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  • City of Atlanta v. Bennett

    Publication Date: 2013-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ernest Greer, Michael King, and Mark Trigg Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Chesin and Allan Parks Parks, Chesin & Walbert PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A2063

    In a class-action lawsuit alleging that a firefighter promotional examination was tainted by cheating, the trial court abused its discretion in excluding the testimony of the owner of the company th

  • Murtagh v. Emory Univ.

    Publication Date: 2013-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Goodhart Goodhart Law Firm, Jami Kohn Weinstock & Scavo PC, and Mark Spix, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd Wozniak, Lindsey Edelmann Greenberg Traurig LLP, and Theodore Eichelberger Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A2127

    The trial court erred in its imposition of a $15K fine, since it constituted an adjudication of criminal contempt in excess of $500 per act authorized under O.C.G.A. § 15-6-8 subsect

  • American Mgmt. Servs. E. Inc. v. Fort Benning Family Communities LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joe Whitley, Stephanie Oginsky, Michael King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, Marcus Calhoun, and William Tucker Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael Terry Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, Jerry Buchanan, Lori Leonardo Buchanan & Land, Columbus, Jeffrey Willian, Donna Welch, and Daniel Moore Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A0980

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in lifting the restriction in its earlier injunction prohibiting a property owner from removing a property management company as the manager of privatize

  • Foster v. Southern Reg'l Health Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry D. Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori G. Cohen, Thomas J. Mazziotti, Jessica C. Cabral Greenberg Traurig LLP, Paul E. Weathington The Weathington Firm PC, and M. Paul Reynolds Houck & Regas LLC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Michael Flint and John Rees Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A1482

    OCGA § 51-2-5.1 g 2 expressly prohibits using the fact that a physician works exclusively for one hos as evidence of an agency relationship with that hos

  • Howser Mill Homes LLC v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Gilliam and Keith Whitaker Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles PA, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sean Gordon and Jack Lundstedt Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1617

    Where the plaintiff lender voluntarily dismissed its application for confirmation before the entry of a final order, and then started new foreclosure proceedings, OCGA § 44-14-161 c did not require

  • Legacy Communities Group Inc. v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-07-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven M. Kushner, Eugenia W. Iredale Fellows LaBriola LLP and John K. Larkins Jr. Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jennifer B. Moore, Mark G. Trigg and Lee B. Hart Greenberg Traurig LLP, for appellee. Other party representation: Kevin A. Maxim The Maxim Law Firm PC, Simon H. Bloom, Stephanie A. Everett The Bloom Sugarman Everett LLP, John D. Dalbey and Brian F. McEvoy Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A11A0696

    A pr to answer for another's debt under the Statute of Frauds is only enforceable against a promisor if it identifies the debt, the principal debtor and the pr

  • Pinnacle Benning LLC v. Clark Realty Capital LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus B. Calhoun Jr., William L. Tucker, Thomas F. Gristina, April H. Hocutt Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford PC, Columbus, Joe D. Whitley, Stephanie L. Oginsky and Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jerry A. Buchanan, Lori M. Leonardo Buchanan & Land, Columbus, Jeffrey L. William, Donna M. Welch and Daniel C. Moore Kirckland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A2408

    The trial court did not err in dismissing the plaintiff's derivative action for failure to make a formal demand upon the manager of the limited-liability corporation to bring the

  • American Management Services East LLC v. Fort Benning Family Communities LLC

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcus B. Calhoun Jr. Page Scranton Sprouse Tucker & Ford, Columbus, Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, and Thomas E. Dutton Greenberg Traurig LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellants. Jerry A. Buchanan, Lori M. Leonardo Buchanan & Land, Columbus, Jeffrey L. William, Donna M. Welch, and Daniel C. Moore Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0855

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in enjoining the defendants from pursuing a Virginia declaratory action suit, where eight of the nine Virginia claims either directly overlapped or indir

  • Zywiciel v. Historic Westside Village Partners LLC

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kwame L. Townes, Tucker, for Zywiciel. Kenneth W. Muhammad The Muhammad Firm, Smyrna, for Muhammad. Ernest L. Greer, Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Hayden R. Pace Pace Law PC, and Michael E. Ross Taylor English Duma LLP, Michael P. Froman, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1243; A11A1582

    An easement existed in a section of road running between arties' properties because both properties descended from same original subdivision described on the recorded plat, despite the fact tha

  • Jones v. White

    Publication Date: 2011-10-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexa R. Ross and Richard L. Robbins RobbinsFreed, Atlanta, for Jones. James E. Dearing Jr., Atlanta, for White. Christopher W. Phillips Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, for Khalil. William B. Hill Jr. and Joseph C. Sharp Ashe, Rafuse & Hill LLP, Atlanta, for Brock. Other party representation: Jeffrey M. Smith, Mark G. Trigg, Richard J. Valladares, and Ryan C. Grelecki Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1047; A11A1048; A11A1049; A11A1050; A11A1051

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant consultant, as material issues of fact remained regarding the fee-splitting arrangement between the plaintiff and this defendant,