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  • August 31, 2006 |

    Victims' Rights

    Domestic violence victims join the ranks of protected classes.

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  • April 30, 2006 |

    Globe Trotter

    Church's Chicken lands adventure seeking GC.

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  • Stinchcomb v. Wright d/b/a Ray Wright Homes Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold T. Daniel Jr., Laurie W. Daniel, Tiffani Z. Moody, Lindsey G. Churchill and Kelli S. Lott Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John C. Rogers, Johannes S. Kingma Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, and James E. Bischoff Bischoff & White PC, Fayetteville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A2253

    The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment to the plaintiff builders on the defendant real estate developer's counterclaim for breach of contract because the defendant failed to presen

  • March 17, 2006 |

    Microsoft Wins Award For Immigration Law Project

    The Corporate Pro Bono Institute (CPBO) has awarded Microsoft Corp. and a number of Seattle law firms with the annual Pro Bono Partner Award for their collaborative efforts in their public service project: Volunteer Advocates for Immigrant Justice (VAIJ). The program offers free legal assistance to detained immigrants seeking asylum...

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  • Travis Pruitt & Assocs. PC v. Hooper

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary A. Oakley and Lindsey G. Churchill Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Kristine E. Orr and E. Wycliffe Orr Sr. Orr & Orr, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1062

    An employer can not be held liable for ratifying an employee's sexual harassment, which was not in furtherance of the employer's bus

  • AdvancePCS v. Bauer

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan W. Housen, Laurie W. Daniel Holland & Knight LLP, Eric G. Serron, Martin D. Schneiderman and Paul J. Ondrasik Jr. Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Kenneth I. Sokolov Fine & Block, Atlanta, Arthur S. Gold, Chicago, Ill., Eric Lee Lee & Amtzis PL, Boca Raton, Fla., Carlin J. Phillips and Andrew J. Garcia Phillips & Garcia LLP, North Dartmouth, Mass.
    Case Number: A05A0455

    There was no significant connection between class representative plaintiffs' claims that the defendants-pharmacy benefit companies and mail-order pharmacies-were unjustly enriched through misclassif

  • Simmons v. Sonyika

    Publication Date: 2005-06-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley J. Heller Cirignani, Heller, Harman & Lynch LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason P. Wright Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, and Douglas W. Smith Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05Q0729

    Georgia law does not allow the unrepres estate statute, O.C.G.A. § 9-3-92 to toll the ultimate statute of repose in medical malpractice actions by the period during which the estate is unrepres

  • SuperValu Inc. v. KR Douglasville LLC

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Y. Lewis Epstein, Becker & Green PC, and James Mac Hunter Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta for SuperValu Inc. David H. Flint, Alexander J. Simmons Jr., Nathan M. Wheat and Timothy C. Batten Sr. Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, for KR Douglasville LLC. Kevin A. Kauer and Kurt E. Lindquist II Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Charlotte, N.C., for Delhaize the Lion America Inc.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A1931; A04A1932

    1991 and 1992 amendments which modified the terms of a lease agreement released the lease's guarantor from liability from tenant's alleged default, since plaintiff did not consent to modification of

  • Strickland v. CMCR Invs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2005-03-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. McFarland, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sara L. Doyle and Gregory J. Digel Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A1990

    The plaintiff's claims for ejectment and establishment of a boundary line failed, because he based his claims on a 1901 deed, which was void for lack of a definite legal descri

  • White v. Kaminsky

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry A. Ballew, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory J. Digel, Fred R. Slotkin Jr. Holland & Knight LLP and Louis R. Cohan Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2111

    The trial court erred in failing to apply the rules of contract construction to resolve an ambiguity in certain real property covenants with regard to the design and construction of property improve