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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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  • Haralson v. John Deere Co.

    Publication Date: 2005-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Kelley Kitchens, Kelley, Gaynes PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Candace N. Smith and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0583

    A signature, together with the terms "undersigned" and "Guarantors" sufficiently identified the defendant as the guarantor and satisfied the writing requirement of O.C.G.A. § 13-5

  • Flowers v. Union Carbide Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian H. Hartley Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman LLC, Charleston, S.C., and Clinton W. Sitton Jones, Martin, Parris & Tessener, Raleigh, N.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Bruce Welch Hawkins & Parnell, Sara S. Turnipseed Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Dow N. Kirkpatrick II and Elizabeth A. Price Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1854

    The trial court properly excluded deposition testimony from a former employee of a company that may have used asbestos in manufacturing a product to which the decedent was occupationally exposed, si

  • Blockum v. Fieldale Farms Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victor Blockum, Athens, proceeded pro se. Jay D. Bennett and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A04A2027

    The Court could not consider the plaintiff's supplemental because it was a complete revision of his initial

  • Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth. v. Reliance Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernard Taylor and Joshua B. Belinfante Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Don C. Keenan and Allan L. Galbraith The Keenan Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A0912

    O.C.G.A. § 19-7-5 does not create a private cause of action if a physician fails to report suspected child