• Charina v. Regions Bank

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay E. Loeb Olim & Loeb LLP, and David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen M. Forte and Samira Jones Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1189

    The trial court properly refused to reform a guaranty agreement after determining that there was no evidence supporting the defendant's claim that he though he was guaranteeing only 20 percent of th

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-11-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederic D. Bright, District Attorney, Milledgeville, for appellee. Other party representation: Edward T. Garland Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A03A1416

    The trial court dismissed the impaneled jurors for the June 2002 court term before defendant filed her speedy trial demand, so that term did not count for purposes of O.C.G.A. § 17-

  • Anderson v. Atlanta Comm. for the Olympic Games Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James N. Sadd Slappey & Sadd, Atlanta, Hardy Gregory Jr. Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, Jefferson C. Callier Taylor, Harp & Callier, Columbus, and Madison B. McClellan Gary, Williams, Parenti, et al., Stuart, Fla., for Anderson. Gilbert H. Deitch Bauer & Deitch PC, and Robin N. Loeb Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for Hawthorne. Thomas R. Mock Jr. Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Atlanta, for Atlanta Comm. for the Olympic Games Inc.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A03A0428; A03A0429

    A jury question remained as to whether Centennial Olympic Park was operated as a commercial or recreational property at the time of the Olympic Park bo

  • Garrett v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Mickey R. Thacker, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A2197

    A metal-roofed storage shed that was open on three sides and was accessible from the main building was part of the main building for purposes of O.C.G.A. § 1

  • Brooks-Powers v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth.

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Starks Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter B. McClelland Mabry & McClelland LLP, and Robert J. Routman, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A2448

    The exclusive remedy provision of the Workers' Compensation Act barred the plaintiff's suit arising out of her husband's death at work, while inspecting a segment of MARTA

  • Garrett v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Mickey R. Thacker, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A2197

    A metal roofed storage shed that was open on three sides and was accessible from the main building was part of the main building for purposes of O.C.G.A. § 1

  • Clonts v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-01-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James R. Osborne, District Attorney, and Theo M. Sereebutra, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A2186

    The trial court did not err in allowing evidence that the defendant told the victim's fianc that he had Xanax since the state's theory was that the victim was drugged and the victim testified that s

  • Fontaine v. Gordon Contractors Bldg. Supply Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-07-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay E. Loeb Olim & Loeb LLP and David A. Webster, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James F. Ledbetter, Calhoun, and Jeffrey P. Yashinsky Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A0654

    Defendant's alleged guarantee of a credit application was unenforceable under the statute of frauds because the application did not identify the principal d

  • Redi Floors Inc. v. The Sonenberg Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harriet C. Isenberg Isenberg & Hewitt, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay E. Loeb Olim & Loeb LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1841

    Management company assumed personal liability for contract to purchase and install carpeting in apartment co by entering into contract without disclosing to defendant that it did not own the co

  • Nix v. Cox Enters. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward T. Garland and Nelson O. Tyrone III Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0070

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that the trial court erred in ruling that a jury issue remained as to whether articles that were basis of attorney's libel claim were privil