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Ferrell v. Young

Publication Date: 2013-07-24
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Appel Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Michael Harper, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Devon Orland, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
Case Number: A13A0560

The superior court erred in denying the defendant's motion to open default, as it improperly found that he failed to comply with two of the four necessary conditions and thus that it lacked discreti

Scarborough v. Hunter

Publication Date: 2013-07-17
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian C. Ranck Sanders & Ranck PC, Toccoa, for appellant.
for defendant: . James E. Cornwell Jr. Cornwell Law Offices, Toccoa, for appellees.
Case Number: S13A0060

The trial court erred in setting aside the county Board of Commissioners' dec to abandon a county road, as it failed to accord proper deference to the Board's dec

Sherman v. Dickey

Publication Date: 2013-06-19
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy Citron, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Jonathan Adelman Harper Waldon & Craig, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A13A0787

The trial court lacked the authority to grant an award of attorneys' fees at the summary judgment stage of litigation pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 13

Eversbusch v. Eversbusch

Publication Date: 2013-06-03
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Connie H. Buffington, Margaret R. Martin, and Jonathan J. Tuggle Boyd Collar Nolen & Tuggle LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Shiel G. Edlin, Carla M. Schiff Stern & Edlin, and Larry H. Chesin Parks, Chesin & Walbert PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S13A0494

The essential terms of a postnuptial agreement, which the wife had prepared, were not present and agreed upon by the pa

You v. JP Morgan Chase Bank NA

Publication Date: 2013-05-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Ates, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Amicus Appellant: Charles R. Bliss, Karen E. Brown, John R. Bartholomew IV Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., and David A. Webster, Atlanta. Shanon J. McGinnis, Joseph D. Wargo, Michael Wolak III, Julie C. Jared, Amy L. Hanna Wargo & French LLP, Atlanta, Sarah B. Akins, Megan U. Manly, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Monica K. Gilroy and Tania T. Trumble Dickenson Gilroy LLC, Alpharetta.
Case Number: S13Q0040

In considering three certified questions regarding the operation of Georgia's law governing non-judicial foreclosure, the Supreme Court held that the holder of a deed to secure debt does not have to

Hines v. State

Publication Date: 2013-04-09
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Court: Court of Appeals
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cinque Axam Axam-Roberts Legal Group, Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: Tracy Lawson, District Attorney, Elizabeth Baker, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, and Billy Dixon, Assistant District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A2455

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to strike a prospective juror who was a former corrections officer and worked in private security, since a member of th

Henderson v. State

Publication Date: 2013-04-01
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert Palmour and Steven Miller, Summerville, for appellant.
for defendant: Leigh Patterson, District Attorney, and Harold Goldin, Assistant District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A2240

The State proved the defendant's knowledge e ages e children depicted performing sexual acts on DVDs and computer movie files that the defendant possessed, through the admission of portion

March 18, 2013 | National Law Journal

In search of typical hip device case

The first courtroom test of liability claims involving a particular DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. hip replacement device ended in more or less a split decision: The jury awarded plaintiff Loren Kransky $

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Howard v. GMAC Mortg. LLC

Publication Date: 2013-03-13
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
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Case Number: A12A1931

It is well-established that the alleged invalidity of a foreclosure sale cannot be asserted as a defense in a subsequent dispossessory proce

Renton v. Watson

Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ernest Napier Napier Law, Douglasville, for appellant.
for defendant: Rebecca Dobras and Kenneth Crawford Tisinger Tisinger Vance & Greer PC, Carrollton, for appellee.
Case Number: A12A1713

The Court reversed the dismissal of the plaintiff's defamation claim arising after the defendant, without any foundation, applied for a warrant to have the plaintiff arr