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  • Georgia Dep't of Revenue v. Trawick Constr. Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Lourdes Gonzalez, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert G. Brazier and Michael S. Evans Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Timothy J. Peaden Alston & Bird, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A08A2323

    The gain from a sale of one company to another was excluded from Georgia taxable income, because O.C.G.A. § 48-7-21 applies only to elections made by corporate tax payers and the § 338 h 10 electio

  • Oglethorpe Power Corp. v. Forrister

    Publication Date: 2011-06-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Natalie M. C. Beasman Balch & Bingham LLP, placeCityAtlantaGregory M. Cole Autry, Horton & Cole LLP, Tucker, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, for appellants. Jason B. Sanker, Michael D. McRae and Robert T. Monroe McRae, Stegall, Peek, Harman, Smith & Manning LLP, Cedartown, for appellees. Amicus appellants: Charles T. Autry, Roland F. L. Hall Autry, Horton & Cole, Tucker, Kristin H. Dial, Steven T. Minor Tisinger Vance PC, CityCarrolltonPeter M. Degnan and Jonathan E. Wells Alston & Bird LLP, placeCityAtlanta
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    Case Number: S10G1244

    Because the noise emanating from the exhaust stacks resulted from the essential method of the power plant's operation, the neighbors were limited to filing one cause of action for the recovery of p

  • Andrade v. Grady Mem'l Hosp. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lindsay R. Jones, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bernard Taylor and Sean A. Simmons Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1869

    The plaintiffs failed to state a claim that a hospital violated a duty of care not to wrongfully abandon the medical tre it provided them because their complaint failed to allege that their tr

  • Muscogee County Bd. of Tax Assessors v. Pace Indus. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis C. Hargrove and Kirsten C. Stevenson Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford PC, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary T. Benton and Timothy J. Peaden Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1856

    The freeport exemption did not apply to a company's inventory in Georgia because the company was not holding the inventory for final shipment outside of the

  • MCG Health Inc. v. Owners Ins.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Allgood Enterprise Mill, David E. Hudson and Christopher A. Cosper Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael C. Kendall Talley, French & Kendall PC, Douglasville, Sam G. Nicholson, Harry D. Revell Nicholson Revell LLP, David B. Bell, Bell & Bell Assocs., John C. Bell Jr. and Pamela S. James Bell & Brigham, Augusta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Donna P. Bergson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Appellee: John D. Hadden Turkheimer & Hadden LLC, Atlanta, and Jason L. Crawford Daughtery, Crawford, Fuller & Brown LLP, Columbus.
    Case Number: S10G1142

    The statutory and regulatory scheme governing TRICARE does not provide any basis for allowing contracting civilian healthcare providers to collect their treatment costs from a third-party tortfeasor/

  • Muscogee County Bd. of Tax Assessors v. Pace Indus. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis C. Hargrove and Kirsten C. Stevenson Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary T. Benton and Timothy J. Peaden Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1856

    The freeport exemption did not apply to a company's inventory in Georgia because the company was not holding the inventory for final shipment outside of the

  • Atlantic Station LLC v. Vratsinas Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael H. Shanlever and John I. Spangler III Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kent P. Smith and Stephen G. Joy Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1134

    The appellant waived its right to stay arbitration in a dispute over $4.5M in invoices rendered from 1999-2004 in connection with development consulting services provided in connection with the cons

  • Alston & Bird LLP v. Mellon Ventures II LP

    Publication Date: 2010-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Curvin and Amy K. Averill Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, and Edward D. Tolley, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edwin J. Schklar, J. James Johnson, William B. Ney, Magdalena M. Heim and Michael R. Peacock Schklar, Ney & Heim LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A1563

    The trial court properly denied appellants' motion for summary judgment because the arguments therein hinged primarily on the depositions and affidavit of a manager whose credibility appellees vigor

  • Atlantic Station LLC v. Vratsinas Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-11-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael H. Shanlever and John I. Spangler III Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kent P. Smith and Stephen G. Joy Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1134

    The appellant waived its right to stay arbitration in a dispute over $4.5M in invoices rendered from 1999-2004 in connection with development consulting services provided in connection with the cons

  • Kappelmeier v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am.

    Publication Date: 2010-09-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gottfried A. Kappelmeier, Duluth, proceeded pro se. Ryan J. Lewis Alston & Bird LLP, Kenton J. Coppage Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Atlanta, Michael P. Johnson McMickle, Kurey & Branch LLP, Alpharetta, and Sandra D. Hauser Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, New York, NY, for appellant.
    for defendant: .
    Case Number: A10A1341

    Appellant's purposeful omission from the record on appeal of all documents filed by appellee relating to its motion for summary judgment rendered a de novo review impos