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  • Ga. Inv. Int'l Inc. v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-09-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael D. Robl Spears & Robl LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert A. Weber The Weber Firm LLC, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1407

    The maker and guarantor of promissory note could not assert promissory estoppel as an affirmative defense to default, since the bank's alleged promises to refinance or issue a new line of credit wer

  • The Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP and Neil A. Creasy Simpson & Creasy PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James A. Elliott Elliott & Blackburn PC, Valdosta, Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Withers & Lake LLC, Savannah, Mary E. Kostel The Episcopal Church, David B. Beers and Richard A. Arculin, Washington, D.C., for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A1375

    The National Episcopal is entitled to control local property, despite the fact that a parish church owns the property, since the discipline, canons and constitutions of the National Episcopal

  • Vincent v. Casey

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis Levenson and Dylan Littlejohn Levenson & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William M. Akin Akin & Tate LLC, Cartersville, for appellees. Other party representation: Timothy J. Burson Bovis, Kyle & Burch, John E. Menechino Jr. Smith, Currie & Hancock, Atlanta, Charles Crawford, Cartersville, and James S. Astin, Cedartown.
    Case Number: A10A0660

    Under both the old and current versions of OCGA § 9-11-25 a 1, a suggestion of must be made upon the record by service of a statement of the fact of the

  • Perkins v. The Val D'Aosta Company

    Publication Date: 2010-07-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Akin Akin & Tate LLC, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert P. White and Eulryoung Chung Buckley King LPA, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0413

    A factual question remained as to whether the hazard precipitating the plaintiff's fall was readily discernible to him in his exercise of ordinary care and, thus, whether his knowledge of it can be

  • Humphreys v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-06-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristi L. Winstead Lister & Holt LLC, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tasha M. Mosley, Solicitor General, and Paul M. Mickens, Assistant Solicitor General, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0763

    The arresting officer had probable cause to stop the vehicle the defendant was driving based on a random li checked showing that the vehicle's owner had a suspended li

  • Lowry v. Cochran

    Publication Date: 2010-06-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Groth, Laura D. Johnson Groth & Makarenko, Suwanee, and Robert M. Malcom Preston & Malcom, Monroe, for Lowry. William M. Akin Akin & Tate LLC, Cartersville, for Cochran. William C. Anderson Downey & Cleveland, Marietta, for Johnson. David G. Archer Archer & Lovell PC, Cartersville, for the city of Euharlee. Other party representation: Lance T. McCoy The McCoy Law Firm, Cartersville.
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    Case Number: A10A0929; A10A0930; A10A0931; A10A0932

    A city was immune from liability under the Recre l Property Act for the plaintiff's injuries during a skydiving demonstr

  • Barrett v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Akin and S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Bonnie, Stephen J. Rapp Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Charles J. Cole and Derrick L. Bingham Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Julie A. Lierly, Caroline W. Spangenberg Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Norman L. Underwood Troutman Sanders, Robin F. Cook, Atlanta, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia.
    Case Number: A10A1125

    Natural gas was not a tant under the excess liability policy in question, because nothing in the record showed that natural gas is considered an irritant or contaminant within the meaning of th

  • Pounds v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2010-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Pitts Carr Carr, Tabb, Pope & Freeman LLP, Atlanta, and Hylton B. Dupree Jr. Dupree & Kimbrough LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David H. Flint Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Michael Weinstock, Richard V. Merritt Weinstock & Scavo PC, Dwight J. Davis King & Spalding, Leo E. Reichert, F. Berry McCabe, Atlanta, Harbert S. Gregory Jr. Brock, Clay, Calhoun & Rogers PC, Robert B. Silliman Awtrey & Parker, Marietta, and S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A10A0497

    The trial court erred in allowing an EMC to adopt a bylaw amendment providing for proxy voting at future meetings, because the amendment was contrary to the terms of a settlement agreement between

  • TKW Partners v. Archer Capital Fund LP

    Publication Date: 2010-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gus H. Small Jr., Bruce Z. Walker and Brent W. Herrin Cohen Pollock Merlin & Small, PC, Atlanta, for TKW Partners. John R. Autry, Stephen M. Forte and Jason S. Bell Smith Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, for Crossing Park Properties. Paul N. Monnin, Mark E. Grantham, James F. Cirincione and Anthony D. Lehman DLA Piper US LLP, Atlanta, for Archer Capital Fund.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A09A2022, A09A2023

    The trial court did not err in acknowledging a dispute over the property's true and then ruling that the highest and best use of the property was not its proper

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Sparger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chisolm, District Attorney, and Arvo H. Henifin, Assistant District Attorney, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1822

    Improper testimony regarding the defendant's prior incarceration prejudiced his right to a fair