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    Publication Date: 2014-06-10
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    Date Filed: 2014-06-10
    Court: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
    Judge: EMILIO M. GARZA
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-10171

    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUITGE CAPITAL COMMERCIAL, INCORPORATED; GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION; GE CAPITAL

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  • A Fast Sign Co. Inc. v. American Home Svcs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Blumenthal Weissman Nowack Curry & Wilco PC, Marc B. Hershovitz, Michael K. Jablonski, Atlanta, and Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Otto F. Feil III and Celeste McCollough Taylor Feil Harper Lumsden & Hess PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S11G1708

    The trial court properly based liability and damages, in a class action suit regarding unsolicited fax advertisements, on the number of such advertisements sent rather than the number rec

  • Travis v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman M. Kilgore, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Stokely, Solicitor General, Stephen J. Tuggle, Assistant Solicitor, and Sandra N. Wisenbaker Solicitor General's Office, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A11A1941

    The defendant's speeding conviction and sentence merged with her conviction and sentence for reckless driving, which was based solely upon the speeding viol

  • Neugent v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
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    Case Number: A08A1130

    The record belied the defendant's contention that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial on the basis that he suffers from a hearing impairment, which prevented him from und

  • Gulfstream Aerospace Servs. Corp. v. United States Aviation Underwriters Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-08-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher D. Britt and Brent J. Savage Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fred S. Clark Clark, Clark & Steinmetz, Savannah, Jon A. Kodani and Jeffrey J. Williams Law Office of Jon A. Kodani, Santa Monica, Calif., for appellees. Other party representation: J. Arthur Mozley Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A06A0660

    One who undertakes to render services has a duty to exercise reasonable care, and some evidence showed that appellant's subsidiary undertook review of an airplane's logbooks in 1998 for compliance w

  • Gulfstream Aerospace Servs. Corp. v. United States Aviation Underwriters Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-07-14
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher D. Britt and Brent J. Savage Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fred S. Clark Clark, Clark & Steinmetz, Savannah, Jon A. Kodani and Jeffrey J. Williams Law Office of Jon A. Kodani, Santa Monica, Calif., for appellees. Other party representation: J. Arthur Mozley Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A06A0660

    Under the economic loss rule, ' "a party suffering only economic loss from the breach of an express or implied contractual duty may not assert a tort claim for such a breach absent an independent du

  • Northside Equities Inc. v. Hulsey

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Lehman Franklin Jr., Statesboro, Brent J. Savage and Christopher D. Britt Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles B. Tanksley Browning & Tanksley, Marietta, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Christopher T. Terrell Stokes & Murphy PC, College Park, Irwin W. Stolz Jr. and John J. Barrow Winburn, Lewis, Barrow & Stolz PC, Athens.

    Case Number: S01G1307

    Scientific evidence of a driver's blood alcohol level can create a factual question as to whether the driver was noticeably intoxi

  • SCI Liquidating Corp. v. Hartford Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Hine Jr. Hine & Niedrach PC, Rome, and Erin M. Richardson, Maplewood, for appellant.
    for defendant: Malcolm P. Smith Lokey & Smith, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellants: Eugene R. Anderson, Richard P. Lewis Anderson, Kill & Olick PC, New York, NY, and Amy Bach, Mill Valley, Calif.

    Case Number: S99Q1575

    Since sexual harassment does not arise out of employment, exclusion in employer's policy barring coverage for employee injuries arising out of and in the course of employment did not