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  • Lovell v. Georgia Trust Bank

    Publication Date: 2012-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherri Buda and Simon Bloom The Bloom Sugarman Everett LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Durdaller and Amy Weber Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1234

    The documents, which the defendant sought to compel in this suit to recover the principal and interest due on a promissory note, were inadmissible under the parol evidence rule, since the plaintiff

  • Choate Constr. Co. v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reginald Williamson Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Jones, Chad Reed, and Nicole Burgess Busch & Reed, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Henry Quillian Taylor English Duma LLP, Brenda Orrison Porter & Barrett, Atlanta, and Thaddeus Dedmon, Jasper, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A12A1045

    A question remained as to whether a subcontractor and another named company were the same business entity for the purpose of bonds on a subcontract to perform work for the construction of fraternity

  • In re Estate of Johnston

    Publication Date: 2012-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lacrecia G. Cade Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William B. Hill Jr., Lawanda L. Nowlin Ashe Rafuse & Hill LLP, and Roger A. Kirschenbaum, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0995

    T ate's administrator failed to comply with O.C.G.A. § 53-7-50 b 1's notice provision, and the probate court failed to hold a hearing before concluding that the appellant was not a creditor of

  • November 5, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    July 2012 Bar Pass List

    AARON-COOPER, MELISSA VANESSAABAEV, NISSIM ABBOTT, CHRISTOPHER JOHNABBOTT, MAXWELL ROLLERABBOTT III, CHARLES LINCOLNABDEL-ALEEM, YUSSUF SALAHABDEL-RAHMAN,

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  • Lopez-Jiminez v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Crosby, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, District Attorney, and Michael Morrison, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1473

    Defense counsel was not deficient for failing to raise a futile motion to suppress methamphetamine and related evidence, which officers seized from the defendant's residence pursuant to a valid sear

  • Brathwaite v. Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew C. Billips Billips & Benjamin LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randy C. Gepp Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, and Mary J. Huber, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A0165

    The plaintiff alleged facts in her amended complaint, which, if true, would support her claim that her former supervisor tortuously interfered with her employment contract during a time when she was

  • Ref Dev. Inc. v. First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-07-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin L. Ward and Andrea L. Pawlak Schulten Ward & Turner LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sean R. Smith and Jason R. Curles Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0191

    The trial court properly weighed the testimony of one expert witness over another in finding that a foreclosed property sold for at least its fair market

  • Angel Bus. Catalysts LLC v. Bank of the Ozarks

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Robl and Erin Lerner Spears & Robl Law Firm, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Richard and Amy Weber Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0343

    The creditor's supporting documents were admissible as business records and the creditor sufficiently established the debts each individual guarantor

  • Wright v. Apartment Inv. & Management Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Sullivan Taylor English Duma LLP, and Louis R. Cohan Cohan Law Group LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John P. Hutchins, Christopher A. Wiech, Puja R. Patel Troutman Sanders LLP, and Robert M. Sneed Jr. McConnell Sneed & Cohen LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A2227

    The trial court erred in denying the defendants' motion for j.n.o.v. as to the plaintiff wholly-owned subsidiary, since no evidence showed that this pass-through entity suffered losses or was otherw

  • Tampa Inv. Group Inc. v. Branch Banking and Trust Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Dalbey, John K. Larkins Jr. Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever LLP, Eugenia W. Iredale and Steven M. Kushner Fellows LaBriola LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jennifer B. Moore, Mark G. Trigg and Lee B. Hart Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11G1728; S11G1729

    Although the guaranties at issue did not individually and specifically identify the debt guaranteed, the plain meaning of their language showed that the obligations had no temporal limitation and ap