• Kent v. A. O. White Jr., Consulting Eng'rs PC

    Publication Date: 2002-01-29
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: William B. Hardegree and Gregory S. Ellington Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A0756

    An $250,000 punitive damage award to an expert witness who was not paid for services rendered to an attorney was excessive in light of the expert's actual da

  • Duncan v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-01-25
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara E. Roberts Groover & Childs, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, and Gregory L. Bushway, Assistant District Attorney, Gray, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0401

    Evidence that the defendant was driving a van which was pursuing a store clerk who had escaped an armed robbery and kidnapping supported his convic

  • State v. Cannon

    Publication Date: 2002-01-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Danny L. Durham Durham Law Firm, and Jack E. Boone Jr., Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0531

    The officer had probable cause to believe that defendant was hiding contraband in his pants where the defendant attempted to prevent the officer from frisking his upper thigh

  • Cooper v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-01-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Bradford Morris Jr., Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lydia J. Sartain, District Attorney, and Lee Darragh, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0569

    The defendant was not entitled to a new based on an unauthenticated letter that the victim allegedly wrote him after

  • Howard v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-01-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Mobley II, LaGrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Roger H. Anderson, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1958

    The arresting officer lacked probable cause to believe that the defendant had a weapon when he felt the outline of two 3-inch tubular pill bottles in defendant's pocket during a pat-down s

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  • Harmon v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-01-11
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larkin M. Lee Virgil Brown & Assocs., Zebulon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Griffin E. Howell III, Solicitor, Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0463

    Defendant was not entitled to a jury charge on the presumption of innocence arising when chemical test results show a blood alcohol content of .05 or less because she refused chemical te

  • Trent v. Franco

    Publication Date: 2002-01-11
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William W. Gardner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary M. Cooper and William Z. Meadows Cooper & Makarenko, Duluth, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A2102

    O.C.G.A. § 9-11-4 d 3 requires service of process to a minor defendant with additional service on a parent or legal gua

  • Frazier v. State

    Publication Date: 2002-01-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Murcier-Ashley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0180

    The trial court properly admitted the videotaped interviews of the 4-year-old victim under the Child Hearsay Statute, since the girl took the stand and was available for cross-examin

  • Focus Entertainment Int'l Inc. v. Partridge Greene Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-01-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan I. Begner, Cory G. Begner Begner & Begner PC, Atlanta, and Michael A. Prieto, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . T. Michael Tennant, Elizabeth Bertschi and Daniel N. Esrey Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2486

    An adult entertainment store had actual notice by rule nisi that an interlocutory hearing had been ordered on plaintiff's claim of breach of a restrictive covenant prohibiting the sale or display of

  • Thomas v. Atlanta Cas. Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-01-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert H. Benfield Jr. Law Offices of Robert H. Benfield Jr., and James N. Sadd Slappey & Sadd, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: DeeAnn B. Waller Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2171

    The trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the insurer's suit seeking a determination of its obligation to its insured for any underlying tort action which had already resulted in a def