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  • Young v. Stump

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A1381

    The decedent's ex-wife waived and all claims to his retirement accounts, including an IRA, as part couple's joint settlement agreement and the settlement agreement operated as waiver

  • Lanier at McEver LP v. Planners and Engineers Collaborative Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
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    Case Number: S07G1424

    Public policy did not prohibited the damages limitation clause in the parties' contract, since it constituted an indemnity under O.C.G.A. § 13-8-2 b and would entitle the defendant to reco

  • Ruffin v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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    Case Number: S08A0493

    Under the circumstances, the more than 2-year delay between the defendant's indictment and the denial of his motion to dismiss did not violate the defendant's constitutional speedy trial r

  • June 24, 2008 |

    Senter Ring: Looking Beyond the Side Show of the Mississippi Katrina Coverage Litigation

    This article by Randy Maniloff examines the impact of the rulings by Judge Senter in the Hurricane Katrina cases in Mississippi.

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  • Kleber v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2008-05-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A2160

    The statute of limitation did not bar plaintiffs' continuing nuisance claims against the city of Atlanta and a railway, even though they filed suit seven years after they became aware of the pr

  • Kleber v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2008-04-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
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    Case Number: A07A2160

    The statute of limitation did not bar plaintiffs' continuing nuisance claims against the city of Atlanta and a railway, even though they filed suit seven years after they became aware of the pr

  • Walls v. Moreland Altobelli Assocs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-03-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A07A1717

    Some evidence supported the plaintiffs' claim that the defendant improperly cut trees on their property, arising from construction on the plaintiffs' property in connection with the building

  • Mason v. Home Depot U.S.A. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
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    Case Number: S07A1486

    O.C.G.A. § 24-9-67.1 f of Georgia Tort Reform Act of 2005 "TRA" is not unconstitutional as a delegation of legislative authority and the denial of due pr

  • Bragg v. Oxford Constr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2008-02-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A0080; A08A0081

    The acceptance doctrine applicable to independent contractors barred the plaintiffs' recovery against the defendant for injuries allegedly caused by the defendant's work under contract for t

  • Melican v. Parker

    Publication Date: 2008-02-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
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    Case Number: S08A0006

    Genuine factual issues remained as to the testator's lack of testamentary capacity and the issue of undue influence when the testator executed codicils to his