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  • Larmon v. CCR Enters.

    Publication Date: 2007-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas F. Lindsay, Rossville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis D. Watson Watson, Dana & Gottlieb LLP, LaFayette, for appellee. Other party representation: James H. Phillips McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham, Dalton.
    Case Number: A07A0111

    The trial court did not err in ruling that the bus driver allegedly responsible for the plaintiff's injuries was an independent contractor, since his employment contract gave him the discretion in t

  • Golden v. Vickery

    Publication Date: 2007-05-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Akin, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donald J. Grate and Theodore Freeman Freeman, Mathis & Gary, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: John M. DeFoor II, Mark S. Gannon Savell & Williams LLP, Atlanta, and Bobby L. Cook, Summerville.
    Case Number: A07A0669

    The owner or operator of a high-voltage line has discretion under the High-voltage Safety Act, O.C.G.A. § 46-3-33, to guard against danger from accidental contract by either ' "deenergizing and grou

  • 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