• Johnson v. Rodier

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Grindle, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carter R. Page Hatcher, Stubbs, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2314

    Plaintiff did not need an expert affidavit to support his claims that defendant physician intentionally breached his privacy and interfered with his employment by informing his employer that he was

  • Brown v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rajan Bhandari, Chamblee, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Christopher M. Farmer and Janice M. Wallace Harper, Waldon & Craig, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A2045

    Plaintiff's counsel's vague affidavit regarding his efforts to locate and serve defendant did not show that plaintiff diligently tried to serve defendant after the expiration of the limitation p

  • Northeast Ga. Med. Ctr. Inc. v. Davenport

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas M. Cole Whelchel & Dunlap LLP, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John M. Brown, Augusta, Jack S. Schroder Jr. and Nichole J. Staff Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99G1082

    Hospital met notice requirements for peer review under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act since it informed doctor in writing that it wished to revoke his staff privileges based on recurring p

  • Spradley v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael G. Schiavone and Steven L. Sparger Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Lori L. Canfield, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1618

    Defendant could be retried after he successfully moved for mistrial when the prosecutor introduced inadmissible evidence from a 911 call, since the prosecutor did not intentionally goad defendant in

  • Bailey v. Jim's Minit Mkt. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monroe J. Feldman and Douglas R. Sandberg Feldman & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John A. Dickerson McClure, Ramsey & Dickerson, Toccoa, for appellee. Other party representation: Andrew J. Hill III Blasingame Burch Garrard Bryant & Ashley, Athens.

    Case Number: A00A0001

    A jury could find that defendant should have foreseen that an unsupervised 10-year-old might shoot another child with the BB's he purchased from defendant's

  • Morgan v. Mitchell

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Rowe III, Duluth, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles J. Mitchell, Buford, proceeded pro se.

    Case Number: S99A1392

    Habeas court's finding that defendant was harmed by his appellate counsel's failure to raise the ineffectiveness of trial counsel was unsupported, since there was no evidence that defendant would n

  • Wollesen v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles S. Hunter, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Debra H. Bernes and Maria B. Golick, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0083

    Affidavit from Maryland state attorney stating that defendant received money from her son after he was found in contempt for failure to pay child support supported finding that defendant could be co

  • Gwinnett-Club Assocs. v. Southern Elec. Supply Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ira L. Rachelson Rachelson & White, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dock H. Davis, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A99A1641

    Even though debtor's bankruptcy stayed cement of creditor's action to recover on a materialman's lien, creditor still had to file a notice of commencement of that action to preserve its right t

  • Sadeghy v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick G. Longhi, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carmen Smith, Solicitor, Jody L. Peskin and Cynthia G. Strong-McCarthy, Assistant Solicitors General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0809

    Although defendant claimed he was defending himself, the jury was free to believe victim's testimony that defendant approached him and struck him in the face when he asked defendant to step

  • North Ga. Reg'l Educ. Serv. Agency v. Weaver

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillip L. Hartley Harben & Hartley, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: E. Wycliffe Orr and Kristine E. Orr, Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S99G1287

    Since regional educational service agency was more like a local school board than a state agency, it was not a "public employer" to whom the state whistleblower statute ap