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  • Henderson v. Schklar

    Publication Date: 2010-05-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward C. Henderson Jr. Taylor English Duma LLP, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William B. Ney Schklar, Ney & Heim LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0719

    The appellants breach the parties' settlement agreement twice when they tendered a dishonored check to a third party and later failed to make a required installment pa

  • Porter v. Massarelli

    Publication Date: 2010-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig T. Jones Page Perry LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darren T. Horvath Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1955

    A police officer was not entitled to summary judgment on grounds of immunity, because the evidence raised an issue of material fact regarding whether officer acted unreasonably in shooting plaintiff

  • Atlanta Oculoplastic Surgery PC v. Nestlehutt

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan C. Peters, Melissa B. Johnson Peters & Monyak LLP, Thomas S. Carlock and Eric J. Frisch Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael B. Terry, Sarah M. Shalf Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, James D. Summerville The Bird Law Group PC, Frank A. Ilardi Houck, Ilardi & Regas LLC and Rosser A. Malone, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09A1432

    The damage cap in O.C.G.A. § 51-13-1 unconstitutionally infringed upon the right to a jury trial, because it undermined the jury's basic function as factfinder by nullifying any portion of a jury's

  • Perez v. Atlanta Check Cashers Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. Gross, Corey N. Cutter Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, Kimberly N. Martin, and Thomas F. Martin Martin & Martin LLP, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harvey S. Gray, Michael D. St. Amand Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, Robert M. Darroch, Summer J. Hughes Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP, Atlanta, and Jonathan A. Weintraub, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A2114

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying class certification to the plaintiff, because some evidence supported the trial court's determination that individual factual issues would pre

  • Humphreys v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchel D. Durham, Jimmy D. Berry, Marietta, Carl P. Greenberg Georgia Capital Defender, Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr., Atlanta, and Holly L. Geerdes Geerdes & Kim LLC, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Teresa M. Schiefer, Assistant Attorney General, and Richard A. Malone Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09P1428

    The statutory aggravating circumstance set forth under O.C.G.A. § 17-10-30 b 10 regarding murders committed for the purpose of avoiding, interfering with, or preventing lawful arrest, does not exten

  • Preval v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sheueli C. Wang Georgia Public Defender Standards Council Appellate Division, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, Alicia C. Gant and Thomas L. Williams, Assistant District Attorneys, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2384

    The state used the same 17.54 pounds of seized marijuana to prove that Preval both possessed a trafficking weight of marijuana and manufactur

  • Smith v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James D. McDade, District Attorney, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0131

    A videotape of a prior drug sale in the same motel room where Smith was arrested was admissible as part of the res gestae, since it established the defendant's connection to the room and the large a

  • November 18, 2009 |

    Homeowners and Premises Liability--Archived Article

    This article describes the standard of care a homeowner owes to invitees, licensees, and trespassers. Court cases, including some reviewing liability issues with children at play are discussed.

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  • November 18, 2009 |

    Homeowners and Premises Liability—Archived Article 2

    This article describes the standard of care a homeowner owes to invitees, licensees, and trespassers. Court cases, including some reviewing liability issues with children at play are discussed.

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  • September 30, 2009 |

    Come Together

    Companies slowly warm to new U.K. procedure for cross-border mergers.

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