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  • Bartelt v. Convergence.com Corp.

    Publication Date: 2007-11-02
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    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-

  • Lincoln Elec. Co. v. Gaither

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall J. Butterfield King & Spalding, Jennifer G. Cooper Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Anthony L. Cochran Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, C. Wilson DuBose Winkler & DuBose, Madison, and Mary Parsons Fulkerson, Feder & Wollam LLP, Houston,Texas, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John D. Steel Matthews & Steel, Atlanta, Brian H. Barr Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor PA, Pensacola, Fla., Grant Kaiser The Kaiser Firm, John E. Williams Jr. Williams Baily Law Firm, Houston, Texas, and Walter Umphrey Provost Umphrey Law Firm, Beaumont, Texas, for appellees. Other party representation: James L. Hollis Balch & Bingham LLP, Charles B. Marsh, Kenneth M. Barre Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, John M. Hawkins Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Robert B. Hocutt Nall & Miller, Robert C. Buck Childers, Buck & Schlueter LLP, Stevan A. Miller Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP, Charles J. Cole Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, C. Ronald Ellington, Athens, and Mikal Watts The Watts Law Firm LLP, Corpus Christi, Texas.
    Case Number: A07A0177

    The claims of over 350 plaintiffs in ten law suits against defendant electric companies' for their alleged injures as the result of exposure to welding fumes were improperly joined under O.C.G.A. §

  • Lincoln Elec. Co. v. Gaither

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall J. Butterfield King & Spalding, Jennifer G. Cooper Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Anthony L. Cochran Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, C. Wilson DuBose Winkler & DuBose, Madison, and Mary Parsons Fulkerson, Feder & Wollam LLP, Houston, Texas, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John D. Steel Matthews & Steel, Atlanta, Brian H. Barr Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner & Proctor PA, Pensacola, Fla., Grant Kaiser The Kaiser Firm, John E. Williams Jr. Williams Baily Law Firm, Houston, Texas, and Walter Umphrey Provost Umphrey Law Firm, Beaumont, Texas, for appellees. Other party representation: James L. Hollis Balch & Bingham LLP, Charles B. Marsh, Kenneth M. Barre Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs, John M. Hawkins Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Robert B. Hocutt Nall & Miller, Robert C. Buck Childers, Buck & Schlueter LLP, Stevan A. Miller Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP, Charles J. Cole Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, C. Ronald Ellington, Athens, and Mikal Watts The Watts Law Firm LLP, Corpus Christi, Texas.
    Case Number: A07A0177

    The claims of over 350 plaintiffs in ten law suits against defendant electric companies' for their alleged injures as the result of exposure to welding fumes were improperly joined under O.C.G.A. §

  • Kay-Lex Co. v. Essex Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. Bahr Mason Bahr LLP, Atlanta, for Kay-Lex Co. Gerald L. Mize Jr., Stephen L. Bracy Alston & Bird, Frederick M Valz III, Ambadas B. Joshi Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Hezekiah Sistrunk Jr. and Kenneth R. Lester Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Sistrunk PC, Atlanta, for Essex Ins. Co. and others. Robert B. Wedge and Jason A. Cooper Shapiro Fussell, Wedge & Martin LLP, Atlanta, for Sysco Food Servs. of Atlanta LLC. Other party representation: Michael J. Goldman Hawkins & Parnell, and Bruce A. Taylor Jr. Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: A07A0791; A07A0792

    Appellants' notice to their insurers 12 months after fatal forklift accident occurred was untimely, since the policies clearly required notice as soon as practicable after the occurrence resulting i

  • Simon Property Group v. Benson

    Publication Date: 2007-07-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca M. Lamberth, John L. Coalson Jr., Colin K. Kelly, Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Charles C. Clay, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John F. Salter Jr., Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, and Gary J. Toman Nations, Toman, Nutter & McKnight LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A2256

    The Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act DUPA, OCGA § 44-12-190 et seq., did not apply to the plaintiffs' claims for damages resulting from dormancy fees and expiration dates associated with shoppi

  • In the Interest of H. S.

    Publication Date: 2007-06-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie E. Snow Whitehurst, Blackburn, Warren & Kelley, Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth D. Steele Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Andrew W. Clark, Thomasville, and Bonnie R. Spears, Moultrie, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0810

    Clear and convincing evidence did not show that the 9-year-old child's father was

  • Porex Corp. v. Haldopolous

    Publication Date: 2007-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin J. Elgison, John E. Stephenson Jr. and David S. Givelber Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emmet J. Bondurant, Edward B. Krugman, Ronan P. Doherty Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: William H. Kitchens Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A1650

    A plaintiff's mere suspicion of defendant's alleged misappropriation more than 5 years prior to a claim, did not time bar plaintiff's misappropriation of trade secrets claim as a matter o

  • Harrell v. Federal Nat'l Payables Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan M. Wheat and John A. Christy Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Candace N. Smith and Patrick R. Costello Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2305

    The trial court erred in signing the appellants' arrest warrants without giving them notice and an opportunity to be heard as to whether they purged a previous contempt finding by ying fully an

  • Flexible Products Co. v. Ervast

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. DiCarlo Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Douglas R. Kertscher Hill, Kertscher & Wharton LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2395

    The trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict as to the plaintiff's claims for ordinary negligence, since Georgia's business judgment rule forecloses liability for the ordinary negligence of

  • Lowe's Home Ctrs. Inc. v. Garrison Ridge Shopping Ctr. Marietta Ga. LP

    Publication Date: 2007-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aubrey B. Waddell and Robert L. Crewdson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard L. Robbins and Aaron S. Furniss Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A0372

    The plaintiff obtained an irrevocable easement running with the land when the defendant's predecessor-in-interest granted the plaintiff a license to construct a sign on its property and the plaintif