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  • Bryant v. Hoffman La Roche Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Brittain, Wendell R. Bird and Jonathan T. McCants Bird & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard B. North Jr., Matthew B. Lerner Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Atlanta, and Leslie J. Bobo Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, Miss., for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0661

    Once a prima facie case for design defect is established, a pharmaceutical manufacturer will be relieved from strict liability only when it demonstrates that 1 the product is properly manufactured a

  • Buckhorn Ventures LLC v. Forsyth County, Ga.

    Publication Date: 2003-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter M. Degnan and Harold Buckley Jr. Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert S. Stubbs III Banks, Stubbs & Neville, Kenneth E. Jarrard Jarrard & Davis LLP and Mitchell M. McKinney, Cumming, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0152

    O.C.G.A. § 36-30-3 a prohibits councils from binding themselves or their successors so as to prevent legislation in matters of municipal gove

  • Blockum v. Fieldale Farms Corp.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George W. McGriff, Eric E. Wyatt McGriff, Cuthpert, Wyatt & Assocs., Atlanta, and Victor Blockum, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay D. Bennett and Paul J. Kaplan, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0922

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that the defendant was not entitled to summary judgment on the tiff's racial discrimination claim pursuant to 42 USC § § 1981, since th

  • Schoenbaum Ltd. Co. LLC v. Lenox Pines LLC

    Publication Date: 2003-07-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Carlton King Jr., Thomas A. Croft King & Croft, Peter M. Degnan and David M. Meezan Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Hylton B. Dupree Jr. Dupree, Johnson, Poole & King, William W. Dreyfoos, Marietta, and Mark A. Johnson, Charleston, S.C., for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A0814, A03A0815

    Plaintiffs lacked standing to bring their RICO claim with regard to defendants' alleged predicate acts of filing a false transfer tax declaration and making false representations to lenders, since t

  • Harvey v. J. H. Harvey Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    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

  • Mercker v. Abend

    Publication Date: 2003-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Fred Orr II and James G. Edwards II Orr & Edwards, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori G. Baer and Jenifer N. Stephens Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1832

    The trial court did not err in charging the jury on hindsight where the evidence raised an issue of whether or not the plaintiff based her claims on later acquired knowledge or on information known

  • RCG Properties LLC v. City of Atlanta Bd. Of Zoning Adjustment

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter M. Degnan and Candace N. Smith Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan P. Langford, David D. Blum, Lemuel H. Ward City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Christine K. Huffine, Lisa A. Wade and Bradley S. Wolff Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1669

    The superior court erred in dismissing the appeal of a decision of the city of Atlanta Board of Zoning Adjustment BZA for lack of standing because it was bound by the facts presented to the BZA and

  • Beach v. Lipham

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Foy R. Devine, Georgiana Rizk Doffermyre Shields Canfield Knowles, Atlanta, Harold Bluestein and Barry M. Wayne Bluestein & Wayne, Miami, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Russell B. Davis, Robert C. Harrison Downey & Cleveland LLP, Marietta, David F. Miceli, David H. Tisinger, Kenneth B. Crawford Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, Carrollton, for appellees. Amicus Appellants: Wendy G. Huray Henry, Spiegal, Fried & Milling, Carla R. Johnson Bird & Mabrey, William U. Norwood III Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Robert D. Roll Watkins, Laurie & Roll LLP, Atlanta, and Traci G. Courville Oates & Courville, Columbus. Amicus Appellees: Hezekiah Sistrunk Jr., Jane L. Sams Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Sistrunk, Robert P. Monyak, Lucas W. Andrews, Ashley H. Hill, David A. Cook Love Willingham Peters Gilleland Monyak, Atlanta, and Charles M. Cork III Reynolds & McArthur, Macon.
    Case Number: S02G0721

    The trial court's standard jury instruction on the presumption that medical services are performed in an ordinarily skillful manner correctly stated Georgia substantiv

  • BDO Seidman LLP v. Mindis Acquisition Corp.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter J. Anderson, Steven L. Polk, Rebecca L. Burnaugh, Todd E. Ratner and Deborah M. Danzig Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nisbet S. Kendrick III Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice LLC, John H. Goselin II and Oscar N. Persons Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S02G0788

    The proper damages standard for a negligent misrepresentation claim is the traditional negligence standard and the amount of damages awarded for negligent misrepresentation is measured by an "out-of

  • Leone Hall Price Found. v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, James W. Williams and Nowell D. Berreth Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Michael Treadaway, Donald L. Mize, Ray B. Gray Jr., C. Fred Reeves, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Grace E. Lewis, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Randall A. Constantine Mazursky & Dunaway LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S03A0081

    A foundation created by a private charitable trust had the right to oppose termination of the trust in contravention of the settlor's i