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  • Johnson v. Omondi

    Publication Date: 2013-11-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roderick E. Edmond, Keith L. Lindsay Edmond & Lindsay LLP, Sidney L. Moore III, and James D. Summerville Summerville Moore PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jeffrey D. Braintwain, Michael G. Frankson, and Randolph P. Powell Jr. Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Hunter S. Allen Jr., Simuel F. Doster Jr. Allen, McCain & O'Mahony PC, Henry D. Green Jr. Green & Sapp LLP, Theodore B. Eichelberger, Bernard Taylor, Joshua L. Becker Alston & Bird LLP, Paul E. Weathington, Paul I. Hotchkiss Weathington Smith PC, Gretchen H. Wagner, Derrick L. Bingham, and David V. Hayes Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S13G0553

    The def emergency room physician was not entitled to summary judgment in the plaintiff's medical malpractice case, as a reasonable jury could find by clear and convincing evidence that the de

  • 172 Madison (NY) LLC v. NMP-Group, LLC, 650087/2010

    Publication Date: 2013-10-30
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Part 54
    Judge: Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For plaintiff: John Doherty and Michael P. De Simone, of Counsel, Alston & Bird LLP.
    for defendant: For defendant: Victor A. Warms, of Counsel, Natalia Pirogova, the Val Firm.
    Case Number: 650087/2010

    Cite as: 172 Madison (NY) LLC v. NMP-Group, LLC, 650087/2010, NYLJ 1202625413666, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided October 3, 2013) 650087/2010 Justice Sh

  • Wang v. Liu

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert R. Long IV, John L. Latham, Brandon R. Williams Alston & Bird LLP, William G. Leonard, and Gregory G. Schultz Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John M. Tatum, Rachel C. Young Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, and Charles M. Yoon Yoon & Kim LLP, New York, N. Y., for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1485

    The trial court erred in making permanent an interlocutory injunction prohibiting the appellant from transferring certain assets while the appellee's underlying suit against him was pending without

  • Barngrover v. City of Columbus

    Publication Date: 2013-03-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Patrick Jr., Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifton C. Fay, City Attorney, Lucy T. Sheftall, Assistant City Attorney, James C. Clark Jr., Thomas F. Gristina, and Alan G. Snipes Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford PC, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A1492

    The trial court's order directing the razing and rebuilding of the structures on the plaintiff's property properly resolved the equitable features of the jury's v

  • Marsh v. Clarke Cnty. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2012-11-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James J. Thomas II Ichter Thomas LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay D. Bennett, Nowell D. Berreth Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Terrell W. Benton Jr. Hall Booth Smith & Slover PC, Athens, for appellees.
    Case Number: S12A1568

    The trial court properly denied the writ of mandamus seeking the return of excess proceeds collected pursuant to an educational sales and use tax approved by referendum, as the plaintiff taxpayer fa

  • 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

  • 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.
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    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

  • Oglethorpe Power Corp. v. Forrister

    Publication Date: 2011-06-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Natalie M. C. Beasman Balch & Bingham LLP, placeCityAtlantaGregory M. Cole Autry, Horton & Cole LLP, Tucker, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, for appellants. Jason B. Sanker, Michael D. McRae and Robert T. Monroe McRae, Stegall, Peek, Harman, Smith & Manning LLP, Cedartown, for appellees. Amicus appellants: Charles T. Autry, Roland F. L. Hall Autry, Horton & Cole, Tucker, Kristin H. Dial, Steven T. Minor Tisinger Vance PC, CityCarrolltonPeter M. Degnan and Jonathan E. Wells Alston & Bird LLP, placeCityAtlanta
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    Case Number: S10G1244

    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

  • MCG Health Inc. v. Owners Ins.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Allgood Enterprise Mill, David E. Hudson and Christopher A. Cosper Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael C. Kendall Talley, French & Kendall PC, Douglasville, Sam G. Nicholson, Harry D. Revell Nicholson Revell LLP, David B. Bell, Bell & Bell Assocs., John C. Bell Jr. and Pamela S. James Bell & Brigham, Augusta, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Donna P. Bergson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Appellee: John D. Hadden Turkheimer & Hadden LLC, Atlanta, and Jason L. Crawford Daughtery, Crawford, Fuller & Brown LLP, Columbus.
    Case Number: S10G1142

    The statutory and regulatory scheme governing TRICARE does not provide any basis for allowing contracting civilian healthcare providers to collect their treatment costs from a third-party tortfeasor/