• Mansfield v. Colwell Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taylor W. Jones Jones & Greer LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William T. Casey Jr. and Teri D. Alpert Hicks, Casey & Barber PC, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Henry C. Tharpe Jr. Kinney, Kemp, Sponcler, Joiner & Tharpe, Dalton.

    Case Number: A99A1938

    Since plaintiffs' son chose to get into a van with an unlicensed driver who was under the influence, plaintiffs could not recover for son's fatal injuries sustained when the van plunged off an eleva

  • Cox v. Edelson

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A99A2292, A99A2293

    Trial court erred in applying the economic reality test before the stock characterization test to determine whether plaintiff's investment in defendants' corporation was a security subject to the pr

  • Hogan Management Servs. PC v. Martino

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: A00A0610, A00A0611

    The trial court's decision not quire the plaintiff to post a security bond when it sought strain the defendant from opening a competing medical practice did not affect the defendant's righ

  • Mullinax v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd J. Matthews, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, and James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2212

    The state adequately informed the defendant of its intention to introduce his prior convictions in aggravation of his sentence when it orally discussed his prior record and the recidivist statute wi

  • Capitol Materials Inc. v. Kellogg & Kimsey Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ira L. Rachelson Rachelson & White, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James B. Gurley Gurley Prof'l Ass'n, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2240

    Defendant's agreement to settle the plaintiff's materialman's claim was enforc regardless of whether the plaintiff's materialman's lien was enforc

  • Southeastern Security Ins. Co. v. Lowe

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mason White and James D. Kreyenbuhl Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph M. Hall, Statesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0635

    Trial court did not acquire in personam jurisdiction over defendant through service by publication, so in personam judgment against defendant could not be recovered from defendant's liability ca

  • Wadkins v. Smallwood

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Patrick Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald W. Self Self, Mullins PC, Columbus, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A0283

    Evidence that the landlords failed to maintain a battery-operated smoke detector in their tenant's apartment was not admissible in the suit involving the death of a 3-year-old when the apartment cau

  • Dunn v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley C. House, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1727

    Trial court's ruling precluding evidence of defendant's prior difficulties with the victim in defendant's opening statement did not likely affect the verdict since the defendant was able to introduc

  • Ethridge v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell K. Howell Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . F. Robert Raley, Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1844

    Even though the landlord had a duty to repair the in the tenant's ceiling, the landlord was not liable for the tenant's slipping on water that dripped intermittently from that

  • In re A.S.O. & N.L.R.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence M. Korn, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen A. Sgrosso, Sanders B. Deen and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Reagan W. Dean and David J. Casey, Marietta, and W. Keith Barber Allen & Barber PC, Statesboro.

    Case Number: A99A2241

    The mother waived her right to a separate nonreunification hearing when she consented to the consolidation of that hearing with the action to terminate her parental r