. Harrison and Samuel H. Harrison Harrison & Harrison, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael V. Stephens II and Karen G. Thomas, Deputy County Attorney Gwinnett County Dept. of Law, Lawrenceville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1054

    The state court lacked jurisdiction to consider the defendant's petition for a writ of certiorari from his convictions in the recorder's court for violating two county ordin

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  • Manesh v. Baker Equip. Eng'g Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul A. Dietrick and William P. Evans Dietrick, Evans, Stolz & Williams, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin D. Ladner, Aaron J. Aberson Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass LLP, Philippa V. Tibbs Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, Atlanta, and Randy D. Witzke Edmonds, Cole, Hargrave, Givens & Witzke, Oklahoma City, Okla., for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1662

    The defendant was not entitled to summary judgment under the acceptance doctrine because the plaintiff presented evidence of the inherently dangerous nature of defendant's negligence in repairing a

  • McNeece v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T. Blackmon Thomason & Blackmon PC, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1598

    The officer who was on the lookout for any whit in the area lacked probable cause to stop the defendant just because he was driving a whit

  • Lee v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clark H. McGehee and William C. Lanham Johnson & Ward, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Twanda Turner-Hawkins, Atlanta, and Craig C. Avery Cooper & Associates, Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A0601

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that under certain circumstances, emotional distress that results from witnessing another's injury and suffering is compen

  • Gordy v. Gordy

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Partin and Lynn L. Grogan, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward F. Berry, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1919

    The trial court erred in ordering the mother to pay child support without determining her gross income as required by st

  • Gold Kist Inc. v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Richard R. Hays and Kenneth D. Steele Alston & Bird, Atlanta for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas L. Gibson Gibson & Spivey, Waycross, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1254

    The trial court exceeded its scope of authority on remand when it reaffirmed its prior awards to the plaintiffs based on different theories of liab