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  • Bartelt v. Convergence.com Corp.

    Publication Date: 2007-11-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen P. Fuller Davidson & Fuller, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Peter Q. Bassett and Kelly C. Wilcove Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A07A1361

    The term costs does not include deposition costs for purposes of those costs assessed against a losing party in a civil matter under O.C.G.A. § § 9-11-54 d and 9-

  • Lincoln Elec. Co. v. Gaither

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall J. Butterfield King & Spalding, Jennifer G. Cooper Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Anthony L. Cochran Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, C. Wilson DuBose Winkler & DuBose, Madison, and Mary Parsons Fulkerson, Feder & Wollam LLP, Houston,Texas, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John D. Steel Matthews & Steel, Atlanta, Brian H. Barr Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor PA, Pensacola, Fla., Grant Kaiser The Kaiser Firm, John E. Williams Jr. Williams Baily Law Firm, Houston, Texas, and Walter Umphrey Provost Umphrey Law Firm, Beaumont, Texas, for appellees. Other party representation: James L. Hollis Balch & Bingham LLP, Charles B. Marsh, Kenneth M. Barre Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, John M. Hawkins Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Robert B. Hocutt Nall & Miller, Robert C. Buck Childers, Buck & Schlueter LLP, Stevan A. Miller Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP, Charles J. Cole Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, C. Ronald Ellington, Athens, and Mikal Watts The Watts Law Firm LLP, Corpus Christi, Texas.

    Case Number: A07A0177

    The claims of over 350 plaintiffs in ten law suits against defendant electric companies' for their alleged injures as the result of exposure to welding fumes were improperly joined under O.C.G.A. §

  • Lincoln Elec. Co. v. Gaither

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall J. Butterfield King & Spalding, Jennifer G. Cooper Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Anthony L. Cochran Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, C. Wilson DuBose Winkler & DuBose, Madison, and Mary Parsons Fulkerson, Feder & Wollam LLP, Houston, Texas, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John D. Steel Matthews & Steel, Atlanta, Brian H. Barr Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor PA, Pensacola, Fla., Grant Kaiser The Kaiser Firm, John E. Williams Jr. Williams Baily Law Firm, Houston, Texas, and Walter Umphrey Provost Umphrey Law Firm, Beaumont, Texas, for appellees. Other party representation: James L. Hollis Balch & Bingham LLP, Charles B. Marsh, Kenneth M. Barre Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, John M. Hawkins Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Robert B. Hocutt Nall & Miller, Robert C. Buck Childers, Buck & Schlueter LLP, Stevan A. Miller Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP, Charles J. Cole Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, C. Ronald Ellington, Athens, and Mikal Watts The Watts Law Firm LLP, Corpus Christi, Texas.

    Case Number: A07A0177

    The claims of over 350 plaintiffs in ten law suits against defendant electric companies' for their alleged injures as the result of exposure to welding fumes were improperly joined under O.C.G.A. §

  • Kay-Lex Co. v. Essex Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. Bahr Mason Bahr LLP, Atlanta, for Kay-Lex Co. Gerald L. Mize Jr., Stephen L. Bracy Alston & Bird, Frederick M Valz III, Ambadas B. Joshi Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Hezekiah Sistrunk Jr. and Kenneth R. Lester Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Sistrunk PC, Atlanta, for Essex Ins. Co. and others. Robert B. Wedge and Jason A. Cooper Shapiro Fussell, Wedge & Martin LLP, Atlanta, for Sysco Food Servs. of Atlanta LLC. Other party representation: Michael J. Goldman Hawkins & Parnell, and Bruce A. Taylor Jr. Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A0791; A07A0792

    Appellants' notice to their insurers 12 months after fatal forklift accident occurred was untimely, since the policies clearly required notice as soon as practicable after the occurrence resulting i

  • Simon Property Group v. Benson

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca M. Lamberth, John L. Coalson Jr., Colin K. Kelly, Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Charles C. Clay, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John F. Salter Jr., Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, and Gary J. Toman Nations, Toman, Nutter & McKnight LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A05A2256

    The Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act DUPA, OCGA § 44-12-190 et seq., did not apply to the plaintiffs' claims for damages resulting from dormancy fees and expiration dates associated with shoppi

  • In the Interest of H. S.

    Publication Date: 2007-06-29
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie E. Snow Whitehurst, Blackburn, Warren & Kelley, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth D. Steele Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Andrew W. Clark, Thomasville, and Bonnie R. Spears, Moultrie, for appellee.

    Case Number: A07A0810

    Clear and convincing evidence did not show that the 9-year-old child's father was

  • Porex Corp. v. Haldopolous

    Publication Date: 2007-04-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin J. Elgison, John E. Stephenson Jr. and David S. Givelber Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emmet J. Bondurant, Edward B. Krugman, Ronan P. Doherty Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: William H. Kitchens Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A06A1650

    A plaintiff's mere suspicion of defendant's alleged misappropriation more than 5 years prior to a claim, did not time bar plaintiff's misappropriation of trade secrets claim as a matter o

  • McArthur Elec. Inc. v. Cobb County Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. Ritchie, Roswell, G. Phillip Beggs Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta, and Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: John K. Wells and Clement C. Doyle Brock, Clay & Calhoun PC, Marietta, for appellee. Amicus appellee: John I. Spangler III, Jeffrey A. Belkin, J. Andrew Howard and John S. Ducat III Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S07A0309

    A subcontractor had an adequate remedy at law in the form of an action on the general contractor's payment