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  • Turner Broadcasting System Inc. v. David McDavid

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Lamberth Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, and Thomas G. Hungar Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven J. Rosenwasser, Joshua F. Thorpe and Jill Pryor Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Hugh B. McNatt Balch & Bingham and Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A09A2314

    There was sufficient evidence for the jury to find an enforceable oral contract, since the defendant made many objective manifestations of intent to be bound, including statements such as we have a

  • Bd. of Regents of the Univ. System of Georgia v. Casey

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Joan G. Crumpler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Brian F. Dorsey, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . George D. Bush and Martin C. Puetz, Augusta, for appellee. Other party representation: James S. V. Weston Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley PC, Augusta.
    Case Number: A09A0797

    A medical expert's opinion derived from applying his medical knowledge and experience with previous cases to plaintiff's medical records and deposition testimony was admis

  • Hendry v. Wells

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent T. Gresham, Atlanta, and Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for Hendry and others. Thomas T. Tate Andersen, Tate, Mahaffey & McGarity PC, Lawrenceville, James K. Quillian, Merle R. Arnold III and William M. Droze Troutman Sanders for Wells and others.
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    Case Number: A07A0059; A07A0060

    A limited partner may bring a claim against a partne where the primary injury alleged is to the individual plaintiffs, rather than the partne

  • Chatman v. Mancill

    Publication Date: 2006-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Pereira Thompson & Sweeny PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1862

    The rationale behind the opinion in Ryan v. Thomas, 261 Ga. 661 1991-that one member of the public defender's office could not reasonably be expected to assert or argue the ineffective assistance of

  • Henderson v. Gandy

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew R. Kirschner Kirschner & Venker PC, Atlanta, and Michael W. McElroy, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ashley P. Nichols Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Simuel F. Doster Jr., Paul E. Weathington, Robert T. Strang III, and Wayne D. Toth Allen &Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S05G0674

    To maintain a legally sufficient claim under the Georgia Fair Business Practices Act against a health care provider, a plaintiff must allege that an entrepreneurial or business aspect of the provisi

  • O'Heron v. Blaney

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hunter S. Allen Jr. and Kara A. Hicks Allen & Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Thomas S. Carlock, Daniel J. Huff, Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Robert B. Remar Rogers & Hardin, Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Nicholas A. Lolito Georgia Assoc. of Criminal Defense, Atlanta, and George T. Jackson Jackson & Schiavone, Savannah.
    Case Number: S02G1784

    O.C.G.A. § 19-7-5 provides immunity to those who have reasonable cause to report suspected child abuse and for those who make such a report in good

  • Griffin v. Fowler

    Publication Date: 2003-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Ott, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine L. Mast, Emory L. Palmer Hawkins & Parnell, and David E. Allman, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1853

    The plaintiff's for breach of fiduciary duty failed because it was duplicative of his legal malpractice

  • Fong v. Poole, 06 Civ. 1719

    Publication Date: 2007-12-07
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    Date Filed: 2007-11-21
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Gerard Lynch
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    Case Number: 06 Civ. 1719

    District Judge Gerard E. Lynch U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Andrew J. Ceresney, Sara M. Zausmer, Jeffrey C. Berman, Debevoise & Plimpt

  • Leonard W. Allen, Plaintiff v. Helen Robinson a/k/a Helen Robinson Cox, Defendant, 10 Civ. 7118 (SAS)

    Publication Date: 2011-11-01
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Kamelia Katrina Poppe, Esq., Law Firm of Shaw & Associates, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Dan Brecher, Esq., Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC, New York, NY. *1
    Case Number: 10 Civ. 7118 (SAS)

    Cite as: Allen v. Robinson, 10 Civ. 7118 (SAS), NYLJ 1202520812147, at *1 (SDNY, Decided October 19, 20 11)District Judge Shira A. Scheindlinp class=

  • Krumme v. Westpoint Stevens, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Date Filed: 2000-12-28
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: MESKILL, NEWMAN and CABRANES, Circuit Judges
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    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. MESKILL, Circuit Judge:Appellant WestPoint Stevens Inc. (WestPoint) appeals from two judgments of the United State