Zaldivar v. Prickett

Docket NumberS14G1778
Decision Date06 July 2015

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    • Georgia Court of Appeals
    • October 6, 2020
    ...819 S.E.2d 696 (punctuation omitted); accord Fields , 315 Ga. App. at 559 (1) (b) (ii) n.4, 726 S.E.2d 521.14 Zaldivar v. Prickett , 297 Ga. 589, 600 (1), 774 S.E.2d 688 (2015) (punctuation omitted); accord Johnson St. Props., LLC v. Clure , 302 Ga. 51, 58 (1) (b), 805 S.E.2d 60 (2017) ; Al......
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    • United States
    • Georgia Supreme Court
    • October 5, 2020
    ...introducing a non-exhaustive list of examples of such services.6 "A statute draws its meaning ... from its text." Zaldivar v. Prickett , 297 Ga. 589, 591, 774 S.E.2d 688 (2015) (citation and punctuation omitted). "To that end, we must afford the statutory text its plain and ordinary meaning......
  • Mobley v. State
    • United States
    • Georgia Supreme Court
    • October 21, 2019
    ...punctuation omitted). "The common and customary usages of the words are important, but so is their context." Zaldivar v. Prickett, 297 Ga. 589, 591 (1), 774 S.E.2d 688 (2015) (citation and punctuation omitted). "For context, we may look to other provisions of the same statute, the structure......
  • Six Flags Over Ga. II, L.P. v. Martin
    • United States
    • Georgia Court of Appeals
    • November 20, 2015
    ...supplied.50 Couch v. Red Roof Inns, Inc., 291 Ga. 359, 362(1), 729 S.E.2d 378 (2012) (punctuation omitted); see Zaldivar v. Prickett, 297 Ga. 589, 593, 774 S.E.2d 688 (2015) ; see also Walker v. Tensor Mach. Ltd., 298 Ga.App. 297, 779 S.E.2d 651, 2015 WL 7135149, at *6 (Ga.2015) (holding th......
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    • United States
    • Mercer University School of Law Mercer Law Reviews No. 74-2, January 2023
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    ...a single tortfeasor with many assets—such as a business—is held liable to pay damages for all of the tortfeasors' acts or omissions.107. 297 Ga. 589, 774 S.E.2d 688 (2015).108. Id. at 589-90, 774 S.E.2d at 690.109. See Zaldivar v. Prickett, 328 Ga. App. 359, 360, 762 S.E.2d 166, 167 (2014),......
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    • United States
    • Mercer University School of Law Mercer Law Reviews No. 68-1, September 2016
    • Invalid date
    ...364 (quoting Robinson, 268 Ga. at 748, 493 S.E.2d at 414).105. Id. at 165-66, 770 S.E.2d at 361.106. Id. at 168-69, 770 S.E.2d at 363.107. 297 Ga. 589, 774 S.E.2d 688 (2015). 108. Id. at 589-90, 774 S.E.2d at 690-91.109. Id. at 590, 774 S.E.2d at 691.110. Id.111. Id. at 591, 774 S.E.2d at 6......
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    • United States
    • Mercer University School of Law Mercer Law Reviews No. 73-1, September 2021
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    ...157, 741 S.E.2d 242 (2013).25. Johns, 310 Ga. at 165-66, 850 S.E.2d at 64.26. Id. at 167, 850 S.E.2d at 65; see also Zaldivar v. Prickett, 297 Ga. 589, 594, 774 S.E.2d 688, 693 (2015) (stating that O.C.G.A. §§ 55-12-33(a) and (g) "codify the doctrine of comparative negligence").27. Johns, 3......
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    • Mercer University School of Law Mercer Law Reviews No. 73-5, July 2022
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    ...311 Ga. at 821-22, 860 S.E.2d at 572 (quoting Deal v. Coleman, 294 Ga. 170, 172-73, 751 S.E.2d 337, 341 (2013)).100. Zaldivar v. Prickett, 297 Ga. 589, 591, 774 S.E.2d 688, 691 (2015) (quoting May v. State, 295 Ga. 388, 391-92, 761 S.E.2d 38 (2014)).101. Summeror, 302 Ga. at 649, 807 S.E.2d......
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