• Wade Driggers d/b/a Falcon Constr. Co. v. Campre

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James P. Gerard and Timothy M. O'Brien Oliver, Maner & Gray, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David H. Johnson McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson, LLP, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A2411

    The plaintiff was not prejudiced by the defendant's failure to raise her affirmative defenses in the pretrial order because defendant raised those defenses in her prior motion for summary jud

  • Stimson v. George Laycock Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles F. Peebles and Lane R. Frostbaum, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John C. Amabile Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks LLP, Atlanta, for appellant. Other party representation: William M. Akin Akin & Tate LLC, Cartersville, and James C. Clark Jr. Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, Columbus.

    Case Number: A00A0953

    The homeowners' claims against their builder, arising out of the improper installation of synthetic stucco, were subject to the 6-year statute of limitations for simple written contracts, rather tha

  • Markowitz v. Wieland

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. McKenney McKenny & Froelich, Robb E. Hellwig and Richard R. Hays Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A99A1888, A99A1889

    Since plaintiffs chose to affirm a purchase and sale contract which included a merger clause and a disclaimer provision, they could not claim that they relied on the sellers' alleged misrepresenta

  • Sparks v. The Hosp. Auth. of the City of Bremen and County of Haralson, Ga.

    Publication Date: 2000-01-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas B. Murphy Murphy, Murphy & Garner, Bremen, John H. Parker Jr. and Leo E. Reichert Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan M. Cavan, Seaton D. Purdom and Christopher R. Stovall Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, J. Thomas Vance and Steven T. Minor Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, Carrollton.

    Case Number: A99A1146

    City/county hospital authority violated the Hospital Acquisition Act by transferring control over nonprofit hospital to a medical center without first disclosing the transaction to the state attorne

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