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  • October 28, 2013 | Daily Report Online

    Settlement is Payday Refund for Borrowers

    A payday lending company has agreed to pay up to $36 million to settle a nine-year suit brought by borrowers at its Georgia stores who claimed they were victims of usury and racketeer

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  • J. N. Legacy Grp. Inc. v. City of Dallas, Georgia

    Publication Date: 2013-07-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel Starks and Elizabeth Rodger Martin & Jones PLLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Debra Haan and Harvey Gray Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A0729

    Some evidence supported a finding that the plaintiff's property had been subjected to repeated sewage overflow and the defendant city had notice of the problem, thus establishing a jury issue as to

  • Lakeview Behavioral Health Sys. LLC v. UHS Peachford LP

    Publication Date: 2013-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adrienne Marting, Michael Bowers, and Joshua Moore Balch & Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Threlkeld, Dana Durrett, and Holly Pierson Morris Manning & Martin LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Alex Sponseller, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A13A0612

    The defendant was entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys' fees after it successfully defended the plaintiff's challenge to a certificate of need for a new acute care psychiatric and substance

  • April 4, 2013 |

    In Force-Placed Insurance Case, Georgia Supreme Court Asked to Decide Applicability of “Filed Rate Doctrine”

    In a case involving force-placed insurance brought by a mortgage borrower on behalf of a class of borrowers, a federal district court in Georgia has certified…

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  • Tudor v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lora Alsher Georgia Public Defender Standards Council and Christopher Paul Public Defender's Office, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Poston, District Attorney, and Susan Franklin, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1676

    The evidence showing that the defendant called the victim into the kitchen from the living room for the purpose of molesting her was sufficient to satisfy the asportation element of the enticing a c

  • Brinkley v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Reba Barton Child Law & Policy Center, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford Bowden, District Attorney, Tifton, for appellee. Amicus Curiae: Sandra Michaels, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A2322

    The trial court did not violate the defendant's constitutional right to due process in failing to sua sponte assess the defendant's competency, since no evidence raised a reasonable doubt as to whet

  • Littlejohn v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell Adams Public Defender's Office, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Milam, District Attorney, and Lauren Love, Assistant District Attorney, Jackson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A2456

    The defendant's Batson challenge did not present a basis for reversal, since he failed to prove that the State's peremptory strikes were motivated by discriminatory i

  • Freese II Inc. v. Mitchell

    Publication Date: 2012-11-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Earle Burke, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Trent B. Speckhals Speckhals & Cora PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A0966

    The Court affirmed the $1.75M jury award to a mother, as the executor of her da 's estate, in her wrongful death action against a nightclub that over-served alcohol to a patron who killed the d

  • Stone-Crosby v. Mickens-Cook

    Publication Date: 2012-11-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dana Ashford The Ashford Law Firm LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Tannen, Atlanta, Tracey Moran, and Teresa Mann, East Point, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1258

    The trial court did not err in denying the plaintiff's motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction the custody award of her orphaned niece and nephew to their paternal grandmother, as the superior co

  • Young v. Georgia Agric. Exposition Auth.

    Publication Date: 2012-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Carl Reynolds and Bradley J. Survant Reynolds, Horne & Survant, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John G. Walker Walker Hulbert Gray Byrd LLP, Perry, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Jennifer L. Dalton, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A1655

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant on the plaintiff's claim for lost earnings after two bulls trampled him at a beef expos