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Hawkins v. DeKalb Med. Ctr. Inc.

Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Q. Bird, William B. Drummond Bird Law Group PC, James D. Summerville The Summerville Firm LLC, John W. Crongeyer Crongeyer Law Firm PC, M. Gino Brogdon Pope McGlamry Kilpatrick Morrison, and Lee T. Wallace The Wallace Law Firm, Atlanta, for Hawkins. Timothy H. Bendin, Kristin L. Hiscutt Bendin, Sumrall & Ladner LLC, Erica S. Jansen and Daniel J. Huff Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for DeKalb Medical Center, Inc. Other party representation: Rolfe M. Martin, Mark D. Meliski, Philippa V. Ellis Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP, Paul E. Weathington, Lindsay A. Forlines The Weathington Firm PC, Simuel F. Doster Jr. Allen Weathington & Reeves PC, Jason E. Bring Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, and Thomas E. Lavender III Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Atlanta.
for defendant:
Case Number: A11A1006; A11A1007

The plaintiff failed to adduce expert evidence giving rise to a triable issue on the specialized medical question of whether her daughter was brain dead prior to apnea testing and termination of ven

Lewis v. State

Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael L. Brown, Bernard Taylor Alston & Bird, and Angela Adams, Atlanta, for appellant. Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, John S. Melvin, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Deborah D. Wellborn, Michael S. Carlson, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, and Rhani M. Lott Hunton & Williams LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Brenda J. Bernstein The Bernstein Firm PC, Charles T. Brant, Atlanta, and John H. Petrey, Decatur.
for defendant:
Case Number: A11A0859

The trial court abused its discretion in disqualifying an attorney and law firm from continued representation of the defendant in a criminal matter because the firm also represented the employer of

Farm Credit of Northwest Fla. ACA v. Easom Peanut Co.

Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nowell D. Berreth, Lisa R. Bugni and Todd R. David Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant. Christina L. Folsom, William P. Langdale Jr. Langdale & Vallotton LLP, Valdosta, David A. Kendrick Floyd & Kendrick LLC, Bainbridge, Patrick S. Flynn, Albany, C. Edwin Rude Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., and Ernest A. Sellers Jr., Gainesville, Fla., for appellees.
for defendant:
Case Number: A11A0816

The trial court erroneously found that the peanut growers' reserved security interest in peanut crops had priority over the lending association's security interest until such time as the peanut brok

Walden v. State

Publication Date: 2011-10-28
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Carley, George H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara B. Claridge Claridge Law Firm, Augusta, for appellant. Ashley Wright, District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Sara K. Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
for defendant:
Case Number: S11A0722

The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for cruelty to children, as the jury was authorized to conclude that the presence of the victim's covered, unembalmed corpse in the home of the min

Farm Credit of Northwest Fla. ACA v. Easom Peanut Co.

Publication Date: 2011-09-30
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nowell D. Berreth, Lisa R. Bugni and Todd R. David Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant. Christina L. Folsom, William P. Langdale Jr. Langdale & Vallotton LLP, Valdosta, David A. Kendrick Floyd & Kendrick LLC, Bainbridge, Patrick S. Flynn, Albany, C. Edwin Rude Jr., Tallahassee, Fla. and Ernest A. Sellers Jr., Gainesville, Fla., for appellees.
for defendant:
Case Number: A11A0816

The trial court erroneously found that the peanut growers' reserved security interest in peanut crops had priority over the lending association's security interest until such time as the peanut brok

September 13, 2011 |

Homeowners Section I

Analysis of property coverage agreements in ISO Homeowners policies, 2011 program. Includes significant differences between current 2011 and 2000 editions.

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August 25, 2011 |

Homeowners Section I - Archived Article

Analysis of property coverage agreements in ISO Homeowners policies, 2000 program. Includes significant differences between current 2000 and 1991 editions.

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Oglethorpe Power Corp. v. Forrister

Publication Date: 2011-08-19
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh B. McNatt McNatt Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, and Natalie M. Beasmen, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Michael D. McRae and Jason B. Sanker McRae, Stegal, Peek, Harman, Smith & Manning, Cedartown, for appellees. Other party representation: Steven T. Minor Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, Carrollton, Charles T. Autry, Roland F. Hall Autry Horton & Cole LLP, Tucker, Peter M. Degnan and Jonathan E. Wells Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta.
Case Number: A09A2015

Because the noise emanating from the exhaust stacks resulted from the essential method of the power plant's operation, the neighbors were limited to filing one cause of action for the recovery of p

August 17, 2011 |

Occurrence

This discussion concerns insurance coverage issues arising out of the word "occurrence", with a review of relevant legal cases.

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Strength v. Lovett

Publication Date: 2011-08-05
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Ellison Burnside, Wall, Daniel & Ellison, Augusta, for appellant.
for defendant: Richard W. Hendrix Finch McCranie LLP, Atlanta, and Randolph Frails, Augusta, for appellees.
Case Number: A11A0672

The case was remanded for the trial court to address cause in fact, since the county sheriff properly raised the question of whether a driver, who was fleeing a traffic stop, might still have caused