State Court of Appeals / Ga. Ct. App.

Benefield v. Tominich

Decided March 22, 2011. Stephen Louis A. Dillard wrote the opinion for the court.

708 S.E.2d 563 · Cited 71 times

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Shepard v. Winn Dixie Stores, Inc. · 527 S.E.2d 36
Straughter v. J. H. Harvey Company, Inc. · 500 S.E.2d 353
Davis v. Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc. · 587 S.E.2d 279
Robinson v. Kroger Co. · 493 S.E.2d 403
Crook v. RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc. · 570 S.E.2d 584
Alterman Foods, Inc. v. Ligon · 272 S.E.2d 327
Valentin v. Six Flags Over Georgia, L.P. · 649 S.E.2d 809
McCaskill v. Carillo · 589 S.E.2d 582
Gibson v. Halpern Enterprises · 655 S.E.2d 624
Whatley v. National Services Industry, Inc. · 492 S.E.2d 343
Mairs v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC. · 694 S.E.2d 129
Quarles v. Georgia Service Systems, LLC · 588 S.E.2d 338
Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins · 405 S.E.2d 474
Cowart v. Widener · 697 S.E.2d 779
American Multi-Cinema, Inc. v. Brown · 679 S.E.2d 25
Etkind v. Suarez · 519 S.E.2d 210
J. H. Harvey Co. v. Reddick · 522 S.E.2d 749
Ingles Markets, Inc. v. Martin · 236 Ga. App. 810
Jones v. Krystal Co. · 498 S.E.2d 565
Blanton v. Duru · 543 S.E.2d 448
Bolton v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · 570 S.E.2d 643
Washington v. J. D. Royer Wholesale Florist · 620 S.E.2d 626
Blocker v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · 287 Ga. App. 588
Carter v. State · 395 S.E.2d 891
Partridge v. State · 218 Ga. App. 580

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