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  • Mercker v. Abend

    Publication Date: 2003-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Fred Orr II and James G. Edwards II Orr & Edwards, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori G. Baer and Jenifer N. Stephens Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1832

    The trial court did not err in charging the jury on hindsight where the evidence raised an issue of whether or not the plaintiff based her claims on later acquired knowledge or on information known

  • Mercker v. Abend

    Publication Date: 2003-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Fred Orr II and James G. Edwards II Orr & Edwards, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori G. Baer and Jenifer N. Stephens Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1832

    The trial court did not err in charging the jury on hindsight where the evidence raised an issue of whether or not the plaintiff based her claims on later acquired knowledge or on information known

  • Rodriguez v. Vision Correction Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell D. Benjamin and Kenneth A. Shapiro Mitchell & Shapiro LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert P. Riordan Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0608

    Plaintiff was not entitled to recover back wages under a theory of quantum meruit or unjust enrichment where she received reasonable and negotiated compensation for her ser

  • RCG Properties LLC v. City of Atlanta Bd. Of Zoning Adjustment

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter M. Degnan and Candace N. Smith Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan P. Langford, David D. Blum, Lemuel H. Ward City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Christine K. Huffine, Lisa A. Wade and Bradley S. Wolff Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1669

    The superior court erred in dismissing the appeal of a decision of the city of Atlanta Board of Zoning Adjustment BZA for lack of standing because it was bound by the facts presented to the BZA and

  • Beach v. Lipham

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Foy R. Devine, Georgiana Rizk Doffermyre Shields Canfield Knowles, Atlanta, Harold Bluestein and Barry M. Wayne Bluestein & Wayne, Miami, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Russell B. Davis, Robert C. Harrison Downey & Cleveland LLP, Marietta, David F. Miceli, David H. Tisinger, Kenneth B. Crawford Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, Carrollton, for appellees. Amicus Appellants: Wendy G. Huray Henry, Spiegal, Fried & Milling, Carla R. Johnson Bird & Mabrey, William U. Norwood III Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Robert D. Roll Watkins, Laurie & Roll LLP, Atlanta, and Traci G. Courville Oates & Courville, Columbus. Amicus Appellees: Hezekiah Sistrunk Jr., Jane L. Sams Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Sistrunk, Robert P. Monyak, Lucas W. Andrews, Ashley H. Hill, David A. Cook Love Willingham Peters Gilleland Monyak, Atlanta, and Charles M. Cork III Reynolds & McArthur, Macon.
    Case Number: S02G0721

    The trial court's standard jury instruction on the presumption that medical services are performed in an ordinarily skillful manner correctly stated Georgia substantiv

  • BDO Seidman LLP v. Mindis Acquisition Corp.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter J. Anderson, Steven L. Polk, Rebecca L. Burnaugh, Todd E. Ratner and Deborah M. Danzig Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nisbet S. Kendrick III Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice LLC, John H. Goselin II and Oscar N. Persons Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02G0788

    The proper damages standard for a negligent misrepresentation claim is the traditional negligence standard and the amount of damages awarded for negligent misrepresentation is measured by an "out-of

  • Johnson v. American Nat'l Red Cross a/k/a American Red Cross

    Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Brittain and Wendell R. Bird Bird & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan M. Maxwell, Christopher H. Smith Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Jeffrey C. Baxter Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Atlanta, and Lance P. McMillian McMillian & Camp, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02G0871

    In the absence of any evidence of exposure to a rare, undetectable HIV strain, the decedent's fears that she was infected with the virus were unreasonable as a matter o

  • Gold Kist Inc. v. Moody

    Publication Date: 2002-12-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Richard R. Hays and Kenneth D. Steele Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas L. Gibson Gibson & Spivey, Waycross, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1225

    The trial court could not presume that a prior judge followed the law of the case on remand where that judge failed to do so on remand from a prior a

  • Board of Natural Resources v. Duke Energy Sandersville LLC

    Publication Date: 2002-10-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Robert S. Bomar, Deputy Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Diane L. DeShazo, Assistant Attorneys General, David C. Will and Kurt R. Ward Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney,Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barbara H. Gallo, Daniel H. Sherman IV, Bruce P. Brown McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, and Robert M. Wynne, Sandersville, for appellee. Other party representation: Daniel S. Reinhardt Troutman Sanders LLP, Peter M. Degnan, Douglas E. Cloud, Daniel N. Esrey Alston & Bird, and Robert S. Ukeiley, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A02A1566

    The EPD's appeal was moot since the underlying administrative appeal was withdrawn and the case was dism

  • Middleton v. Troy Young Realty Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-10-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carol L. Stokes, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Randall P. Harrison, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1870

    The plaintiffs could not rely on a broker's failure to disclose that their home was smaller than the model home since the addendum to the parties' sales contract specified that plaintiffs were rece