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  • April 6, 2016 |

    Just v. Farmers Auto. Ins. Ass'n

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Justv.Farmers Auto. Ins. Ass'n2016 WL 1273052Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.NOTICE:…

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  • January 19, 2015 | National Law Journal

    Verdicts & Settlements

    BANKING JPMorgan Set to Settle NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay about $500 million to resolve a class action stemmi

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  • January 16, 2015 | National Law Journal

    Verdicts & Settlements

    A summary of this week's notable cases.

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  • Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil A. Creasy Simpson & Creasy PC, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellants. James L. Elliott Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding PC, Valdosta, Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Withers & Lake LLC, Savannah, and Mary E. Kostel The Episcopal Church/Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, David H. Gambrell, John Hinton IV Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, John E. Tomlinson, Loganville, and Joshua D. Hawley The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C. Amicus Appellee: Jon V. Forehand Allen, Forehand & Adams LLP, Moultrie, Brenda C. Youmas Edwards & Youmas LLC, W. Warren Plowden Jr. Jones Cork & Miller LLP, Macon, William B. Marianes McGuireWoods LLP, and Nicholas C. Moraitakis Moraitakis, Kushel, Pearson & Gardner LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10G1909

    Neutral principles of law established that the c property at issue was held in trust for the benefit of the parent c

  • Mullis v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A0416

    Evidence of the then 17-year-old victim's fragile emotional and psychological history authorized the trial court to clear the courtroom during his test

  • Blackmon v. Tenet Healthsystem Spalding Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas D. Trask and David F. Walbert Parks, Chesin, Walbert & Miller PC, Atlanta, for Blackmon. Thomas S. Carlock and Eric J. Frisch Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for Webb and others. Kevin P. Race and Brian K. Mathis Insley & Race LLC, for Tenet Heathsystem.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A07A1840; A07A2284; A07A2283

    The decedent's mother lacked standing to bring a wrongful death action in state court where the decedent's spouse survive

  • Watts v. State

    Publication Date: 2003-05-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Jones King & King & Jones PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0929

    The invalidity of a search warrant, resulting in the seizure of DNA ce against the defendant, was res judicata because the Georgia Supreme Court previously held that the state did not meet its

  • Ray v. Scottish Rite Children's Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. White, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Dow N. Kirkpatrick II, Robert P. Riordan and Christopher A. Riley Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1495

    Plaintiffs' claims against a hospital for negligent retention of the doctor who cared for their son were barred by the medical malpractice statute of limitation and statute of r

  • February 6, 2012 | The Associated Press

    Ga. court overturns assisted suicide restrictions

    ATLANTA AP - Georgia's top court on Monday struck down a state law designed to discourage assisted suicides after a legal battle brought by four members of a suicide group who said the law al

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  • February 6, 2012 | The Associated Press

    Ga. court overturns assisted suicide restrictions

    ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's top court struck down a state law that restricted assisted suicides, siding on Monday with four members of a suicide group who said the law violated their free spee

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