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  • BDI Laguna Holdings, Inc. v. Marsh

    Publication Date: 2010-01-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tiana S. Mykkeltvedt, Jeffrey O. Bramlett, Corey F. Hirokawa, Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, David A. Donohoe and Daniel F. McInnis Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, D.C., for BDI Laguna Holdings Inc. Steven G. Hall, Robert G. Brazier and Kevin A. Stine Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, for Charles L. Marsh. Other party representation: Ellen G. Schlossberg and Charles C. Murphy Jr. Vaughan & Murphy, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: A09A0990, A09A0991

    No consideration from the plaintiff supported a post-employment-contract promise to the plaintiff of 2 percent of the corporation's

  • Harris v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. McCarthy, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and John S. Helton, Assistant District Attorney, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09G0870

    A riding lawnmower is not a motor vehicle under O.C.G.A. § 16-8-12

  • McGregor v. Columbia Nat'l Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-07-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence E. Newlin and Jeffrey N. Schwartz, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard C. Foster and Anrea Alexander Hicks, Casey & Foster PC, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0454

    The trial court did not err in ruling that the general liability policies at issue did not provide coverage for the plaintiffs' claims, since the parties' agreement specifically set forth that the

  • Kennedy v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-07-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph W. Jones Jr. Public Defender's Office, Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Raymond C. Mayer, Assistant District Attorney, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0430

    The trial court did not err in admitting evidence of the October 2005 burglary as a similar transaction, since both incidents involved smash and grab burglaries of Chevron Stations in which cigarett

  • Expedia Inc. v. City of Columbus

    Publication Date: 2009-06-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry A. Buchanan, Benjamin A. Land Buchanan & Land LLP, Columbus, Edward K. Smith and Robin A. Schmahl Jones Day, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William U. Norwood III, Michael L. McGlamry, Neal K. Pope, Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Robert M. Travis, John R. Bielema Jr. Bryan Cave Powell Goldstein LLP, Atlanta, Charles N. Pope, Wade H. Tomlinson III and Paul Kilpatrick Jr. Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09A0567

    The trial court did not err in basing hotel occupancy taxes, which an on-line travel company owes to the city of Columbus, on the hotel rate it charges to its customers, rather than the lower wholes

  • Meadow Springs LLC v. IH Riverdale LLC

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William B. Brown and Jacqueline Marcucci Heyman & Sizemore LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David L. Pardue Adorno & Yoss LLC, and Christopher S. Badeaux Hartman, Simons, Spellman & Wood LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A08A2030

    It could not be said as a matter of law that the defendants would not be entitled to any equitable relief with respect to the property in question, so the property was involved in their suit complai

  • Center for a Sustainable Coast v. Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
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    Case Number: S07G1745

    The ALJ erred in requiring the Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee Committee to consider or regulate any aspect of the developer's adjacent high land and upland residential development in co

  • 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.
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    Case Number: A08A1026

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

  • July 25, 2008 |

    Absolute Pollution Exclusion

    This article by Randy Maniloff discusses the current legal status of the absolute pollution exclusion. Maniloff cites court cases to conclude that definition of environmental pollution is needed.

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  • July 7, 2008 |

    Employee Dishonesty: Direct Loss, Financial Gain, and Manifest Intent

    Discusses the three elements that must be present to claim coverage for employee dishonesty: direct loss, financial gain, and manifest intent. Includes applicable legal rulings.

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