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  • Phillips v. Sea Tow/Sea Spill of Savannah

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert S. Glenn Jr., Colin A. B. McRae Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn, Savannah, and James W. Bartlett III Semmes, Bowen & Semmes PC, Baltimore, Md., for appellant.
    for defendant: Barnard M. Portman Portman & Assocs., Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02G0973

    Marine salvage is not an available remedy in Georgia state courts under the savings to suitors c

  • Shaheed v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Lewis, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1274

    The defendant did not have an absolute right to withdraw his guilty plea under O.C.G.A. § 17-7-93 b, upon remand from a prior appeal, because the defendant remained under a life sen

  • King v. City of Bainbridge

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gilbert J. Murrah, Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce W. Kirbo Kirbo & Kendrick, Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1685

    Cannon v. Coweta County, 260 Ga. 56 1990, is overruled to the extent it held that a municipality can only regulate the placement of mobile homes based on construction stan

  • Beach v. Lipham

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Foy R. Devine, Georgiana Rizk Doffermyre Shields Canfield Knowles, Atlanta, Harold Bluestein and Barry M. Wayne Bluestein & Wayne, Miami, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Russell B. Davis, Robert C. Harrison Downey & Cleveland LLP, Marietta, David F. Miceli, David H. Tisinger, Kenneth B. Crawford Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, Carrollton, for appellees. Amicus Appellants: Wendy G. Huray Henry, Spiegal, Fried & Milling, Carla R. Johnson Bird & Mabrey, William U. Norwood III Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Robert D. Roll Watkins, Laurie & Roll LLP, Atlanta, and Traci G. Courville Oates & Courville, Columbus. Amicus Appellees: Hezekiah Sistrunk Jr., Jane L. Sams Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Sistrunk, Robert P. Monyak, Lucas W. Andrews, Ashley H. Hill, David A. Cook Love Willingham Peters Gilleland Monyak, Atlanta, and Charles M. Cork III Reynolds & McArthur, Macon.
    Case Number: S02G0721

    The trial court's standard jury instruction on the presumption that medical services are performed in an ordinarily skillful manner correctly stated Georgia substantiv

  • BDO Seidman LLP v. Mindis Acquisition Corp.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter J. Anderson, Steven L. Polk, Rebecca L. Burnaugh, Todd E. Ratner and Deborah M. Danzig Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nisbet S. Kendrick III Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice LLC, John H. Goselin II and Oscar N. Persons Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02G0788

    The proper damages standard for a negligent misrepresentation claim is the traditional negligence standard and the amount of damages awarded for negligent misrepresentation is measured by an "out-of

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  • McMillan v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith B. Harkleroad Harkleroad & Harkleroad, Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Currie, District Attorney, Douglas P. Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Waycross, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth M. Pawlak, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1751

    The defendant beat the victim to death with a pool cue, after arguing with the victim over money he lost in a dice

  • Imerys Marble Co. v. J. M. Huber Corp.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Wayne Phears Phears & Moldovan, Norcross, and Phil M. Landrum Jr. Landrum & Landrum, Jasper, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen W. Groves Seyfarth & Shaw, Thomas C. Harney Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, and David E. Ralston, Blue Ridge, for appellees.
    Case Number: S02A1401

    A testator could not impose a restriction on his children's ability to sell bequeathed mineral rights during their lifetime where the testator clearly intended to bequeath the mineral rights in fee s

  • Ramirez v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia A. Price, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1618

    The defendant was not entitled to new jury panel after two attorneys in a different case entered the courtroom during a recess shortly before final jury selection and discussed plea negotiations in

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh J. McCullough McCullough & Swindell PC, Glennville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Hinesville, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1660

    The evidence did not support the defendant's claim that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to make a timely request for a psychological evalu

  • Stockford v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-02-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Madonna M. Heinemeyer and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02A1673

    The trial court's error in charging that the jury could infer intent to kill from the use of a deadly weapon was harmless, given the overwhelming evidence of defendant's m