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  • John Crane Inc. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2004-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ollie M. Harton, Elizabeth B. Padgett Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, and Michael A. Pollard Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
    for defendant: Roger B. Lane Lane & Gossett, Brunswick, for appellees. Amicus appellants: Dow N. Kirkpatrick II, J. Kennard Neal, Orlyn O. Lockard III Alston & Bird LLP, Daniel S. Reinhardt Troutman Sanders, Sara S. Turnipseed, Thomas F. Wamsley Jr. Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Jay B. Bryan Hunton & Williams, Emily R. Bramer, Atlanta, Hugh B. McNatt McNatt & Greene, Vidalia, Robert M. Brinson Brinson Askew Berry Seigler Richardson, Rome, J. Thomas Whelchel Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, Joe D. Hollingsworth and Eric G. Lasker, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: S03G1791

    An individual tortfeasor's conduct does not have to constitute a "substantial contributing factor" with regard to a plaintiff's injury where the plaintiff is allegedly injured due to separate tortio

  • Georgia Dept. of Transp. v. Meadow Trace Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. David Syfan and Thomas L. Fitzgerald Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar LLP, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, T. Michael Tennant Alston & Bird LLP, Tim Carssow and Ian Landgreen Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S04A1162

    The Court of Appeals has jurisdi over the DOT's appeal regarding how much highway access a landowner's deed conveyed in a condemnation a

  • Vara v. Essex Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-09-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter D. Adams, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jonathan B. Davis Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Gregory T. Carter Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: John R. Ferrelle, Brunswick.
    Case Number: A04A1900

    The insureds' third-party complaint against their insurer was the proper legal procedure for determining whether the insurer is or may be liable to them under an indemnity insurance agreement in th

  • Vaillant v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2004-05-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tracey A. Moran, East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Marcus Howard Bird & Mabrey PC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: William D. Temple Temple, Strickland & Counts, Decatur, and Bradley K. Donnell McAfee & Taft PC, Oklahoma City, Okla.
    Case Number: A04A0600

    Plaintiff's only written notice of her injury claim against the city-an "Air Talk" form, which she mailed to an airport's customer service manager-did not substantially comply with statutory anti-li

  • In re: Laurens County April-June 2001 and July-September 2001

    Publication Date: 2004-05-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Morrison, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: James L. Wiggins, Eastman, Francis M. Lewis Lewis & King LLC, and Joseph L. Chambers, Assistant District Attorney, Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0753

    The proposed grand jury presentment criticizing the district attorney's office constituted an act that was beyond the grand jury's statutory auth

  • Blackwell v. Potts

    Publication Date: 2004-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taylor W. Jones, Jenny E. Jensen Taylor W. Jones & Assocs., William Q. Bird William Q. Bird & Assocs., and Richard E. Harris, Atlanta, for Blackwell. James T. McDonald Jr. and John S. Berry Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for Potts.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A2400; A03A2401

    The trial court abused its discretion in concluding that the legal malpractice plaintiffs were categorically restricted to the evidence already in the record when the defendants represented them in

  • Killean Partners Inc. v. Southeast Properties Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary S. Freed, William J. Piercy Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, and Suzanne E. Deddish Freed & Berman PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daniel N. Esrey, T. Michael Tennant and Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A2563

    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 agre

  • Blazer v. State

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Latham Alston & Bird, and Steven H. Sadow, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carmen D. Smith, Solicitor General, Jody L. Peskin, Assistant Solicitor General, and Richard N. Elliott Sr. Fulton County Solicitor's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0228

    Some evidence supported the trial court's finding that the defendant did not reasonably believe that the force he used to remove a patron from the restricted area of his business was nece

  • McCombs v. Synthes USA

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James H. Webb Jr. Webb, Stuckey & Lindsey, Peachtree City, Martin C. Jones Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, Tifton, and Sharon J. Whitwell, Locust Grove, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan A. Cahoon Kilpatrick & Stockton LLP, Jenifer N. Stephens Alston & Bird LLP and Jeffrey J. Toney, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0006

    A wa on the package insert for a defective plate device was adequate and reasonable under the circumstances where the plate device failed in the exact manner encompassed by the wa

  • In re Butterfield

    Publication Date: 2004-03-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven E. Phillips, Public Defender, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1919

    The manner in which cross-examination is organized should be left to the attorney's discr