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  • CertainTeed Corp. v. Fletcher

    Publication Date: 2016-12-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erin E. Shofner, David C. Marshall Hawkins Parnell Thackston Young LLP, and Michael K. Wolensky Schiff Hardin LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: William V. Custer IV, Edwin M. Cook Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta, Leonard Searcy II Shook, Hardy Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, Mark Behrens, and Cary Silverman Shook, Hardy Bacon LLP,Washington, DC. Robert C. Buck and Juliana Y. Sleeper Buck Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15G1903

    Manufacturer of asbestos-containing cement water pipe had no duty to warn daughter of man who worked with those pipes about the possible hazards associated with inhaling asbestos dust from its pro

  • Sheard v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Charles H. Frier, Atlanta. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Peggy A. Katz, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Meghan H. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1291

    Defendant was entitled to a new because portions of his transcript were missing, which prevented adequate appellate review of his murder

  • West v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason R. Clark, Brunswick, and Mark W. Bennett Bennett Bennett, Houston, TX, for appellant.
    for defendant: Maria S. Lugue, Solicitor General, Brunswick, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Sherry Boston, Solicitor General, and Wystan Getz, Assistant Solicitor General, Decatur.
    Case Number: S16A1369

    The Supreme Court held that O.C.G.A. § 20-2-1182, which criminalizes upbraiding, insulting, or abusing a public school teacher, administrator or bus driver in the presence of a pupil while on the p

  • Bradshaw v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell R. Adams Public Defender's Office, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen A. Bradley, District Attorney, Milledgeville, Jean G. Mangan, Assistant District Attorney, Greensboro, Tuttle W. Barksdale III District Attorney's Office, Gray, 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: S16A1070

    The record supported the trial court's findings that defendant made his statements to law enforcement freely and voluntarily, and the trial court did not err in admitting into evidence defendant's c

  • Reliance Equities v. Lanier 5

    Publication Date: 2016-11-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samantha L. Murray Busch, Slipakoff Schuh LLP, Atlanta, and Christopher M. Porterfield Diment Porterfield LLP, Carrollton, for Reliance Equities. Adam C. Caskey, Atlanta, for Whitney. Amicus Appellant in Case No. S16A1014: John A. B. Ayoub, Carolina D. Bryant Ayoub Mansour LLC, Bradley A. Hutchins, Allison C. Jett Weissman Nowack Curry Wilco PC, John E. Ramsey III, Alice S. McQuade The McDeer Firm, Atlanta, and S. Andrew Shuping Jr. Shuping, Morse Ross LLP, Riverdale. Kerry S. Doolittle, Watkinsville, for Lanier 5. Amicus Curiae in Case No. S16A1013: Sam G. Dickson, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A1013; S16A1014

    Because appellant attempted to redeem the foreclosed property before appellee complied with O.C.G.A. § 48-4-45 subsection a 3, publication in the newspaper in the county in which the property was l

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    Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania, Second Edition

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  • Garibay v. Terry

    Publication Date: 2016-10-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jesus Garibay, Helena, proceeded pro se. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A0824

    The habeas court erred in dismissing the defendant's habeas petition for failure to prosecute, since the habeas court had orally denied the petition at an earlier hearing and all that remained in th

  • Leslie v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-09-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas D. Leslie, Reidsville, proceeded pro se. Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A0992

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's "Motion to Void Illegal Sentence," which the trial court properly construed as a motion to withdraw a guilty plea, because the defendant untimely file

  • McClendon v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-09-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charita H. Demps, Atlanta, for McClendon. Kevin A. Anderson Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for Burks. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Arthur C. Walton, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Mary C. Greaber Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for State.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A0699; S16A0700

    The trial court erred during sentencing when it failed to recognize that the defendants' felony murder verdicts did not "merge" into their malice murder convictions, but rather, were vacated by oper

  • Scott v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cris E. Schneider The Schneider Law Firm, Savannah, Jason R. Clark, Brunswick, and Mark W. Bennett Bennett Bennett, Houston, TX, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn L. Johnson, District Attorney, Katie M. Udy District Attorney's Office, Woodbine, Andrew J. Ekonomou District Attorney's Office, Brunswick, and Jay A. Sekulow, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Elizabeth B. Hodges Cohen, Pollock, Merlin Small PC, Brittany Conklin Civil Lawyers Against World Sex-Slavery, Atlanta, Danielle Bianculli, and Patrick A. Trueman National Center on Sexual Exploitation, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: S16A0323

    The Supreme Court determined that O.C.G.A. § 16-12-100.2 subsection e of the Computer or Electronic Pornography and Child Exploitation Prevention Act, which criminalizes obscene Internet contact wit

  • Propst v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla H. Zon, District Attorney, Covington, Walter C. Howard, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0275

    The evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's convictions for robbery and related offenses arising after he and an accomplice attempted to rob a drug d