The Georgia Department of Natural Resources issued an administrative order revoking a Solid Waste Handling Permit and a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit (“NPDES Permit”) issued to Wilbros, LLC, a commercial recycling and composting operation, for alleged violations of Georgia law, solid waste management and water quality control regulations, and the terms of a […]
Transcripts from a deposition in a prior medical malpractice lawsuit involving the same facts giving rise to the Georgia Composite Medical Board’s disciplinary action against Respondent, a surgeon, were admissible under a hearsay exception because the Board demonstrated that the witnesses were unavailable and Respondent had opportunity and similar motive to develop the deponents’ testimony
After exchanging witness lists, the parties filed various motions seeking to exclude the testimony of various witnesses at the evidentiary hearing, citing evidentiary law governing relevance and expert and lay witness testimony. In response, the Court issued an order outlining the general rules that would govern the admissibility of testimony at the hearing, which forbade
The State of Florida suspended Petitioner’s hunting, fishing, and trapping privileges. Both Georgia and Florida are members of the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact (the Compact). Because member states are required by the Compact to treat a suspension “as if it had occurred in their state,” Petitioner’s hunting, trapping, and fishing privileges were likewise suspended in
The arresting officer obtained an additional state-administered chemical test in response to a DUI suspect’s invocation of her right to an independent test. Provision of the second state-administered test was insufficient to meet the statutory requirement that the arresting officer make efforts to accommodate the DUI suspect’s request for a test administered by qualified personnel
The results of a breathalyzer test obtained from an educator who came to school intoxicated were not admissible in the determination of the appropriateness of her sanction. Because the technician who administered the test did not testify at the evidentiary hearing, inclusion of the test results would deny her the right to confront and cross-examine
Unsupported breathalyzer test results not considered in appropriateness of sanction. Read More
