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  • Barrett v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh

    Publication Date: 2010-05-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Akin and S. Lester Tate III Akin & Tate, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Bonnie, Stephen J. Rapp Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Charles J. Cole and Derrick L. Bingham Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Julie A. Lierly, Caroline W. Spangenberg Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Norman L. Underwood Troutman Sanders, Robin F. Cook, Atlanta, and Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia.
    Case Number: A10A1125

    Natural gas was not a tant under the excess liability policy in question, because nothing in the record showed that natural gas is considered an irritant or contaminant within the meaning of th

  • March 31, 2010 |

    Climate Change Policy Faces Domestic and International Challenges

    Domestically and internationally, the battle over climate change action rages on.

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  • Lawson v. Entech Enters. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-11-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A08A1053

    The def owned no duty to the decedent, since the fatal vehicular accident between a truck belonging to the def 's subcontractor and the decedent occurred off the job site where the de

  • Schofield Interior Contr. Inc. v. Standard Bldg. Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A08A1026

    A negligent construction claim arises in tort and exists independently of any claim for breach of con

  • Georgia Dept. of Transp. v. Baldwin

    Publication Date: 2008-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A1463; A08A1464

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the plaintiff's expert to opine on the issue of whether a DOT foreman should have detected a downed stop sign during an inspection, since

  • October 31, 2007 |

    Mergers & Acquisitions

    Despite bureaucratic and practical challenges, India's growth potential attracts a swarm of M&As.

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  • July 31, 2007 |

    Culture Clash

    Eastern countries' ascension to the EU creates labor law conflicts.

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  • Blue Moon Cycle Inc. v. Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William R. Youngblood and Laura V. Benesh William R. Youngblood PC, Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Duane A. Jenkins, Duluth, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: S06G1136

    Immunity from civil liability pursuant to the deposit account fraud statute, O.C.G.A. § 16-9-20 is not limited to cases when the action is brought by the person, who signed the

  • Dalton Paving & Constr. Inc. v. South Green Constr. of Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Henry Parkman, Frank D. LoMonte Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, and James H. Phillips McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham, Dalton, for Dalton Paving. William D. Flatt, Bart W. Reed, Erik B. Seeney Hendrick, Phillips, Salzman & Flatt, Brian R. Neary, Melissa C. Patton Webb, Zschunke, Miller & Dikeman LLP and Stanley K. Kreimer Jr., Atlanta, for South Green Construction. Other party representation: Robert T. Strang III and Daniel J. Huff Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A06A2414; A06A2415

    Res judicata barred the plaintiff's s, because the arbitrator expressly denied the s, which the plaintiff raised in a prior arbitration, and the plaintiff should have asserted the remainin

  • Cieplinski v. Caldwell Elec. Contractors Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Steel Matthews & Steel, Atlanta, and Douglas P. McManamy, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David F. Root, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, John C. Cheshire Carr, Tabb, Pope & Freeman LLP, Atlanta, Mark W. Wortham Hicks, Casey, Barber PC, Marietta, and J. Douglas Stewart Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellees. Other party representation: Brian M. Leepson Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A0596

    The intervening negligence of the plaintiff's employer was the sole proximate cause of his injury and broke any legally sufficient causal connection between the third-party tortfeasor defendants' al