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  • Clark v. Chapman

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Oliver, Clarkesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan M. Briskin, Byron M.G. Sanford Briskin, Cross & Sanford LLC, Alpharetta, Brett D. Turner, Dawsonville, and Alfred W.K. Chang, Dahlonega, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0914

    Because an earlier order for appellant to surrender all company stock essentially took ownership of the company out of the appellant's hands, any transfer of company assets such as land was a nullit

  • State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Staton

    Publication Date: 2009-10-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cubbedge Snow III, Thomas P. Allen III Martin Snow LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John A. Owens, J. Clinton Sumner Jr. Magruder & Sumner and David F. Guldenschuh, Rome, for appellee. Amicus Appellants: J. Marcus E. Howard Pope & Howard PC, Clyde E. Rickard III Chambers, Aholt & Rickard LLP, Atlanta, and Jarome E. Gautreaux O'Neal, Brown & Sizemore, Macon.
    Case Number: S09G0348

    The plaintiff was not a named insured and was not entitled to stack the UM coverage in his employer's insurance policies covering two vehicles that were not involved in the underlying car acc

  • Adams v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-05-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clyde E. Rickard III Chambers, Aholt & Rickard LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William M. Cheves Jr., Jane N. Wilkes Sharon W. Ware & Assocs., Kimberly A. McNamara, Russell D. Waldon Harper, Walden & Craig, Rodney S. Shockley Downey & Cleveland, Marietta, and Ryan A. Johnson Bryan M. Pulliam LLC, Covington, for appellee. Other party representation: Mathew G. Nasrallah Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah LLP, Marietta.
    Case Number: A08A2315

    The insurer was not entitled to set off the ins uninsured motorist coverage by the full $25K paid from the tortfeasor's insurance carrier, since part of the payment was used to pay off the in

  • Adams v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clyde E. Rickard III Chambers, Aholt & Rickard LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William M. Cheves Jr., Jane N. Wilkes Sharon W. Ware & Assocs., Kimberly A. McNamara, Russell D. Waldon Harper, Walden & Craig, Rodney S. Shockley Downey & Cleveland, Marietta, and Ryan A. Johnson Bryan M. Pulliam LLC, Covington, for appellee. Other party representation: Mathew G. Nasrallah Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah LLP, Marietta.
    Case Number: A08A2315

    The insurer was entitled to set off the in s uninsured motorist coverage by the full $25K paid from the tortfeasor's insurance carrier, even though part of the payment was used to pay off the i

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  • Purcell v. Kelley

    Publication Date: 2007-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Groth, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel S. Digby Daniel S. Digby & Assocs. LLC, Conyers, and Bruce R. Millar, Jonesboro, for appellees.
    Case Number: A07A0446

    The trial court erred in allowing the plaintiffs' expert to testify about the color of a traffic light at the intersection where a collision occurred, since that issue was a question that average ju

  • Dees v. Logan

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clyde E. Rickard III Chambers, Aholt & Rickard LLP, and Edward J. Bauer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edward T. McAfee Carlock, Copland, Semler & Stair, Russell D. Waldon Harper, Waldon & Craig, and Jay F. Eidex, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Matthew C. Flournoy Flournoy & Morgan LLP, Marietta.
    Case Number: A06A0929

    No portion of a workers' compensation award may be for pa suffering, so the UM insurer could not use the amount of the benefit paid to the underlying plaintiff to offset the jury's award for p

  • Goss v. Alabama Great S. R.R.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Warshauer, Bradford W. Thomas and Lyle G. Warshauer Warshauer, Thomas, Thornton & Rogers PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark E. Toth, F. Kennedy Hall, and John E. Hall IV Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, Macon, for appellee. Other party representation: James H. Wettermark Wettermark, Holland & Keith LLC, Birmingham, Ala., and Clinton J. Miller III, Cleveland, Ohio.
    Case Number: A06A0150

    A stopped rail car temporarily placed on an interchange track was "in use" for the purposes of the Safety Appliance Act, since it was loaded and merely subjected to a delay in carrying it to its des

  • Empire Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Daniels

    Publication Date: 2006-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marvin W. McGahee Brennan & Wasden, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Raymond S. Gordon Jr. and W. Jefferson Hires Gordon & Hires, Jesup, for appellees. Other party representation: William B. Johnson, Jesup, Clyde M. Urquhart, James E. Stein, St. Marys, William M. McHugh Jr. and James B. Durham Durham, McHugh & Duncan PC, Brunswick.
    Case Number: A06A0337

    The "rentee" exclusion to the commercial lines excess insurance policy at issue did not apply to the driver of a fatal 1-vehicle accident, since she drove the rental car permissibly and without payi

  • Townsend v. Lipman

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert L. Norton Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clyde E. Rickard III Chambers, Aholt & Rickard LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2062

    A factual question remained as to whether the attorney communicated an alleged $100,000 settlement offer to his client, which would allegedly entitle him to a 40-percent fee under the parties' cont