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  • Georgia Receivables Inc. v. Welch

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth C. Whealler, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cheryl Welch, Kennesaw, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A00A0289

    Collections company could not enforce health club membership contract against defendant since the contract did not specify the exact date on which her right to cancel the contract ex

  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hurl R. Taylor Jr., Ellenwood, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard, District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Peggy A. Katz, Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorneys, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel G. Ashburn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A0136

    Defendant's attorney was not ineffective just because he failed to submit written requests to charge, since he participated in the charge conference and orally requested ch

  • Herndon v. Ajayi

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leonard Farkas Farkas & Ledford, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas S. Chambless and Dawn G. Benson Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A1637

    Since urologist's failure to follow up with his patient to ensure a stent implanted for kidney stone treatment was removed involved the application of his medical skill and knowledge, it involved pr

  • Tyler v. Lincoln

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald D.J. Stack Stack & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David A. Sapp Newman, Sapp & Davis LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S99G0931

    Subdivision developers' failure to respond to adjacent landowners' complaints regarding stormwater runoff raised a jury issue as to landowners' claim for punitive damages and attorneys'

  • Romano v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin S. Cauley, Cairo, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, Minerva S. Cansino, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1738

    Defendant voluntarily and knowingly entered his guilty pleas to two counts of murder, since he understood the charges, the possibility of rece life sentences and the rights he was wa

  • Travelers Inc. v. Patterman

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Tucker Dye, Tucker, Everitt, Long & Brewton, Augusta, C.B. Rogers, Peter W. Schneider and John J. Almond Rogers & Hardin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David E. Hudson Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, John C. Bell Jr., James L. Bentley III, Pamela S. James Bell & James, Augusta, and Barry Weprin Milberg, Weise, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, New York, NY, for appellees. Amicus appellants: Lewis E. Hassett Morris, Manning & Martin, Martin M. Wilson, Robert H. Forry Troutman Sanders, Frank C. Jones, Michael R. Powers, David J. Onorato King & Spalding, Cindy M. Swinson Cotton States Ins., Karen E. Cooper Life of Georgia, Atlanta, Joey M. Loudermilk AFLAC, Columbus, Scott J. Cipinko National Alliance of Life Cos., Rosemont, Ill., and Victoria E. Fimea American Council of Life Ins., Washington, DC.
    Case Number: S99G0530

    Under O.C.G.A. § 33-4-1 2, plaintiffs could bring their claim that insurers used deception to convert their whole life policies to term policies in any county where at least one insurer had an

  • Clark v. Head

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Michael Treadaway, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry L. Gentry and Christine C. Daniel Cobb County Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1429

    Plaintiff's contract to provide legal services to district att s child support recovery unit was unenforceable against newly-elected district att

  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Lenzer and Thomas P. Lenzer Lenzer & Lenzer, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, George F. Hutchinson III, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wesley S. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1714

    Defendant's previous arrest and imprisonment following his dispute with and assault on the v was admissible to prove his motive for murdering the v

  • Burruss v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John V. Lloyd Barr, Warner, Lloyd & Henifin, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Michael K. Dennard, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0252

    Defendant's claim that he was improperly sentenced as a recidivist was meritless since O.C.G.A. § 17-10-2 a does not apply to sentences imposed on a guilty

  • State v. Winnie

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Clarkesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy P. Healy and Nina M. Svoren, Toccoa, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2354

    Police officer had no basis for stopping defendant after observing him pull into a parking lot of a closed business at 4 a.m. absent evidence of criminal act