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  • Overcash v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Johnny Pannell, Hawkinsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amy Smith, Solicitor General, Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0627

    The defendant's speeding conviction was reversed, since the check mark on the arraignment form indicating a request for a non-jury trial did not clearly show that the defendant actually waived his r

  • Sims v. First Acceptance Ins. Co. of Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Houston Smith and Michael Werner Hertz, Link & Smith PC, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Robert Persons Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Charles Brant Colom & Brant, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A13A0364

    The trial court was not required to allow the plaintiff time to complete discovery before ruling on the defendant's summary judgment motion, since the plaintiff failed to file an affidavit explainin

  • Ford Motor Co. v. Young

    Publication Date: 2013-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Powell, Michael Boorman, Audrey Berland Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Richard Brown, Gene Major Fain, Major & Wiley, Michael Bowers, Joseph Maguire, and Christopher Anulewicz Balch & Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Antonio DelCampo, Jed Manton Harris Penn Lowry Delcampo LLP, Atlanta, and Stephen Lowry Harris Penn Lowry LLP, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A2335

    The trial court erred in revoking the attorneys' admission to practice as trial counsel pro hac vice in a product liability wrongful death case without providing them with notice and an opportunity

  • Walker v. Gowen Stores LLC

    Publication Date: 2013-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Blackerby and Terry Readdick Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Brent Savage Savage, Turner, Savannah, for appellee. Other party representation: Adam Ferrell, Blackshear.
    Case Number: A13A0803

    The trial court properly denied the defendants' motion to dismiss the plaintiff's complaint, since the alle s in the complaint gave the defendants proper notice of the claim and the type of lit

  • Peach Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Austin

    Publication Date: 2013-06-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
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    Case Number: A13A0517; A13A0625

    Sovereign immunity barred the plaintiff's negligence claims against the school district for injuries she allegedly sustained when she fell on a sidewalk at a high school graduation cer

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  • Rudison v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert James, District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0510

    The trial court did not err in instructing the jury to continue deliberations after being informed that the jurors could not reach an agreement, as the failure to reiterate that a juror should not s

  • Jordan v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tobe Karrh Public Defender's Office, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Altman, District Attorney, and Tony May, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0801

    The appropriate standard of appellate review for a claim of in the jury charge should be designated as de novo rather than plain legal

  • Brunson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-06-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Taylor, Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Wright, District Attorney, and Madonna Little, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0449

    Trial counsel was not deficient for deciding not to object to the State's line of questioning about the defendant's prior statement, since it supported the defense theory that there was no criminal

  • In the Interest of M. C.

    Publication Date: 2013-06-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Dale, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford Bowden, District Attorney, Tifton, and Bryce Johnson, Solicitor General, Sylvester, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0336

    The juvenile court properly admitted child-hearsay statements the victim made to his mother and a forensic interviewer in the adjudication of a minor delinquent for acts of aggravated sodomy and chi

  • In the Interest of L. K.

    Publication Date: 2013-06-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Condon and Jodie Wasson Office of the Child Advocate Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Robert Hall, Roswell, for appellee. Other party representation: Reginald Williams Renaissance Events Inc. and Diana Johnson, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A13A0211

    The isolated instance wherein the child was without supervision due to the mother's emergency hospitalization did not constitute parental unfitness authorizing a finding of deprivation and severance