• Labrec v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence D. Kupferman and Gregory D. Golden Law Offices of Lawrence D. Kupferman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fred L. Cavalli and M. Ayres Gardner, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2271

    Biological father who did not fervently pursue his chance to establish a parental relationship with hi could not set aside court order legitimating the child as someone else'

  • Kinman v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley R. Durden, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth W. Mauldin, Solicitor, and Phillip C. Griffeth, Chief Assistant Solicitor General, Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2353

    Arresting officer's testimony that officer who initially stopped defendant requested his help with "a suspected DUI" provided sufficient evidence to justify arresting officer's conducting field sobr

  • St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church Inc. v. Townsend

    Publication Date: 2000-05-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carrie L. Christie, Vincent A. Toreno Christie, Toreno & Hatcher LLP and E. R. Lanier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Anne M. Landrum and W. Wray Eckl Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1838

    The trial court had no authority to consider whether the defendants were members in good standing with the power to participate in the affairs of their parish church because the church was subject t

  • Robinson v. Star Gas of Hawkinsville Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. McMillan Walker, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jan R. Kastanakis, Render C. Freeman and Eric N. Van De Water Carr, Tabb & Pope LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2462

    The nonresident defe waived its venue defense when it authorized the trial court to enter judgment, even though the jury was unable to reach a verdict against the resident defe

  • American Net Inc. v. U.S. Cover Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Neville Banks, Stubbs & Neville, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Arthur Lee Jr., Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2372

    Magistrate courts have jurisdiction over all claims relating to dispossessory actions, regardless of whether the amounts sought in those claims exceed the magistrate courts' jurisdictional

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  • Smalls v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Calvin A. Rouse, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Troy A. Lanier Dye, Tucker, Everitt, Long & Brewton and Percy J. Blount Glover & Blount PC, Augusta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A99A2020

    Plaintiff could not pursue his personal injury claim against the defendants because he failed to list the claim as a potential asset in his Chapter 13 bankruptcy filing or amend his filings to incl

  • Alford v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas R. Morgan Jr., Woodbury, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Julianne W. Holliday, Assistant District Attorney, LaGrange, and Rudjard M. Hayes, Assistant District Attorney, Greenville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2436

    In determining whether the minor victim suffered excessive mental pain, the jury could consider the therapist's testimony that the minor victim was very depressed and suffered from recurrent flashba

  • Wright v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caleb B. Banks, Tybee Island, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, David T. Lock and Lori E. Loncon, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2258

    Defendant's stabbing his wife 26 times did not require the merger of his aggravated assault and aggravated battery convictions, since each conviction was shown by different stab w

  • Hill v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy I. Daughtry Jr., Public Defender, Elberton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2510

    The trial court properly gave a prior difficulties charge, not a similar transaction charge, for the jury's consideration of the child care provider's testimony that on a prior occasion the defendan

  • Porter v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Mason, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, and Julia Slater, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1900

    Trial court's exclusion of defense expert's testimony that mother experienced an impaired perception that allowed her to block out knowledge of her husband's abuse of her son was reversible error si