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  • June 1, 2010 |

    Camera and Musical Instrument Dealers Coverage Form

    Discusses the ISO camera and musical instruments dealers coverage form, CM 00 21, which provides more specific, open perils coverage than the commercial property form.

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  • Weston v. Dun Transp. & Stringer Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-05-07
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. Killian Killian & Boyd PC, CityplaceBrunswickfor appellants. Michael J. Goldman, Alan F. Herman Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Atlanta, Brenda K. Katz Drew Eckl & Farnham, Brunswick, and Thomas G. Whatley Jr. Howard & Whatley PC, Savannah, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A0861

    The appellees fied evidence supporting the affirmative defense of avoidable consequences in a husband's suit to recover for his wife's death in an automobile acc

  • Adamson v. General Electric

    Publication Date: 2010-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Buck Childers, Buck & Schlueter LLP, David A. Webster, Wendell K. Willard, Atlanta, W. Benjamin Ballenger, Summerville, G. Patterson Keahey, Birmingham, Ala., and Gary M. DiMuzio, Houston, Texas, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John D. Dalbey, Amy E. Fouts Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Erin E. Shofner Hawkins & Parnell, Jennifer M. Techman Evert & Weathersby LLC, Robert A. Barnaby II Donahue, Nelson & Cohen LLC, Christopher G. Conley, Atlanta, and Nickolas P. T. Chilivis Cruser & Mitchell, Norcross, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A2302

    In an asbestos case, the appellants' other evidence, based on the decedent's depositions and the depositions of several alleged co-workers, sufficiently specific to establish that the decedent

  • Lott v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica R. Towne Clark & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for Lott. Donn M. Peevy Peevy & Lancaster PC, Lawrenceville, for Watson. Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Stephen A. Fern, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A10A0558, A10A0559

    Probable cause supported issuance of the search warrant for the defendant's house, because it was based on a named informant making a statement against penal interest and on personal observ

  • In the Interest of V.D.

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earle J. Duncan III, Darien, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn A. Fox Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, and James A. Chamberlin Jr., Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1600

    Some evidence showing that the father was unfit supported the judgment finding the child deprived and awarding DFACS temporary cu

  • Roberts v. Cooper

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel M. King Jr., Dublin, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Attorney General, Atlanta, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore Mercer Law School and Stuart E. Walker Martin Snow LLP, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1512

    The mailbox rule, stated in Massaline v. Williams, 274 Ga. 552 2001, is to be applied only in the circumstances presented therein, i.e., the attempted appeal of a pro se habeas petitioner operating

  • In the Interest of A.R.

    Publication Date: 2010-03-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward J. Peterson Public Defender's Office, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kathryn A. Fox, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Thomas J. O'Donnell, Special Assistant Attorney General, Sandersville, and Christopher N. Dube Mahaffey Dube, Wrens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0125

    The mother lived in subsidized housing with her boyfriend, did not maintain stable employment, had limited intellectual capacity, was incapable of parenting her children without assistance and paid onl

  • March 22, 2010 |

    Property Coverages - AAIS Homeowners

    This article discusses the current revisions and changes to the homeowner's forms that have been made.

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  • Consolidate Pipe & Supply Co. Inc. v. Genoa Construction Serv. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-02-26
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick L. Wright II Vaughn, Wright & Boyer LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Henry Parkman Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and Peter H. Strott, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A2017

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to defendant's, because the plaintiff's Notice to Contractor was deficient in light of O.C.G.A. § § 10-7-31 a or 44-14-3

  • Bridges v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy L. Spruell and Melinda D. Taylor Spruell, Taylor & Assocs. PC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph K. Mulholland, District Attorney, Bainbridge, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A1801

    The trial court's pre-voir dire instructions to the jury pool did not shift the burden of proof to the defe