• Hawkins v. DeKalb Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Q. Bird, William B. Drummond Bird Law Group PC, James D. Summerville The Summerville Firm LLC, John W. Crongeyer Crongeyer Law Firm PC, M. Gino Brogdon Pope McGlamry Kilpatrick Morrison, and Lee T. Wallace The Wallace Law Firm, Atlanta, for Hawkins. Timothy H. Bendin, Kristin L. Hiscutt Bendin, Sumrall & Ladner LLC, Erica S. Jansen and Daniel J. Huff Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for DeKalb Medical Center, Inc. Other party representation: Rolfe M. Martin, Mark D. Meliski, Philippa V. Ellis Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP, Paul E. Weathington, Lindsay A. Forlines The Weathington Firm PC, Simuel F. Doster Jr. Allen Weathington & Reeves PC, Jason E. Bring Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, and Thomas E. Lavender III Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1006; A11A1007

    The plaintiff failed to adduce expert evidence giving rise to a triable issue on the specialized medical question of whether her daughter was brain dead prior to apnea testing and termination of ven

  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael L. Brown, Bernard Taylor Alston & Bird, and Angela Adams, Atlanta, for appellant. Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, John S. Melvin, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Michael S. Carlson, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, and Rhani M. Lott Hunton & Williams LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Brenda J. Bernstein The Bernstein Firm PC, Charles T. Brant, Atlanta, and John H. Petrey, Decatur.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0859

    The trial court abused its discretion in disqualifying an attorney and law firm from continued representation of the defendant in a criminal matter because the firm also represented the employer of

  • Farm Credit of Northwest Fla. ACA v. Easom Peanut Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nowell D. Berreth, Lisa R. Bugni and Todd R. David Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant. Christina L. Folsom, William P. Langdale Jr. Langdale & Vallotton LLP, Valdosta, David A. Kendrick Floyd & Kendrick LLC, Bainbridge, Patrick S. Flynn, Albany, C. Edwin Rude Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., and Ernest A. Sellers Jr., Gainesville, Fla., for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0816

    The trial court erroneously found that the peanut growers' reserved security interest in peanut crops had priority over the lending association's security interest until such time as the peanut brok

  • Gospel Tabernacle Deliverance Church Inc. v. From the Heart Church Ministries Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emory A. Schwall and Robert S. Wayne, Atlanta, for appellants. Stephen D. Apolinsky and Patrick J. Stubbs Apolinsky & Assocs. LLC, Decatur, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1122

    The evidence did not support the verdict for the plaintiffs in their negligent misrepresentation action arising from the purchase of certain property, as the plaintiffs plainly and indisputably fail

  • Fundus America Atlanta Ltd. Partnership v. RHOC Consolidation LLC

    Publication Date: 2011-11-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Weitnauer, William C. Massey, Candace N. Smith, Meaghan G. Boyd Alston & Bird, Richard L. Robbins, Alexa R. Ross, and Jason Alloy RobbinsFreed, Atlanta, for appellant. Michael B. Terry, Timothy S. Rigsbee, and Ronan P. Doherty Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1496

    A lease assignment agreement incorporating an estoppel certificate and containing an integration clause foreclosed the landlord's breach of contract claims, as a party can agree to be estopped under

  • Walden v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-10-28
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara B. Claridge Claridge Law Firm, Augusta, for appellant. Ashley Wright, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S11A0722

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for cruelty to children, as the jury was authorized to conclude that the presence of the victim's covered, unembalmed corpse in the home of the min

  • First Media Group Inc. v. Doe

    Publication Date: 2011-10-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Flint, Mark W. Forsling Schreeder Wheeler & Flint LLP, and Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant. Lance A. Cooper, Marietta, and Robert K. Finnell, Rome, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A1248

    Because the p ff did not have actual notice of the trial court's intended disposition of the defendant's summary judgment motion, she was entitled to voluntarily dismiss her comp

  • Farm Credit of Northwest Fla. ACA v. Easom Peanut Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-09-30
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nowell D. Berreth, Lisa R. Bugni and Todd R. David Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant. Christina L. Folsom, William P. Langdale Jr. Langdale & Vallotton LLP, Valdosta, David A. Kendrick Floyd & Kendrick LLC, Bainbridge, Patrick S. Flynn, Albany, C. Edwin Rude Jr., Tallahassee, Fla. and Ernest A. Sellers Jr., Gainesville, Fla., for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0816

    The trial court erroneously found that the peanut growers' reserved security interest in peanut crops had priority over the lending association's security interest until such time as the peanut brok

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