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  • 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

  • Flores v. Keener

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence L. Bennett Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David H. Moskowitz Moskowitz & Carraway, Atlanta, Joseph T. Leman Harris & Hartman Law Firm PC, Dalton, and S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellee. Other party representation: Delece Brooks State Bd. of Workers' Compensation, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A10A0583

    The Court of Appeals reinstated the Appellate Division's judgment allocating attorneys' fees from a workers' compensation settlement between the claimant's former attorney and the attorney, who obta

  • BDI Laguna Holdings, Inc. v. Marsh

    Publication Date: 2010-01-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tiana S. Mykkeltvedt, Jeffrey O. Bramlett, Corey F. Hirokawa, Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, David A. Donohoe and Daniel F. McInnis Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, D.C., for BDI Laguna Holdings Inc. Steven G. Hall, Robert G. Brazier and Kevin A. Stine Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, for Charles L. Marsh. Other party representation: Ellen G. Schlossberg and Charles C. Murphy Jr. Vaughan & Murphy, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A09A0990, A09A0991

    No consideration from the plaintiff supported a post-employment-contract promise to the plaintiff of 2 percent of the corporation's

  • Bonner v. Peterson

    Publication Date: 2009-12-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin A. Wilson Randolph Frails PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Claude M. Sitton, Assistant Attorney General, Vincent A. Toreno and Parker M. Green Rutherford & Christie LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A1644

    The second defendant, a resident physician, was entitled to immunity under the Georgia Tort Claims Act, because she was supervised by attending physicians, had no hospital privileges, could not make

  • Pyburn v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grayson P. Lane Brunswick Circuit Defender's Office, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1486

    The defendant had a sexual relationship with his biological and adoptive daughter, which resulted in five chi

  • Laytart v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda N. Steger Public Defender's Office, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, and Venita S. McCoy, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0955

    The defendant had sufficient notice of his probation cond , even though the term sex offender treatment was not further explained in the final dispos

  • Miller v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy L. Eidson Cordele Circuit Public Defender, Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Denise D. Fachini, District Attorney, Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2405

    There is no absolute right to a state-provided transcript for use in a probation revocation he

  • OnBrand Media v. Codex Consulting, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-12-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Levi Breedlove Breedlove, Lassiter & York, LLP, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark L. Seigel and Mitchell G. Weatherly Weatherly, Kerven & Seigel, LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0867

    Middle-level scrutiny applicable to professional partnership agree applied to the parties' Non-Disclosure agree