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  • September 30, 2005 |

    New FASB Rule Spurs Brownfield Spin-Offs, Write-Downs

    Disclosure Rules Presage 'Environmental Enron'

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  • Oswell v. Nixon

    Publication Date: 2005-09-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Wise, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward H. Wasmuth Jr. Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1410

    Georgia law does not recognize a private cause of action for the alleged unauthorized practice o

  • August 31, 2005 |

    Corporate America Feels The Heat

    The political winds have shifted in the global warming debate. The main questions now are how, when and what will it cost?

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  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-08-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Orin L. Alexis, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Ronald M. Adams, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1369

    The defendant placed the topic of his parole revocation hearing at issue when he asked the testifying officer about it, so the state was entitled to clarify the m

  • Railey v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-06-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott A. Drake, Grayson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and John A. Steakley, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0108

    The trial court did not err in admitting certified copies of the defendant's prior convictions at his resentencing following the state's failure to produce admissible evidence of his recidivist stat

  • May 31, 2005 |

    8th Circuit

    Tomato Lawsuit Highlights Federal-Pre-emption Trend

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  • Hunter v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alex L. Zipperer and Eric R. Gotwalt Zipperer & Lorberbaum PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Lawton Jr., District Attorney, and Christine S. Barker, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0442

    The defendant's booking photograph did not place his character at issue, since the jury was told that the photograph was taken on the night of defendant's arrest and not from some earlier

  • Goodin v. Gwinnett Health Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Goodin, Lawrenceville, proceeded pro se. Ashley D. Phillips, Juaquin L. Feazell, hall, Booth Smith & Slover PC, Wade K. Copeland, Margaret F. Blackwood Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Frederick N. Gleaton Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Gretchen M. Holt Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A05A0587

    The trial court properly dismissed the plaintiff's pro se medical malpractice suit, because her original unsworn expert affidavit was invalid and her amended affidavit was untimely filed more than

  • Stevenson v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph W. Jones Jr., Greenville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Robert N. Peterkin, Assistant District Attorney, Greenville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2385

    A grand juror's disqualification is not a viable ground for quashing an indic

  • Wallace v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Albert J. Decusati McLain & Merritt PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0157

    The plaintiffs failed to show that the defendant actual or constructive knowledge of the alleged hazard-a grape in defendant's produce se