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  • Thomas-Sears v. Morris

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Bunner and C. Terry Blanton Perrie & Cole LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth A. Price, Daniel F. Diffley Alston & Bird LLP, and Charles E. Leonard, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1656

    The defendant was released from his guaranty on a note because a subsequently-executed agreement materially changed his oblig and constituted a nov

  • EHCA Dunwoody LLC v. Daniel

    Publication Date: 2006-03-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Grant and Derin B. Dickerson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brent S. Hudspeth, Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, Heber Simmons III and Chris Henderson Simmons Law Group PA, Jackson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2141

    The plaintiff developed severe interstitial cystitis IC from use of a latex catheter, which the medical center inserted into her while she was under its care, even though she informed the medical ce

  • Thompson v. Scientific Atlanta Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-10-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua A. Millican, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oscar N. Persons, Susan E. Hurd, Kelly C. Wilcove Alston & Bird, Atlanta, and Gerald Davidson Jr. Davidson & Tucker LLP, Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1447

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the shareholder's belated oral request to conduct discovery before dismissing his derivative suit pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 14-

  • September 30, 2005 |

    2nd Circuit

    eToys Bankruptcy Raises Scrutiny Of IPO Underwriters

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  • Department of Transp. v. Meadow Trace Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, R. David Syfan and Thomas L. Fitzgerald Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, T. Michael Tennant Alston & Bird, Tim Carssow and Ian Landgreen Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A1353

    A condemned parcel of property in Hall county continues to have a right of access to Highway 129, since a notation in the property's plat of "Req'd R/W & L.A.," without definition or explanation

  • Jones v. Orris

    Publication Date: 2005-07-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Koski The Koski Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sterling G. Culpepper Alston & Bird, Lori G. Cohen Greenberg Traurig LLP, Jonathan C. Peters Love & Willingham LLP, and Mary P. Tucker, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A0703

    The evidence in the record did not support the plaintiff's expert's opinion regarding the proximate cause of her inj

  • April 30, 2005 |

    U.S. Pushes For Open Legal Markets At GATS Talks

    State Bars Offer Little Support To U.S. Negotiators

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  • Killearn Partners Inc. v. Southeast Properties Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary S. Freed and William J. Piercy Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . T. Michael Tennant, A. McCampbell Gibson and Wade W. Pearson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellee: Seth G. Weissman and Ned Blumenthal Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S04G1320

    Nothing in the plain and explicit terms of the Georgia Brokerage Relationships in Real Estate Transactions Act precludes a broker from recovering under common law in the absence of a brokerage agr

  • Infrasource Inc. f/k/a Exelon Infrastructure Servs. Inc. v. Hahn Yalena Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Sawicki, Scott P. Hilson, Regina S. Molden and Leslie M. Mathis Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for Infrasource Inc. R. Randy Edwards and Drew D. Baiter Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for Hahn Yalena Corp. Other party representation: John C. Herman, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A1896, A04A1959

    There was no actionable claim of fraudulent concealment in a failed acquisition attempt of plaintiff company by defendant, since the alleged fraud occurred during the course of arms' length negotiat

  • March 31, 2005 |

    Software Copyrights Take A Backseat To Patents

    IP Consultant Wants Software Copyrights Declared Unconstitutional

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