Sangster v. Dujinski

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reversing denial of motion for new trial, concluding that “[u]nder the extreme circumstances of this case,” the 15 trial court should have granted a mistrial; plaintiff’s counsel repeatedly referred to forbidden matters throughout opening statements, the trial, and closing arguments
• plaintiff’s attorney improperly claimed that defendant’s wife had battered wife syndrome and repeatedly discussed facts not in evidence concerning defendant’s prior criminal matters
• in personal injury action attorney improperly claimed that defendant’s wife had “battered wife syndrome” and discussed defendant’s prior criminal matters
• plaintiffs verdict reversed where throughout trial plaintiffs counsel had persistently argued facts not in evidence and repeatedly referred to matters forbidden by court order concerning defendant’s conduct on earlier unrelated occasions
• trial court neither rebuked counsel nor issued a curative instruction
• argument of counsel is not evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Georgia Department of Corrections v. Couch
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-15· cited 20×
• Vega v. La Movida, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-30· cited 19×
• State v. Gillaspy
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-10-19· cited 11×
• Sterling Tyrone Brown, Sr., as Surviving Spouse v. Southeastern Pain Specialists, P.C.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-11-18· cited 9×
• Universal Management Concepts, Inc. v. Noferi
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-10-28· cited 8×
• Kilday v. Kennestone Physicians Center, L.P.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-20· cited 4×
• Michael E. Haskins v. Georgia Neurosurgical Institute, P.C.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-07-13
• TAMICA E. WHITE v. AMY MCGOUIRK
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2024-01-11
• Chittranjan Thakkar v. Naresh Parikh
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-06-05

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Metts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-02-08· cited 63×
• Salmon v. Salmon
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1967-02-23· cited 21×
• McEachern v. McEachern
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-06-08· cited 20×
• All Risk Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-03-17· cited 15×
• Stoner v. Eden
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-02-26· cited 10×
• Adams v. Camp Harmony Assn.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-01-26· cited 6×
• Urban Medical Hospital, Inc. v. Seay
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-06-25· cited 6×
• Central of Georgia Railroad v. Howard
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-02-26· cited 5×