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  • Calhoun, Ga. NG LLC v. Century Bank of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2013-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Struletz Spielman & Hicks LLC, Atlanta, and William Thompson, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Ledbetter, Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A2231

    An agreement executed and recorded by the predecessors-in-title to the parties' adjoining rties did not prevent the appellee from constructing a convenience store and gas fueling facility on it

  • Wang v. Liu

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert R. Long IV, John L. Latham, Brandon R. Williams Alston & Bird LLP, William G. Leonard, and Gregory G. Schultz Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John M. Tatum, Rachel C. Young Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, and Charles M. Yoon Yoon & Kim LLP, New York, N. Y., for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1485

    The trial court erred in making permanent an interlocutory injunction prohibiting the appellant from transferring certain assets while the appellee's underlying suit against him was pending without

  • Georgia Farm Bureaus Mut. Ins. Co. v. Franks

    Publication Date: 2013-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Dietrichs Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert Burkhalter and Crystal Polizzi, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A2196

    Although the plaintiff's domestic partner was on the warranty deed as co-owner of the proper the plaintiff was the sole named insured, the plaintiff shared an undivided ownership of the prope

  • Barngrover v. City of Columbus

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Patrick Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifton C. Fay, City Attorney, Lucy T. Sheftall, Assistant City Attorney, James C. Clark Jr., Thomas F. Gristina, and Alan G. Snipes Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford PC, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1492

    The trial court's order directing the razing and rebuilding of the structures on the plaintiff's property properly resolved the equitable features of the jury's v

  • December 28, 2012 |

    Are Mites Vermin?

    A federal district court in California has ruled that an exclusion for “vermin” was not ambiguous and that it excluded coverage for a claim…

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  • Burrowes v. Tenet Healthsystem GB Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Martin Martin & Martin LLP, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William Jordan and Samuel Rutherford Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A1293

    Res judicata barred the plaintiffs' claims arising out of a commercial lease di

  • Johnson v. Omondi

    Publication Date: 2012-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Sampson Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Patterson, and Keith Lindsay Edmond & Lindsay LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jeffrey Braintwain and Michael Frankson Huff Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Joshua Becker Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Curiae: Simuel Doster and Hunter Allen Allen McCain & O'Mahoney PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A1347

    The evidence indisputably showed that the plaintiffs could not prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant doctor failed to exercise even slight care in treating their son, now decease

  • Ankerich v. Savko; Savko v. Ankerich

    Publication Date: 2012-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A12A0974; A12A0975

    Neither the officer's activation of the patrol car's blue lights nor the utilization of the vehicle as a physical barrier to alert motorists to use caution while the officer directed traffic constit

  • Freese II Inc. v. Mitchell

    Publication Date: 2012-11-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Earle Burke, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Trent B. Speckhals Speckhals & Cora PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A0966

    The Court affirmed the $1.75M jury award to a mother, as the executor of her da 's estate, in her wrongful death action against a nightclub that over-served alcohol to a patron who killed the d

  • 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