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  • Johnson v. Omondi

    Publication Date: 2012-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Sampson Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Patterson, and Keith Lindsay Edmond & Lindsay LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jeffrey Braintwain and Michael Frankson Huff Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Joshua Becker Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Curiae: Simuel Doster and Hunter Allen Allen McCain & O'Mahoney PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A1347

    The evidence indisputably showed that the plaintiffs could not prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant doctor failed to exercise even slight care in treating their son, now decease

  • Ankerich v. Savko; Savko v. Ankerich

    Publication Date: 2012-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A12A0974; A12A0975

    Neither the officer's activation of the patrol car's blue lights nor the utilization of the vehicle as a physical barrier to alert motorists to use caution while the officer directed traffic constit

  • November 26, 2012 |

    Feared Foes

    BTI Consulting Group recently asked 240 in-house lawyers which law firms they most fear to see on the other side of the courtroom as opposing counsel in…

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  • Marsh v. Clarke Cnty. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Thomas II Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay D. Bennett, Nowell D. Berreth Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Terrell W. Benton Jr. Hall Booth Smith & Slover PC, Athens, for appellees.
    Case Number: S12A1568

    The trial court properly denied the writ of mandamus seeking the return of excess proceeds collected pursuant to an educational sales and use tax approved by referendum, as the plaintiff taxpayer fa

  • Meadow Springs Recovery LLC v. Wofford; Wofford v. Meadow Springs Recovery LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
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    Case Number: A12A1432; A12A1433

    The plaintiffs' claims against a law firm fell within the purview of the abusive litigation statute, under which the plaintiffs should have brought the claims, thus the exclusivity provisions of OCG

  • October 29, 2012 |

    ‘Suicide While Sane’ Means Death Was Not an Accident, Court Rules

    After an insured committed suicide, his widow received $2.5 million of life insurance benefits. The insurer, however, declined to pay an additional $1…

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  • Kovacs v. Cornerstone Nat'l Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Sanders, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Darneille Crim & Bassler LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Joshua Lockhart and Michelle Lockhart, Savannah, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A12A0821

    The automobile insurer was not required to provide coverage in the underlying injury suit, which arose after the insured's son hit a pedestrian in a covered vehicle, as the policy's unlisted househo

  • In the Interest of E. E. B. W.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monica Hanrahan Hanrahan Freitag Family Law LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth Williamson Attorney General's Office, Lytia Brown Brown Geiger & Associates, and Suparna Joshi John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Elizabeth Price Alston & Bird, Lashawn Mikell Office of the Child Advocate, Ruth Claiborne Claiborne & Surmay PC, Jean Kutner, Atlanta, and Joseph Rosen, Roswell.
    Case Number: A12A1468

    The juvenile court properly exercised subject matter jurisdiction over the termination of adoptive parents' parental rights of a minor child born in and a citizen of Zambia, who lived in Fulton Coun

  • September 23, 2012 |

    Video slideshow: 2012 Transformative Leadership Award winners

    One-on-one interviews with this year's winners

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  • September 23, 2012 |

    Q&A: Lawrie Demorest, Rainmaker Award

    The Alston & Bird partner discusses her personal journey in the legal profession

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