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  • GRECCA Inc. v. Omni Title Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teresa W. Roseborough, Allegra J. Lawrence, Deborah M. Danzig and Dara L. Steele-Belkin Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nisbet S. Kendrick III and Harry W. MacDougald Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A1030

    Only the Supreme Court of Ge has the inherent power to govern the practice of law in Ge

  • Parker v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight L. Thomas and Caprice R. Jenerson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Ruth A. Pawlak, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0986

    The defendant shot the victim twice in the head at close range and started a fire in the bedroom of her home where her body was lo

  • CSX Transp. Inc. v. City of Garden City

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Purcell and Amy R. Snell Fulcher, Hagler, Reed, Hanks & Harper LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Patrick T. O'Connor, James P. Gerard, Christopher L. Ray, Paul H. Threlkeld Oliver, Maner & Gray LLP, and Edward R. Stabell III Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Susan M. Pruett Georgia Mun. Assoc., Angela M. Nixon, Atlanta, Laurel E. Henderson, Decatur, and Andrew J. Whalen III Mullins, Whalen & Westbury, Griffin.
    Case Number: S03Q1058

    O.C.G.A. § 36-33-1 does not permit a municipality to waive its sovereign immunity by contract to indemnify a third

  • Head v. Stripling

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Karen A. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and James D. McDade, District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Diane G. Kelly, Mitchell D. Raup, David M. Gossett and Carl J. Summers Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, Ill., for appellee. Amicus appellant: James C. Bonner Jr., Sarah L. Gerwig Georgia Indigent Defense Council, Michael M. Mears, Holly L. Geerdes, Multi-County Pub. Defender, Gerald R. Weber Jr. American Civil Liberties Union, John R. Martin Martin Bros. PC, and Nicholas A. Lotito, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S03A0525

    The state violated Brady by suppressing parole records supporting the defendant's mental retardation

  • Georgia Northeastern R.R. Co. Inc. v. Lusk

    Publication Date: 2003-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew D. Williams and Joyce G. Lewis Casey Gilson Leibel PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan A. Pope, William G. Hasty Jr. and Marion T. Pope Jr. Hasty Pope & Ball, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03G0592

    The jury's award to the plaintiff in a nuisance case may have resulted in an impermissible double recovery because plaintiffs cannot recover both diminution in market value and costs of restoration

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  • Slakman v. Continental Cas. Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barry S. Slakman, Hardwick, proceeded pro se. Charles E. Rogers, William P. Jones Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, and Robert C. port Hassett, Cohen, Goldstein, Port & Gottlieb, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: S03Q1075

    O.C.G.A. § 33-25-13 does not bar an individual from receiving benefits under a murder victim's life insurance policy before the individual's murder conviction and sentence become final under stat

  • Jordan v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2003-10-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael C. Hall Hall & Williamson PC, and William A. Erwin Hodges, Erwin, Hedrick & Coleman LLP, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Maurice L. King Jr., Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0692

    The plaintiff's appeal of the qualification of his opposing candidate for a district seat on the county Board of Education was moot since plaintiff delayed filing his appeal until after the election

  • Mize v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael C. Garrett Garrett & Gilliard PC, Augusta, and Edwin M. Saginar Bross & Saginar, Norcross, for appellee. Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, Thomson, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jill M. Zubler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S03A0931

    Defendant was not entitled to a charge on involuntary manslaughter where he claimed self-de

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven H. Sadow, Atlanta, and Bobby L. Cook Cook & Connelly, Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0968

    Defendant failed to show how he was harmed by the trial court's decision to dead docket two extra offenses, which the grand jury mistakenly included on the face of the indic

  • Woodward v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles M. Warnock Jr., Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph M. Walke, District Attorney, Terry F. Holland, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Jason C. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0767

    Defendant was not entitled to a mistrial based on a witness's nonresponsive answer which negatively impacted defendant's char