• 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

  • Benson v. Simon Property Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Salter Jr., Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, and Gary J. Toman Nations, Toman & McKnight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Rebecca M. Lamberth, John L. Coalson Jr., Colin K. Kelly, Jay D. Bennett, Ethan D. Miller Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Charles C. Clay Brock Clay, Marietta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S06G1286

    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

  • Purvis v. Steve

    Publication Date: 2007-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul M. Scott and Terry L. Readdick Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner & Carter, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sherry S. Harrell, Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A2393

    The sole proximate cause of the accident in which a deputy collided with a deer, whose severed head struck the decedent through the windshield of her oncoming vehicle, was the deer's sudden, unfore

  • 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

  • Mariner Health Care Inc. v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. McConnell, Joseph E. Finley, David C. Kiernan and G. Lee Garrett Jones Day, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John A. Chandler, Elizabeth V. Tanis and Drew D. Dropkin Southerland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta. Other party representation: Jill Pryor, Jeffrey O. Bramlett Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Peter Q. Bassett, Mary C. Gill Alston & Bird, Elizabeth T. Baer Meadows, Ichter & Bowers, Atlanta, and Jason L. Crawford Dougherty, Crawford, Fuller & Brown LLP, Columbus.

    Case Number: A06A1372

    The plaintiff should have been allowed to voluntary dismiss its suit claiming that the defendant/auditor caused another company, which acquired and merged with the plaintiff, to purchase the plainti

  • Toberman v. Larose Ltd. Partnership

    Publication Date: 2006-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy H. Kratz McGuire Woods LLP, Robert J. Waddell Alston & Bird LLP, and Robert L. Florence Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony L. Cochran Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, Greg Shinall and Paul E. Slater Sperling & Slater, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

    Case Number: A06A1133

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the appellant's motion for a TRO enjoining the appellees from taking certain actions with regard to appellant's farm, wine collection and pers

  • July 31, 2006 |

    Court Sharpens Definition of Compensable Travel Time

    Kenneth Burton and several other field engineers filed suit against the county seeking compensation for travel time.

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  • Western Indus. Inc. v. Poole

    Publication Date: 2006-07-28
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gene A. Major and Alexander Gordon Fain, Major & Wiley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aleksandra H. Bronsted, Chamblee and Melanie M. Norwell Bovis, Kyle & Burch LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A1356

    Punitive damages in cases involving negligent hiring and retention are recoverable only upon a showing of "an entire want of care," which raises a presumption of conscious indifference to the consequ