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  • Williams v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2005-06-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Shaw, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald L. Cundy Rumsey & Ramsey, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0708

    The plaintiff could not create a jury question after resting her case by raising the issue of commingling of funds for the first

  • Killearn Partners Inc. v. Southeast Properties Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary S. Freed and William J. Piercy Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . T. Michael Tennant, A. McCampbell Gibson and Wade W. Pearson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellee: Seth G. Weissman and Ned Blumenthal Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S04G1320

    Nothing in the plain and explicit terms of the Georgia Brokerage Relationships in Real Estate Transactions Act precludes a broker from recovering under common law in the absence of a brokerage agr

  • 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