• Bailey v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell R. Bird Bird & Assocs. and Robert D. Feagin Decker & Hallman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lemuel H. Ward City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A2173

    The plaintiffs' inverse condemnation claim failed as a matter of law, because the city never began construction of certain proposed side

  • Lamb v. Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herald J. Alexander Alexander Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bernard Taylor and Debra A. Sydnor Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Stuart S. Busby Bovis, Kyle & Burch, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A09A0390

    Parol evidence is admissible to show want or failure of consideration to support the enforceability of a con

  • Global Link Logistics Inc. v. Briles

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelli S. Lott, Harold T. Daniel Jr., Laurie W. Daniel Holland & Knight, and Thomas C. Pryor Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Benjamin I. Fink and Neal F. Weinrich Berman, Fink & Van Horn PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A1871

    The trial court did not err in ruling that the non-disclosure covenants in the parties' employment contract were overbroad, since they barred the appellee from even using his observations during his

  • Georgia Dep't of Revenue v. Trawick Constr. Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Lourdes Gonzalez, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert G. Brazier and Michael S. Evans Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Timothy J. Peaden Alston & Bird, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A08A2323

    The ALJ's role in an inter agency appeal arising from the assessment of additional taxes was to act as the representative of the Revenue Department and to make a recommendation to the commiss

  • October 21, 2008 |

    What Is Collision - Archive

    Collision coverage is offered on the PAP. Some dispute may arise over the exact meaning of collision. This article discusses certain loss situations and court decisions to help understand just what collision is.

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  • July 24, 2008 |

    Vandalism as Cause of Loss - ARCHIVED

    This discussion deals with the evolution of the meaning of vandalism, and cases involving vandalism and concurrently occurring or resulting damage.

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  • June 24, 2008 |

    Personal Auto Policy - Part D - Archived Article

    Discusses part D damage to your auto, exclusions, and limits of the personal auto policy.

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  • Georgia Kidney and Hypertension Specialists Inc. v. Fresenius USA Marketing Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-05-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A08A0001

    The trial judge did not err in denying the defendant's motion to recuse, on the basis that the trial judge's daughter provided contractual legal services to plaintiff's counsel, since t

  • Lucas v. Cranshaw

    Publication Date: 2008-02-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A2069

    A newspaper's article entitled ' "A Rape of Public Land" ' did not constitute actionable

  • Bartelt v. Convergence.com Corp.

    Publication Date: 2007-11-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen P. Fuller Davidson & Fuller, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Peter Q. Bassett and Kelly C. Wilcove Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A07A1361

    The term costs does not include deposition costs for purposes of those costs assessed against a losing party in a civil matter under O.C.G.A. § § 9-11-54 d and 9-