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  • 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

  • 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