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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.
    for defendant:
    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

  • Camden Oil Co. LLC v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William S. Sutton McLain & Merritt PC, Atlanta, for Camden Oil Co. Russell G. Keener Kenner & Assocs., Atlanta, for Jackson. Edward A. Miller Gary, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for Durakon Indus. Other party representation: Dow N. Kirkpatrick II Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Amy C. Gunn and Nick Angelides Simon, Lowe & Passanante LLC, St. Louis, Mo.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A2129; A04A2130

    No issue of material fact remained as to whether a gasoline operator provided an adequate warning of the risk involved in filling a portable container with gasoline, since the plaintiff admitted tha

  • Hughey v. Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. O'Day, Andrew M. Thompson Smith, Gambrell & Russell and Justine I. Thompson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, John E. Hennelly, William R. Phillips, Assistant Attorneys General, Lee A. DeHihns III. Daniel N. Esrey and William B. Carver Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Paul E. Andrew Andrew, Merritt, Reilly & Smith, Lawrenceville, Harry L. Cashin Jr., Mary M. Asbill, D. Lee Biola, Atlanta, Clyde Y. Morris Jr., Alpharetta, and Iryna A Kwasny, Oakland, Calif. Amicus appellee: Patricia L. Barmeyer and Lewis B. Jones King & Spaulding, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S04G0873

    Georgia's anti-degradation rules require a permittee to utilize the highest and best level of treatment practicable under existing techn

  • Aon Risk Servs. Inc. of Ga. v. Commercial & Military Sys. Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Sawicki, Scott P. Hilsen and Regina S. Molden Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edward J. Tarver and Patrick C. Smith Jr. Hull, Towill, Norman, Bartlett & Salley, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0913; A04A0917

    Unauthenticated letters were inadmissible under the business records exception to the hearsay rule where the author was not available for cross-examin

  • John Crane Inc. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2004-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ollie M. Harton, Elizabeth B. Padgett Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, and Michael A. Pollard Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
    for defendant: Roger B. Lane Lane & Gossett, Brunswick, for appellees. Amicus appellants: Dow N. Kirkpatrick II, J. Kennard Neal, Orlyn O. Lockard III Alston & Bird LLP, Daniel S. Reinhardt Troutman Sanders, Sara S. Turnipseed, Thomas F. Wamsley Jr. Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Jay B. Bryan Hunton & Williams, Emily R. Bramer, Atlanta, Hugh B. McNatt McNatt & Greene, Vidalia, Robert M. Brinson Brinson Askew Berry Seigler Richardson, Rome, J. Thomas Whelchel Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, Joe D. Hollingsworth and Eric G. Lasker, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: S03G1791

    An individual tortfeasor's conduct does not have to constitute a "substantial contributing factor" with regard to a plaintiff's injury where the plaintiff is allegedly injured due to separate tortio

  • O'Kelley v. Cox

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Stephenson Jr., Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird LLP, Elizabeth L. Littrell American Civil Liberties Union, and Jack H. Senterfitt Lambda Legal Defense and Ed. Fund, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Stefan E. Ritter, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: Robin F. Clark Jewett & Clark LLC, Scott C. Titshaw Arnall, Golden & Gregory LLP, Miles J. Alexander, Alexander S. Clay, Michael W. Tyler and Jill Warner Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S05A0236

    Georgia courts cannot encroach upon the legislative process and do not have any authority to bar the general election from proceeding exactly as it is presently sche

  • Reynolds v. Harrison

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael C. Pruett Haygood & Pruett, William J. Linkous Jr. and Nicole J. Wade Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John C. Sawyer, Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird, Atlanta, John E. Stell Jr. Russell, Stell, Smith McLocklin PC, Winder, and J. C. Highsmith Jr. Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S04A1273

    The affidavit of the attorney who drafted the testator's will could not be used to shed light on the testator's intent where the terms of the will were plain and unambi