• Killean Partners Inc. v. Southeast Properties Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary S. Freed, William J. Piercy Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, and Suzanne E. Deddish Freed & Berman PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daniel N. Esrey, T. Michael Tennant and Andrew M. Gibson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2563

    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 agre

  • Mansour Props. LLC v. I-85/GA 20 Ventures Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel N. Esrey, Peter M. Degnan Alston & Bird, and Warren W. Willis Jr. Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John P. O'Brien and Bret T. Thrasher Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti PC, Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A1484

    The plaintiff waived its right to partition the 110 acres of undeveloped property that it owned with the defendant by contractually obligating itself to certify that any potential transferee would h

  • McCombs v. Synthes USA

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James H. Webb Jr. Webb, Stuckey & Lindsey, Peachtree City, Martin C. Jones Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, Tifton, and Sharon J. Whitwell, Locust Grove, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan A. Cahoon Kilpatrick & Stockton LLP, Jenifer N. Stephens Alston & Bird LLP and Jeffrey J. Toney, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A0006

    A wa on the package insert for a defective plate device was adequate and reasonable under the circumstances where the plate device failed in the exact manner encompassed by the wa

  • Turner v. Flournoy

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scot E. Hitch Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Ray L. Allison Denney, Pease, Allison & Kirk, Jaimie B. DeLoach and Clifton C. Fay, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jerry A. Buchanan Buchanan & Land, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A1730

    In the absence of a transcript, competent evidence presumably supported the trial court's dec to permanently enjoin development of a subdiv

  • Mansour Props. LLC v. I-85/GA 20 Ventures Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-02-27
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel N. Esrey, Peter M. Degnan Alston & Bird, and Warren W. Willis Jr. Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John P. O'Brien and Bret T. Thrasher Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti PC, Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A1484

    The plaintiff waived its right to partition the 110 acres of undeveloped property that it owned with the defendant by contractually obligating itself to certify that any potential transferee would h

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  • Kull v. Six Flags Over Ga. II LLP

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph D. Perrotta, Louis R. Feingold Northcutt, Edwards & Feingold and Joseph H. King Jr. King & Hobbs, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew M. Gibson, Heather R. Peoples Alston & Bird LLP, and Robert E. Mulholland Savell & Williams, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A2315

    The plaintiff was barred from recovering for injuries received when he fell from a ladder after being shocked while maintaining a scoreboard because his failure to comply with OSHA regulations amou

  • Mindis Acquisition Corp. v. BDO Seidman LLP

    Publication Date: 2003-10-10
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Oscar N. Persons, Theodore J. Sawicki, John H. Goselin II Alston & Bird and Nisbet S. Kendrick III Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Anderson, Kristen J. Indermark and Rebecca L. Burnaugh Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A1774; A01A1775

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that the proper damages standard for a negligent misrepresentation claim is the traditional negligence standard and the amount of damages aw

  • McCombs v. Synthes

    Publication Date: 2003-09-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian D. Rogers, Michael J. Warshauer and Lyle G. Warshauer Warshauer, Thomas, Thornton & Rogers PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori G. Cohen and Jenifer N. Stephens Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S01G1633

    Plaintiff was entitled to argue the adequacy of the manufacturer's warning to her doctor on appeal because the manufacturer based its successful motion for summary judgment on the learned intermedia

  • Harvey v. J. H. Harvey Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett and Heather R. Peoples Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank C. Jones, Macon, Benjamin F. Easterlin IV, Cheri A. Grosvenor King & Spalding, Atlanta, W. Daniel Knight Jr. and J. Reese Franklin, Nashville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02G1713

    The concept of constructive service was applicable to an action for breach of an employment contract which provided that the plaintiff would serve as the defending company's President and Chief Oper