• Meadow Springs Recovery LLC v. Wofford; Wofford v. Meadow Springs Recovery LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
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    Case Number: A12A1432; A12A1433

    The plaintiffs' claims against a law firm fell within the purview of the abusive litigation statute, under which the plaintiffs should have brought the claims, thus the exclusivity provisions of OCG

  • Kovacs v. Cornerstone Nat'l Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Sanders, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Darneille Crim & Bassler LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Joshua Lockhart and Michelle Lockhart, Savannah, proceeded pro se.

    Case Number: A12A0821

    The automobile insurer was not required to provide coverage in the underlying injury suit, which arose after the insured's son hit a pedestrian in a covered vehicle, as the policy's unlisted househo

  • In the Interest of E. E. B. W.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monica Hanrahan Hanrahan Freitag Family Law LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth Williamson Attorney General's Office, Lytia Brown Brown Geiger & Associates, and Suparna Joshi John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Elizabeth Price Alston & Bird, Lashawn Mikell Office of the Child Advocate, Ruth Claiborne Claiborne & Surmay PC, Jean Kutner, Atlanta, and Joseph Rosen, Roswell.

    Case Number: A12A1468

    The juvenile court properly exercised subject matter jurisdiction over the termination of adoptive parents' parental rights of a minor child born in and a citizen of Zambia, who lived in Fulton Coun

  • Patel v. Epps

    Publication Date: 2012-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Flake Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jon Gottlieb Flynn & Gottlieb PA, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A0480

    The appellant was required to file a discretionary appeal in a case involving superior court review of the decision of a special master appointed under the Auditors St

  • Standard Bldg. Co. Inc. v. Schofield Interior Contractors Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary K. Durant, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ron L. Quigley, Vincent J. Arpey, Matthew R. Thiry and Mina A. Elmankabady Davis Matthews & Quigley PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A11A1869

    The Court of Appeals could not consider the defendants' challenge to the special master's appointment to consider their post-trial motions, even though the trial court's failure to provide notice to

  • Bradley v. Winn-Dixie Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie S. Jean-Bart Farah & Farah PA, Jacksonville, Fla. and James H. Wyman Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Buschmann Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellee.

    Case Number: A11A2238

    The trial court erred in applying the rule set out in Prophecy Corp. v. Charles Rossignol, Inc., 256 Ga. 27 1986, to conclude that the plaintiff failed to establish that the grocery store had const

  • Zywiciel v. Historic Westside Village Partners LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A11A1243; A11A1582

    An easement existed in a section of road running between arties' properties because both properties descended from same original subdivision described on the recorded plat, despite the fact tha

  • Hernandez Auto Painting & Body Works Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mason White Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, Kyle G. Wallace Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Robert H. Schultz Jr. Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen PC, Edwardsville, Ill., for State Farm. Robert B. Turner, Stanley Karsman Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Christopher D. Britt Tate Law Group LLC, Savannah, for Hernandez Auto. Other party representation: William V. Custer IV Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0962; A11A0963

    The trial court erred in denying the defendants' motion to dismiss the plaintiff's claim for trade libel, as Georgia does not recognize such a

  • Zywiciel v. Historic Westside Village Partners LLC

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kwame L. Townes, Tucker, for Zywiciel. Kenneth W. Muhammad The Muhammad Firm, Smyrna, for Muhammad. Ernest L. Greer, Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Hayden R. Pace Pace Law PC, and Michael E. Ross Taylor English Duma LLP, Michael P. Froman, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1243; A11A1582

    An easement existed in a section of road running between arties' properties because both properties descended from same original subdivision described on the recorded plat, despite the fact tha

  • Dan J. Sheehan Co. v. The Fairlawn on Jones Homeowners Ass'n Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David M. Conner The Conner Law Group PC, Savannah, for appellant. Colby E. Longley, Mathew M. McCoy McCorkle & Johnson LLP, Margaret K. Clark Cole, Fleming & Clark, Elizabeth F. Thompson, Savannah, Elizabeth A. Frey Weinstock & Scavo PC, Louis R. Cohan Cohan Law Group LLC, and Joseph C. Sullivan Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1030; A11A1315

    Summary judgment was appropriate on plaintiff's foreclosure of lien claims, because a question of fact existed as to whether there was a contract or assent of the pa