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  • Infrasource Inc. f/k/a Exelon Infrastructure Servs. Inc. v. Hahn Yalena Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Sawicki, Scott P. Hilson, Regina S. Molden and Leslie M. Mathis Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for Infrasource Inc. R. Randy Edwards and Drew D. Baiter Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for Hahn Yalena Corp. Other party representation: John C. Herman, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A1896, A04A1959

    There was no actionable claim of fraudulent concealment in a failed acquisition attempt of plaintiff company by defendant, since the alleged fraud occurred during the course of arms' length negotiat

  • Haralson v. John Deere Co.

    Publication Date: 2005-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Kelley Kitchens, Kelley, Gaynes PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Candace N. Smith and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0583

    A signature, together with the terms "undersigned" and "Guarantors" sufficiently identified the defendant as the guarantor and satisfied the writing requirement of O.C.G.A. § 13-5

  • Flowers v. Union Carbide Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian H. Hartley Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman LLC, Charleston, S.C., and Clinton W. Sitton Jones, Martin, Parris & Tessener, Raleigh, N.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Bruce Welch Hawkins & Parnell, Sara S. Turnipseed Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Dow N. Kirkpatrick II and Elizabeth A. Price Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1854

    The trial court properly excluded deposition testimony from a former employee of a company that may have used asbestos in manufacturing a product to which the decedent was occupationally exposed, si

  • Griffiths v. Rowe Properties

    Publication Date: 2005-02-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clark C. Adams Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas C. Vassy Tissinger, Vance & Greer PC, Columbus, for appellees. Other party representation: Arthur L. Waters, Roswell.
    Case Number: A04A2211

    As an out-of-possession landlord, the owner of an apartment complex could only be liable to third persons for defective construction or failure to r

  • Blockum v. Fieldale Farms Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victor Blockum, Athens, proceeded pro se. Jay D. Bennett and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A2027

    The Court could not consider the plaintiff's supplemental because it was a complete revision of his initial

  • Copper Tire & Rubber Co. v. Merritt

    Publication Date: 2004-12-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip W. Savrin and Sun S. Choy Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Kermit S. Dorough Jr. Divine & Dorough, Albany and Jesse G. Bowles Bowles & Bowles, Cuthbert, for Merritt.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A0811; A04A0812

    Workers' compensation provided the exclusive remedy for the plaintiff's injury due to his employer's negligence in failing to maintain a faulty for

  • Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth. v. Reliance Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernard Taylor and Joshua B. Belinfante Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Don C. Keenan and Allan L. Galbraith The Keenan Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A0912

    O.C.G.A. § 19-7-5 does not create a private cause of action if a physician fails to report suspected child

  • Camden Oil Co. LLC v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William S. Sutton McLain & Merritt PC, Atlanta, for Camden Oil Co. Russell G. Keener Kenner & Assocs., Atlanta, for Jackson. Edward A. Miller Gary, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for Durakon Indus. Other party representation: Dow N. Kirkpatrick II Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Amy C. Gunn and Nick Angelides Simon, Lowe & Passanante LLC, St. Louis, Mo.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A2129; A04A2130

    No issue of material fact remained as to whether a gasoline operator provided an adequate warning of the risk involved in filling a portable container with gasoline, since the plaintiff admitted tha

  • Hughey v. Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. O'Day, Andrew M. Thompson Smith, Gambrell & Russell and Justine I. Thompson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, John E. Hennelly, William R. Phillips, Assistant Attorneys General, Lee A. DeHihns III. Daniel N. Esrey and William B. Carver Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Paul E. Andrew Andrew, Merritt, Reilly & Smith, Lawrenceville, Harry L. Cashin Jr., Mary M. Asbill, D. Lee Biola, Atlanta, Clyde Y. Morris Jr., Alpharetta, and Iryna A Kwasny, Oakland, Calif. Amicus appellee: Patricia L. Barmeyer and Lewis B. Jones King & Spaulding, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S04G0873

    Georgia's anti-degradation rules require a permittee to utilize the highest and best level of treatment practicable under existing techn

  • Aon Risk Servs. Inc. of Ga. v. Commercial & Military Sys. Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-12-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Sawicki, Scott P. Hilsen and Regina S. Molden Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edward J. Tarver and Patrick C. Smith Jr. Hull, Towill, Norman, Bartlett & Salley, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0913; A04A0917

    Unauthenticated letters were inadmissible under the business records exception to the hearsay rule where the author was not available for cross-examin