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  • November 6, 2012 |

    Certification of Policyholders’ Class Action against Title Insurer Is Affirmed

    A Kentucky court of appeals has upheld a trial court decision certifying a class action brought by policyholders against Stewart Title Guaranty Company.The…

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  • 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

  • The Landings Ass'n Inc v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S11G1263; S11G1277

    The owners of a planned resid development were entitled to summary judgment in a premises liability suit arising from a fatal alligator attack because the victim had equal knowledge of the po

  • Leibel v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Goldman, Christine L. Mast and Joseph H. Wieseman Hawkins, Parnell, Thackston & Young LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard L. Brittain, Wendell R. Bird Bird, Loechl, Brittain & McCants, Atlanta, Jenny E. Jensen and Richard E. Harris Jones, Jensen & Harris, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11G0557

    Expert testimony as to causation is not appropriate in a legal malpractice

  • June 19, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Corporate Counsel's ITC Survey 2012: A Niche With Staying Power

    It's almost become a lawyer meme that the International Trade Commission, a once-obscure quasi-judicial body, is a hot forum for patent disputes because it handles cases qu

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  • June 1, 2012 |

    Hirschhorn v. Auto–Owners Ins. Co.

    Click here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis338 Wis.2d 761Supreme Court of Wisconsin.Joel HIRSCHHORN and Evelyn F. Hirschhorn, Plaintiffs–Appellants,v.AUTO–OWNERS…

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  • 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

  • Dunn-Craft v. State Farm Mut. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry D. Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John B. Craig, Kevin P. Reardon Harper, Waldon & Craig, Christopher T. Byrd, Earl W. Gunn, McLendon W. Garrett Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Michael J. Rust, Christopher M. Ziegler Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, Robert C. Harrison Downey & Cleveland LLP, Marietta, William T. Mitchell and Andrew S. Ashby Cruser & Mitchell LLP, Norcross, for appellees. Other party representation: Denise D. Hoying, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A11A2420

    The plaintiff was not entitled to stack the UM coverage provided in her boyfriend's four insurance pol