• Unified Gov't of Athens-Clarke County v. Hospital Auth. of Clarke County

    Publication Date: 2004-05-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew H. Marshall Begnaud & Marshall LLP, and William C. Berryman Jr., Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Emmet J. Bondurant Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, and J. Edward Allen Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, for appellees. Amicus appellee: Jack S. Schroder Jr. Alston & Bird, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S04A0449

    A 2-step process for filling vacancies on the county hospital board of trustees did not have to be reduced to wr

  • In re: Laurens County April-June 2001 and July-September 2001

    Publication Date: 2004-05-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Morrison, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: James L. Wiggins, Eastman, Francis M. Lewis Lewis & King LLC, and Joseph L. Chambers, Assistant District Attorney, Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A0753

    The proposed grand jury presentment criticizing the district attorney's office constituted an act that was beyond the grand jury's statutory auth

  • Killean Partners Inc. v. Southeast Properties Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-04-09
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    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:
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    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
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    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:
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    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:
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    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

  • January 12, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

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    They're called Webblogs, blogs and "blawgs," and in a nutshell, re online diaries or chronologically-ordered journals on the Web. The beauty of blogs is that

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  • Kull v. Six Flags Over Ga. II LLP

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
    Practice Area:
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    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
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    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