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  • Norred v. Teaver

    Publication Date: 2013-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Wright Katz Stepp Wright & Fleming LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Tisinger Tisinger,Vance PC, Carrollton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A2413

    O.C.G.A. § 9-3-72—which provides a 1-year statute of limitation for medical malpractice actions based on foreign objects left in a patient's body—applies to objects intentionally left in a patient'

  • Laskar v. Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2013-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Frankel, LeAnne Gilbert Gaslowitz Frankel LLC, and Robert Marcovitch Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Julia Anderson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A1831

    The trial court lacked jurisdiction to consider the appel petition for writ of certiorari challenging a decision by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia upholding the appe

  • Garner & Glover Co. v. Barrett

    Publication Date: 2013-03-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cole and Derrick Bingham Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Akin and S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellees. Amicus curiae: Brenton Bean Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A2443

    An insurance producer owes no duty to notify an excess carrier of a lawsuit brought against an additional insured based solely upon its status as an additional insured under the p

  • Sharon Thurber v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 12-370-cv (Lead)

    Publication Date: 2013-03-15
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Hall, Lynch, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Lisa Ball, Christen Archer Pierrot, Andrew P. Fleming, on the Brief, Chiacchia & Fleming, Hamburg, NY. For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant and Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. Michael H. Bernstein, John T. Seyberg, on the Brief, Sedgwick LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 12-370-cv (Lead)

    Cite as: Sharon Thurber v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 12-370-cv (Lead), NYLJ 1202592120199, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 13, 2013)Before: Wesley, Hall, Lynch,

  • Evergreen Packaging Inc. v. Prather

    Publication Date: 2012-11-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marion Waters and Stephanie Rockwell Speed, Seta & Waters LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Benjamin Johnson Silver & Archibald LLP, Athens, for appellee. Other party representation: Delece Brooks State Bd. of Workers' Comp., and Pamela Orenstein, Clements & Sweet LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A1067

    The trial court properly found that some evidence supported the ALJ's finding that the employee suffered a new injury and, accordingly, the statute of limitations did not bar his workers' compensati

  • Barr v. Gregor

    Publication Date: 2012-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Hester Hester & Hester PC, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Bethany Magnus Whelchel & Dunlap LLP and Michelle Rohan, Gainesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A0366

    The trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to modify an initial Tennessee Custody

  • Huda T. Scheidelman, Petitioner-Appellant-Cross Appellee v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Respondent-Appellee-Cross Appellant1, 10-3587-ag

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J., Leval and Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant-Cross Appellee: Eduardo S. Chung, on the brief, Frank Agostino, Agostino & Associates, P.C., Hackensack, NJ.
    for defendant: Patrick J. Urda (Kenneth L. Greene, on the briefs), for Gilbert Rothenberg, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent-Appellee-Cross Appellant.
    Case Number: 10-3587-ag

    Cite as: Scheidelman v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 10-3587-ag, NYLJ 1202560160915, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided June 15, 2012)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J., Lev

  • Rawls v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-05-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: harles Frier, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Arthur Walton, Assistant District Attorney, and Joshua Morrison District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0093

    The trial court did not violate O.C.G.A. § 17-8-57 by questioning a witness regarding venue, as the colloquy at issue merely involved questions about the locations of events and did not refer to whe

  • Diplomat Constr. Inc. v. State Bank of Texas

    Publication Date: 2012-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Johnson Knight Johnson LLC, and Ariel D. Zion The Bloom Law Firm LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Joshua J. Lewis, Eric J. Taylor Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP, and Paul H. Anderson Jr., Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1836

    The testimony of the lender's valuation expert supported the trial court's conclusion that the auction price for the entire leasehold interest was

  • McRae v. Arby's Restaurant Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence T. Clements and Bruce P. Johnson Clements & Sweet, Atlanta, for appellant. James H. Chandler, Andrew J. Hamilton Hamilton, Westby, Antonowich & Anderson, Atlanta, Thomas A. Eaton, Athens, for appellee. Other party representation: Delece Brooks State Bd. of Workers' Compensation and Todd K. Maziar, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1021

    Nothing in the Workers' Compensation Act requires an employee to authorize her treating physician to talk to her employer's lawyer ex parte in exchange for receiving benefits for a compensable i