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  • The Landings Ass'n Inc v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
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    Case Number: S11G1263; S11G1277

    The owners of a planned resid development were entitled to summary judgment in a premises liability suit arising from a fatal alligator attack because the victim had equal knowledge of the po

  • Leibel v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Goldman, Christine L. Mast and Joseph H. Wieseman Hawkins, Parnell, Thackston & Young LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard L. Brittain, Wendell R. Bird Bird, Loechl, Brittain & McCants, Atlanta, Jenny E. Jensen and Richard E. Harris Jones, Jensen & Harris, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11G0557

    Expert testimony as to causation is not appropriate in a legal malpractice

  • June 19, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Corporate Counsel's ITC Survey 2012: A Niche With Staying Power

    It's almost become a lawyer meme that the International Trade Commission, a once-obscure quasi-judicial body, is a hot forum for patent disputes because it handles cases qu

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  • June 1, 2012 |

    Hirschhorn v. Auto–Owners Ins. Co.

    Click here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis338 Wis.2d 761Supreme Court of Wisconsin.Joel HIRSCHHORN and Evelyn F. Hirschhorn, Plaintiffs–Appellants,v.AUTO–OWNERS…

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  • Standard Bldg. Co. Inc. v. Schofield Interior Contractors Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary K. Durant, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ron L. Quigley, Vincent J. Arpey, Matthew R. Thiry and Mina A. Elmankabady Davis Matthews & Quigley PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A1869

    The Court of Appeals could not consider the defendants' challenge to the special master's appointment to consider their post-trial motions, even though the trial court's failure to provide notice to

  • March 28, 2012 |

    Regulatory: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s a super PAC!

    The big story for the 2012 elections has been the rise of super PACs, or, independent expenditure committees

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  • Bradley v. Winn-Dixie Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-03-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie S. Jean-Bart Farah & Farah PA, Jacksonville, Fla. and James H. Wyman Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Buschmann Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A2238

    The trial court erred in applying the rule set out in Prophecy Corp. v. Charles Rossignol, Inc., 256 Ga. 27 1986, to conclude that the plaintiff failed to establish that the grocery store had const

  • Zywiciel v. Historic Westside Village Partners LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    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

  • Hernandez Auto Painting & Body Works Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mason White Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, Kyle G. Wallace Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Robert H. Schultz Jr. Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen PC, Edwardsville, Ill., for State Farm. Robert B. Turner, Stanley Karsman Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Christopher D. Britt Tate Law Group LLC, Savannah, for Hernandez Auto. Other party representation: William V. Custer IV Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0962; A11A0963

    The trial court erred in denying the defendants' motion to dismiss the plaintiff's claim for trade libel, as Georgia does not recognize such a

  • 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