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  • Hutcherson v. Obstetric & Gynecologic Assocs. of Columbus PC

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal H. Howard, Joann B. Williams and William D. James Neal H. Howard PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert C. Martin Jr. Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, Columbus, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2329

    The doctor's statement attributing the death of plaintiff's wife to a heart murmur, rather than cardiomyopathy, was insufficient evidence of fraud to raise a jury question on whether the doctor coul

  • Palmer v. Bertrand

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip T. Raymond III, Susan D. Raymond Shaffer, Raymond & Dalton, and Thomas F. Bohan, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Strauss and Bradley G. Pyles Westmoreland, Patterson & Moseley, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1550

    Georgia's paternity statutes do not violate equal prote

  • Rose v. Cain

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William S. Hardman, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brett D. Turner Turner & Willis PC, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2580

    Defendant who attempted to foreclosure on a fraudulent security deed was not entitled to a directed verdict on the plaintiff's fraud

  • Sequoia Residential Roofing Inc. v. Hanlake I LP

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas W. Smith and Nicholas M. Hollander Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rex M. Lamb III, Edward D. Burch Jr. Smith, Gambrell & Russell and Randolph W. Carter, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0016

    Plaintiff was not entitled to summary judgment on its claim that defendant negligently performed a roofing contract because there was some evidence that plaintiff assumed the risk of damage to its r

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael L. Edwards Quillian, Loncon & Edwards and Diane M. McLeod, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, Gregory M. McConnell, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1428

    Evidence that defendant shot an unarmed man several hours after he discovered the man had been visiting his wife was admissible to show his motive and intent in shooting the victim who was hassling

  • Frazier v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Luana K. Walsh, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and George W. K. Snyder Jr., Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1934

    Defendant waived his argument regarding the prosecutor's improper closing comment on his failure to contact police because defendant did not object to the comment at

  • Whitehill v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard D. Wilson, Riverdale, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, and Maria B. Golick, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2324

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for burglary and aggravated assault with intent to rape because the victim testified that the defendant forced his way into her employer's house, p

  • Duke v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer F. Snyder-Surges, DeKalb County Public Defender, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, and Yolanda K. Johnson, Assistant Solicitor, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2377

    The arresting officers lacked probable cause to stop a rental van based on a radio lookout from undercover officers who did not observe any criminal act

  • Carreker v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Wadkins, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: John G. Conger, District Attorney, Mark C. post, Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Tammie J. Philbrick, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0001

    The trial court properly charged on mutual combat since the jury could have found from the evidence that the defendant and the victim intended to resolve their difference by fighting with deadly we

  • Smith v. Nasserazad

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott R. King, Slater, King & Gross, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terrence L. Croft King & Croft, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Robert P. Witcher Morriss & Witcher and Joseph H. King Jr., Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A2541

    The unreported non-precedential decisions of the Court of Appeals may be used to prove collateral estoppel in a subsequent case between the parties or their pr