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  • City of Atlanta v. Mitcham

    Publication Date: 2015-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cathy Hampton, City Attorney, and Laura S. Burton City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Amicus Appellant: Joseph D. McGovern Dubberly McGovern, Glennville, Richard K. Strickland, and Paul M. Scott Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter, Brunswick. Charles H. McAleer The McAleer Law Firm PC, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14G0619

    Sovereign immunity barred the plaintiff's negligence claims against the defendant city and its chief of police based on the failure to provide medical care while he was in cu

  • Stubblefield v. Stubblefield

    Publication Date: 2015-02-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Polly Stubblefield and Holly Stubblefield, Lakewood Ranch, Fla., proceeded pro se. Allen S. Willingham and Thomas F. Wamsley Jr. Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Ariel D. Zion Bloom Sugarman Everett, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S14A1908; S14A1910

    The Florida-resident defendants were subject to personal jurisdiction in Ge under the Long-Arm Statute, as the plaintiffs' claims were related directly to the defendants' purposeful acts in Ge

  • Guerrero v. Guerrero

    Publication Date: 2015-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance N. Owen Johnston Owen Bullard LLP, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth G. Lawrence Fears Lawrence Turner PC, Jackson, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14F1754

    The husband was entitled to a new trial following the entry of a final decree granting his wife's comp for divorce, as he was not properly served with the summons and comp

  • Rhodes v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-01-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ron C. Rhodes, Pelham, proceeded pro se. K. David Cooke Jr., District Attorney, Dorothy V. Hull, Assistant District Attorney, Macon, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ryan A. Kolb, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S14A1522

    The defendant's claim that his guilty plea was not freely entered was not a proper ground for an out-of-time appeal, as its resolution required evidence that was not part of the plea trans

  • Rivers v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Rasnick, Luthersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1411

    The defendant admitted that he was selling crack cocaine on the night he punched the victim, causing him to fall and hit his head on a concrete step, which later led to the victim's

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  • Rouse v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Tarleton and James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia A. F. Slater, District Attorney, Robert B. Bickerstaff II, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Columbus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Christian A. Fuller, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1165

    The trial court improperly expressed or intimated its opinion that venue had been established or was not in dispute, thus the defendant was entitled to a new trial under O.C.G.A. § 17

  • Parker v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Dunn Jr., Public Defender, LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh E. Patterson, District Attorney, Natalee L. Staats, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Jason M. Rea, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A0887

    The evidence supported a former police officer's convictions for malice murder and related crimes in connection with the disappearance of his estranged

  • McNair v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy L. Eidson Office of the Georgia Capital Defender, Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Vaughn, District Attorney, Lauren C. S. Finley District Attorney's Office, Eastman, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A0762

    The jury was authorized to conclude that the provocation the defendant claimed—that his wife was getting dressed to go see another man when he struck her several times in the head with a hammer—was

  • Crane Composites Inc. v. Wayne Farms LLC

    Publication Date: 2014-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward M. Newsom Miller & Martin PLLC, and Robert B. Wedge Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Nels S. D. Peterson Attorney General's Office, Jessica E. Sabbath, William L. Durham II King & Spalding LLP, Steven G. Hall Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Jefferson C. McConnaughey, Michael A. McKenzie Cozen O'Connor, Atlanta, and Hobart M. Hind Jr. Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, Tampa, Fla., for appellees. Other party representation: A. Gregory Poole, Marietta.
    Case Number: S14A1680

    The offer of settlement statute can be applied to a negligence action when the injury occurred prior to the effective of the statute but the action was filed after that

  • Kipp v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis A. Williams Public Defender's Office, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Kelley M. Robertson, Assistant District Attorney, Gainesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1248

    The modified merger rule of Edge v. State, 261 Ga. 865 1992, which precludes a felony murder conviction where it would prevent an otherwise warranted verdict of voluntary manslaughter, does not exte