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  • Mantooth v. American Nat'l Red Cross

    Publication Date: 2002-02-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Brittain and Wendell R. Bird Bird & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan M. Maxwell, Howard J. Russell Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Scott P. Hilsen Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Atlanta, Robert L. Berry Jr. and Stephen B. Moseley Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, Rome, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A2276

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in opening defendant's default where defendant reasonably believed that the complaint was being handled pro

  • Focus Entertainment Int'l Inc. v. Partridge Greene Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-01-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan I. Begner, Cory G. Begner Begner & Begner PC, Atlanta, and Michael A. Prieto, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . T. Michael Tennant, Elizabeth Bertschi and Daniel N. Esrey Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A2486

    An adult entertainment store had actual notice by rule nisi that an interlocutory hearing had been ordered on plaintiff's claim of breach of a restrictive covenant prohibiting the sale or display of

  • The ServiceMaster Co. LP v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Grant, Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird, Chilton D. Varner and Robert D. Hays Jr. King & Spaulding, Atlanta, for Service Master. Francis X. Moore Byrne, Eldridge, Moore & Davis PC, Atlanta, for Martin.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A1093; A01A1094; A01A1095

    The trial court should have dismissed plaintiff's tort claims arising out of his firing since the duties which his employer allegedly breached arose directly out of his written employment con

  • Pimper v. State of Ga., ex rel. Simpson

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Brinson, C. King Askew, J. Anderson Davis, Mark M. Webb Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, Rome, Theodore J. Sawicki, John G. Goselin II, Craig H. Kuglar Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael LLP, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Andrew J. Ekonomou, Michael G. Lambros Ekonomou, Atkinson & Lambros LLC, Lewis E. Hassett Morris, Manning & Martin, John E. Floyd Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, William Q. Bird William Q. Bird & Assocs., Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, David S. McLaughlin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Stephen D. Smith Jr. Smith, Price & Wright, Edward Hine Jr., and Fred R. Simpson, Acting District Attorney, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: S01A0946

    The Bankruptcy Court had exclusive jurisdiction over defendants' l of the denial of their motion to dissolve an ex parte temporary restraining order and receivership order to the extent that th

  • Shortnacy v. North Atlanta Internal Med. PC

    Publication Date: 2001-11-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clinton W. Sitton and Robert H. Benfield Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jonathan C. Peters, Vicki M. Miller and Michael T. Carithers Love & Willingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0953

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in opening defendants' default where defendants reasonably believed that their malpractice insurer was defending plaintiffs'

  • Ray v. Scottish Rite Children's Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. White, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Dow N. Kirkpatrick II, Robert P. Riordan and Christopher A. Riley Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1495

    Plaintiffs' claims against a hospital for negligent retention of the doctor who cared for their son were barred by the medical malpractice statute of limitation and statute of r

  • In re Reuss

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and E. Duane Cooper, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Albert N. Remler Remler Law Group PC, Atlanta. Althea L. Buafo, Chairperson Review Panel, Macon. Ronald L. Reid Alston & Bird, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S01Y0925

    Attorney who failed to disclose his receipt of more than $93,000 in compensation from his bankruptcy client's wholly owned subsidiary was suspended for two

  • Golden Peanut Co. v. Bass

    Publication Date: 2001-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Candace N. Smith and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird, Emmet J. Bondurant and Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin F. Easterlin IV, Griffin B. Bell, Michael C. Russ and John P Brumbaugh King & Spalding, for appellee. Other party representation: Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, Evans J. Plowden Jr. and Dawn G. Benson Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless, Albany.
    Case Number: A00A2362

    Evidence that a disputed payment was conditional on its acceptance as payment in full required the trial court to comply with a written request to issue part B of the pattern charge on accord and sa

  • Bethea v. Coralli

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Q. Bird William Q. Bird & Assocs. PC and Karin L. A. Middleton, Atlanta, for Bethea, Robert P. Monyak and Anna B. Fretwell Love and Willingham, for Coralli. Other party representation: Thomas H. Nickerson, Alpharetta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0414; A01A0415

    Because the trial court charged the jury that the plaintiff's consent to a medical procedure was not valid if obtained through fraudulent misrepresentation, the jury in returning a defense verdict n

  • Sawnee Elec. Membership Co. v. Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm'n.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Orr and Charles B. Jones III Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin C. Greene Troutman Sanders, Helen O'Leary Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm'n., James S. Hurt Consumer Util. Counsel Div., Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel S. Walsh, Harold D. Melton and Robert S. Bomar, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: L. Clifford Adams Jr., Peter M. Degnan, Robert J. Middleton Jr. Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Richard G. Tisinger Sr. and Steven T. Minor Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, Carrollton.
    Case Number: S00G0945

    The large-load customer choice exemption to the Georgia Territorial Electric Service Act, O.C.G.A. § 46-3-1 et seq., did not apply to a 380-unit apartment complex where electric service to each apar