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  • Vaughters v. Outlaw

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A1829

    An award of attorneys' fees under O.C.G.A. § 13-1-11 a was inapplicable to the plaintiff's suit to collect on an unpaid bill for her legal representation of the defendant, since the p

  • Sawhill v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    Case Number: A08A0773

    The defendant, who is not a licensed attorney, held himself out to a probat and his probation officer as being entitled to practice law and by furnishing legal services and advice to the probat

  • Energy & Process Corp. v. Jim Dally and Assocs. Inc. d/b/a Standard Resistance Welder Co.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A08A0201

    The voluntary payment doctrine did not apply to the plaintiff's tender of a partial payment of the final cost for the contracted-for finished products while the contract was still executory, si

  • Georgia Kidney and Hypertension Specialists Inc. v. Fresenius USA Marketing Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0001

    The trial judge did not err in denying the defendant's motion to recuse, on the basis that the trial judge's daughter provided contractual legal services to plaintiff's counsel, since t

  • English v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-11-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Franklin J. Hogue Hogue & Hogue, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph F. Burford Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Ga., Atlanta, Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, Jackson, and J. David Fowler, Assistant District Attorney, Smyrna, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A1351

    The state failed to show that the stolen washer and dryer that the defendant received from his brother had a value exceeding $500.

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  • Wyatt v. House

    Publication Date: 2007-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexander J. Repasky, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Natalie M. Smith Sharon Ware & Assocs. and Richard L. Ormand, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A1022

    The plaintiff's service by publication was invalid in her injury suit, since the plaintiff did not offer any facts showing that the defendant had knowledge of the complaint or had wilfully evaded se

  • Slone v. Myers

    Publication Date: 2007-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Slone and Sonja Ebron, St. Petersburg, Fla., proceeded pro se. Ned Blumenthal, Laura S. Morris Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta, Martin C. Jones, Allen W. Bodiford, Stockbridge, and William S. Dominy, Decatur, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A07A1089; A07A1406; A07A2274

    The trial court erred in awarding attorneys' fees under O.C.G.A. § 9-15-14 b in the absence of evidentiary he

  • Fulton County v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-10-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie J. Lovett Jr., Overtis H. Brantley, Marina K. Duncan and Coy J. Johnson Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Assistant District Attorney, Gary Parker Public Defender Standards Council, Robert B. Remar, Thomas J. Mew IV Rogers & Hardin, Atlanta, Robert L. McGlasson McGlasson & Assocs. PC, Decatur, Henderson Hill and Jacob H. Sussman Ferguson, Stein, Chambers, Gresham & Sumter, Charlotte, NC, for appellee. Amicus appellant: James F. Grubiak, Kemuel A. Kimbrough, Atlanta, and Jeff S. Akins Bullock County Bd. of Comm'rs, Statesboro.
    Case Number: S07A1149

    O.C.G.A. § 15-6-24, which calls for a county to pay itemized expenses ordinarily incurred in a courtroom proceeding, does not expressly authorize the costs of transcribing telephone conversations at

  • Stubbs v. Pickle

    Publication Date: 2007-08-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Phillips Phillips & Kitchings, Ludowici, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Julian H. Toporek, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A1527

    A legal services corporation was not required to answer the plaintiff's amended complaint adding it as a defendant, absent a court order requiring a responsive ple

  • Mitsubishi Motors Credit of Amer. Inc. v. Sheridan

    Publication Date: 2007-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Burleigh L. Singleton Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald L. Cundy Rumsey & Ramsey, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: James R. Doyle II and Ashley S. Harris Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A07A0384

    The defendant successfully set aside the foreclosure of a vehicle for lack of notice, so the foreclosure judgment was void and the subsequent buyers could not establish ownership, which was fatal t