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  • Cabiness v. Lambros

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Flay Cabiness, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew J. Ekonomou Ekonomou Atkinson & Lambros LLC, Atlanta, Robert B. Turner, Christopher D. Britt Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Timothy D. Roberts Oliver Maner & Gray, Savannah, Terry L. Readdick Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner, Carter, Strickland & Watkins, Nathan T. Williams, Brunswick, David A. Garland Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers PC, Albany, William B. Johnson, Jesup, Dabney D. Ware and John W. Caven Jr. Foley & Lardner LLP, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellee. Other party representation: Stephen D. Kelly, District Attorney, Woodbine, Peter M. Degnan, Gregory B. Mauldin Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Alex L. Zipperer Zipperer, Lorberbaum & Beauvais, Jeremy S. McKenzie Tate Law Group, Savannah, John J. Ossick Jr., Kingsland.
    Case Number: A09A2352

    An attorney could not be held in criminal contempt based on a receivership order that did not apply directly t

  • Turner Broadcasting System Inc. v. David McDavid

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Lamberth Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, and Thomas G. Hungar Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven J. Rosenwasser, Joshua F. Thorpe and Jill Pryor Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Hugh B. McNatt Balch & Bingham and Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A09A2314

    There was sufficient evidence for the jury to find an enforceable oral contract, since the defendant made many objective manifestations of intent to be bound, including statements such as we have a

  • Fulton County v. Southern Hope Humane Society

    Publication Date: 2010-03-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent D. Hyman, County Attorney, and Robert D. Ware County Attorney's office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nowell D. Berreth and Cindy S. Manning Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2399

    The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment to humane society on its counterclaim for breach of contract, because the county breached the contract by failing to pay the remaining amoun

  • Rainbow USA Inc. v. Cumberland Mall LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-01-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Chancey Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luke A. Kill Andre & Blaustein LLP and Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0831

    A mall could not argue that a new free-standing warehouse store was open for business on the premises occupied by former anchor store, because the lease language did not support a definition of the

  • Atkins v. MRP Park Lake LP

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. White and Nicholas S. Papleacos Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert L. Shannon Jr., Mary D. Trammell Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, James T. Budd Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, and Thomas G. Tidwell The Tidwell Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A2125

    The defendant's were not entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law in the plaintiff's suit to recover for the injuries she sustained from carbon monoxide poisoning due to inadequate ventilatio

  • Heiman v. Mayfield

    Publication Date: 2009-11-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony L. Cochran Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James E. Voyles and Mark F. Milhollin The Voyles Milhollin Law Firm, Kennesaw, Paul W. Burke Drew Eckl & Farnham, Peter Q. Bassett, Kerry K. Vatzakas Alston & Bird, Dan F. Laney III and Kimberly L. Myers Rogers & Hardin LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2253

    Exculpatory clauses in a trust instrument are not effective to relieve a trustee of liability for breach of trust committed in bad faith, intentionally or with reckless indifference to the interest

  • Rainbow USA Inc. v. Cumberland Mall LLC

    Publication Date: 2009-10-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Chancey Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luke A. Kill Andre & Blaustein LLP and Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0831

    A mall could not use a new free-standing warehouse store as a comparable replacement for a mall anchor store with regard to its mall tenant's lease, which allowed the tenant to pay a lower rent if t

  • Condra v. Atlanta Orthopaedic Group PC

    Publication Date: 2009-07-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey E. Pope Pope & Howard PC, Ralph I. Knowles Jr. Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daniel J. Huff, Camille N. Jarman Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Robert P. Monyak and Jeffrey S. Bazinet Peters & Monyak LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: James D. Summerville The Bird Law Group PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S08G1833

    O.C.G.A. § 24-9-67.1 places particular emphasis on a proffered medical expert's professional experience and practice in assessing his or her qualifications to serve as an expert witness and it would

  • Hospital Auth. of Valdosta and Lowndes County d/b/a Georgia Medical Ctr. v. Meeks

    Publication Date: 2009-06-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen H. Summerlin, Glenn Whitley Reinhardt, Whitley, Summerlin & Pittman, Tifton, Walter H. New, Quitman, Donna P. Bergeson and Angela T. Burnette Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: O. Wayne Ellerbee The Ellerbee Law Firm, Wade H. Coleman Coleman Talley LLP, Valdosta, Marc T. Treadwell, Caroline W. Herrington Adams, Jordan & Treadwell PC, Macon, Thomas M. Burke Jr. and Anthony A. Rowell Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PA, Tifton, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09G0466

    The Court held that a doctor's credentialing files are discoverable that they do not "involve a peer review or medical review committee's evaluation of actual medical services provided by

  • Gettner v. Fitzgerald

    Publication Date: 2009-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda A. Farahany Barrett & Farahany, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird LLP, Kenneth G. Menendez and Jeffrey R. Saxby Epstein, Becker & Green PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A0155

    The evidence was sufficient to raise a jury issue on each essential element of the plaintiff's defamation claim-negligence or fault in the publication of a false defamatory statement and actual i