• Davis v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-11-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Morgan III,. Abbeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, and Cheri L. Nichols, Assistant District Attorney, Cordele, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2409

    Defendants were the only persons with access to their prison cell's damaged toilet, sprinkler system and safety glass at the time in que

  • City of Barnesville v. Littlejohn

    Publication Date: 2003-11-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Lewis Sapp and William A. Pinto Jr. Elarbee, Thompson & Trapnell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Don E. Snow, Thomaston, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2474

    A factual question remained as to whether the city terminated the plaintiff's employment because of physical limitations he suffered in connection with two debilitating back injuries, rather than be

  • Dawkins v. Doe

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. Green Jr. Deming, Deming, Born & Parker PC, Norcross, and Beverly R. Snell Shaker & Snell, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell D. Waldon and Trevor G. Hiestand Harper, Waldon & Craig, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2004

    In the absence of any evidence that the John Doe driver failed to exercise reasonable care, the trial court did not err in finding that the decedent's negligence in walking along the interstate was

  • Security Life Ins. Co. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa W. Roseborough, William D. Barwick and Carla W. McMillian Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin F. Easterlin IV, Byron Attridge, Sidney S. Haskins II King & Spalding, and J. Alexander Porter Porter, Orrison & Doster, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A0843

    Restina v. Crawford, 205 Ga. App. 887 424 SE2d 79 1992, is disapproved to the extent it requires that set-offs of prior settlements with other joint tortfeasors must be considered in determining if

  • Greulich v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-24
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. House, Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Christopher A. Arnt, Assistant District Attorney, Lafayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2372

    Legally obtained pornographic books and videos were admissible based on sufficient linkage between the materials and the various sexual crimes ch

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  • Williamson v. Strickland & Smith Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Malcolm F. Bryant Jr., Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Glen A. Cheney and DuAnn C. Davis Glen A. Cheney PC, Reidsville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A2250

    Some evidence supported the jury's finding that the defendant failed to account for $35,682.77 in the sales of onions he grew and sold as part of a joint venture with the plai

  • In the Interest of Q. D.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas F. Jones, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William T. McBroom III, District Attorney, Thomaston, and Tammy M. Griner, Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1988; A03A1989

    The evidence supported an adjudication of delinquency against the juvenile defendants for acts that would constitute second degree criminal damage to property if committed by an

  • Lee v. Department of Natural Resources of the State of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Phillips Phillips & Kitchings, Ludowici, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Thomas C. MacDiarmid, Atlanta, and Bryan F. Dorsey, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2130

    The Recreational Property Act barred the plaintiff's claims for injuries his wife sustained when she tripped and fell over wood timbers and debris in the vicinity of the restroom area on Ossabaw I

  • Champion v. Dodson

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul W. Burke Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael A. Anderson Horton, Maddax & Anderson, Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A1949

    The plaintiff failed to prove damages for lost furniture and equipment because her testimony as to the purchase price was not sufficient to establish the fair market

  • State v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bart G. Altman and Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1526

    The trial court erred in finding that a densely wooded swamp area outside the curtilage of the defendant's home was not an "open field" for purposes of Fourth Amendment ana