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Killearn Partners Inc. v. Southeast Properties Inc.

Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary S. Freed and William J. Piercy Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . T. Michael Tennant, A. McCampbell Gibson and Wade W. Pearson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellee: Seth G. Weissman and Ned Blumenthal Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta.
Case Number: S04G1320

Nothing in the plain and explicit terms of the Georgia Brokerage Relationships in Real Estate Transactions Act precludes a broker from recovering under common law in the absence of a brokerage agr

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Haralson v. John Deere Co.

Publication Date: 2005-02-18
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Kelley Kitchens, Kelley, Gaynes PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Candace N. Smith and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A03A0583

A signature, together with the terms "undersigned" and "Guarantors" sufficiently identified the defendant as the guarantor and satisfied the writing requirement of O.C.G.A. § 13-5

Blockum v. Fieldale Farms Corp.

Publication Date: 2005-01-14
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victor Blockum, Athens, proceeded pro se. Jay D. Bennett and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
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Case Number: A04A2027

The Court could not consider the plaintiff's supplemental because it was a complete revision of his initial

Hughey v. Gwinnett County

Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. O'Day, Andrew M. Thompson Smith, Gambrell & Russell and Justine I. Thompson, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, John E. Hennelly, William R. Phillips, Assistant Attorneys General, Lee A. DeHihns III. Daniel N. Esrey and William B. Carver Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Paul E. Andrew Andrew, Merritt, Reilly & Smith, Lawrenceville, Harry L. Cashin Jr., Mary M. Asbill, D. Lee Biola, Atlanta, Clyde Y. Morris Jr., Alpharetta, and Iryna A Kwasny, Oakland, Calif. Amicus appellee: Patricia L. Barmeyer and Lewis B. Jones King & Spaulding, Atlanta.
Case Number: S04G0873

Georgia's anti-degradation rules require a permittee to utilize the highest and best level of treatment practicable under existing techn

John Crane Inc. v. Jones

Publication Date: 2004-11-19
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ollie M. Harton, Elizabeth B. Padgett Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, and Michael A. Pollard Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
for defendant: Roger B. Lane Lane & Gossett, Brunswick, for appellees. Amicus appellants: Dow N. Kirkpatrick II, J. Kennard Neal, Orlyn O. Lockard III Alston & Bird LLP, Daniel S. Reinhardt Troutman Sanders, Sara S. Turnipseed, Thomas F. Wamsley Jr. Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Jay B. Bryan Hunton & Williams, Emily R. Bramer, Atlanta, Hugh B. McNatt McNatt & Greene, Vidalia, Robert M. Brinson Brinson Askew Berry Seigler Richardson, Rome, J. Thomas Whelchel Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, Joe D. Hollingsworth and Eric G. Lasker, Washington, D.C.
Case Number: S03G1791

An individual tortfeasor's conduct does not have to constitute a "substantial contributing factor" with regard to a plaintiff's injury where the plaintiff is allegedly injured due to separate tortio

O'Kelley v. Cox

Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Carley, George H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Stephenson Jr., Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird LLP, Elizabeth L. Littrell American Civil Liberties Union, and Jack H. Senterfitt Lambda Legal Defense and Ed. Fund, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Stefan E. Ritter, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: Robin F. Clark Jewett & Clark LLC, Scott C. Titshaw Arnall, Golden & Gregory LLP, Miles J. Alexander, Alexander S. Clay, Michael W. Tyler and Jill Warner Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta.
Case Number: S05A0236

Georgia courts cannot encroach upon the legislative process and do not have any authority to bar the general election from proceeding exactly as it is presently sche

Reynolds v. Harrison

Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael C. Pruett Haygood & Pruett, William J. Linkous Jr. and Nicole J. Wade Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . John C. Sawyer, Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird, Atlanta, John E. Stell Jr. Russell, Stell, Smith McLocklin PC, Winder, and J. C. Highsmith Jr. Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, for appellees.
Case Number: S04A1273

The affidavit of the attorney who drafted the testator's will could not be used to shed light on the testator's intent where the terms of the will were plain and unambi

Georgia Dept. of Transp. v. Meadow Trace Inc.

Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Carley, George H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. David Syfan and Thomas L. Fitzgerald Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar LLP, Gainesville, for appellant.
for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, T. Michael Tennant Alston & Bird LLP, Tim Carssow and Ian Landgreen Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: S04A1162

The Court of Appeals has jurisdi over the DOT's appeal regarding how much highway access a landowner's deed conveyed in a condemnation a

Vara v. Essex Ins. Co.

Publication Date: 2004-09-17
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter D. Adams, Brunswick, for appellant.
for defendant: . Jonathan B. Davis Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Gregory T. Carter Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: John R. Ferrelle, Brunswick.
Case Number: A04A1900

The insureds' third-party complaint against their insurer was the proper legal procedure for determining whether the insurer is or may be liable to them under an indemnity insurance agreement in th