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  • Harris v. Distinctive Builders Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-06-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas C. Harney Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Michael T. Carithers Love, Willingham, Peters, Gilleland & Monyak, Atlanta, for Harris. Craig A. Gillen Gillen, Cromwell, Withers & Brantley, Atlanta, for Dolive. Adam M. Gleklen and Michael Weinstock Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for Distinctive Builders.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0665; A01A0666

    The parties did not enter into an enforceable real estate sales contract involving trust property because plaintiff's offer was conditioned on obtaining the co-trustee's signature and the co-truste

  • American Global Dev. Group Inc. v. Sasser & Weatherford Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-05-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard K. O'Donnell Menden & O'Donnell, Roswell, and G. Brian Raley The Raley Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Donna W. Howell James S. S. Howell Law Offices, and Dennis K. Calhoun, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A0007

    A separate created by the defendant to purchase property and build a hotel was entitled to a directed verdict in the plaintiff's suit for breach of a real estate contract because the separate

  • Smith & Wesson v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Pope Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, David J. Bailey Jones, Davis, Reavis & Pogue, Richard A. Schneider, William R. Bassett Jr. King & Spaulding, Richard H. Sinkfield, Tony G. Powers Rogers &Hardin, Atlanta, Jeffrey S. Nelson, Gary R. Long Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, Mo., Melissa A. Maye, Yorkville, Ill., James C. Sabalos, Newport Beach, Calif., Thomas E. Fennell Jones, Davis, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, Texas, Lawrence W. Greenwald Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman & Hoffberger, Baltimore, Md., James P. Dorr and Anne-Marie Dega Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., for Smith & Wesson. Susan P. Langford, City Attorney, Nicholas C. Moraitakis Mills, Moraitakis & Kushel, Hezekiah Sistruck Jr. Sistruck & Assocs., Ernest L. Greer Minkin & Snyder, Cheryl D. Cofield, Willie J. Lovett Jr. Office of the County Attorney, R. Clay Porter, Alisa W. Terry Dennis, Corry & Porter LLP, Frank R. Seigel Cofer, Beauchamp, Stradley & Hicks, Matthew W. Clarke, David M. Brown Smith, Gambrell & Russell, and Timothy A. Bumann Budd, Lanier, Gross, Rosenbaum & Greenberg, Atlanta, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Cochran, Cherry, Givens & Smith PC, New York, N.Y., Samuel A. Cherry Jr., Angela Mason Cochran, Cherry, Givens & Smith PC, Dothan, Ala., Daniel G. Abel, Wendell H. Gauthier Gauthier, Downing, LaBarre, Beiser & Dean, Metairie, La., Kenneth M. Carter Carter & Cates, New Orleans, La., Kevin C. Decie Davis, Saperstein & Solomon PC, Teaneck, N.J., Jack D. Maistros, Keith T. Vernon Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Wilcox & Garofoli, Cleveland, Ohio, Robert C. Tarics, Michael Branisa, Michael Zomcik Tarics & Carrington, Houston, Texas, and William M. Griffin Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, Ark., for the city of Atlanta. Frank R. Seigel Cofer, Beauchamp, Stradley & Hicks, Atlanta, John S. Kanzler, John Renzulli Renzulli & Rutherford LLC, New York, N.Y., for Glock Inc. Amicus Appellants: Joshua Horwitz Education Fund to End Handgun Violence, Washington, D.C., Michael C. Hewitt Bruinsma & Hewitt, Costa Mesa, Calif. Amicus Appellee: Alfred L. Evans Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S00A1530, S00A1533

    The state court's refusal to dismiss the city's suit against a number of firearms manufacturers, distributors and trade associations was not subject to challenge by an action for man

  • Arnold v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan J. Baverman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Timothy B. Lumpkin, Assistant District Attorney, Dana J. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2375

    Evidence that defendant threatened to shoot one of the arresting officers supported his convi for felony obstru

  • Brand v. Southern Employment Service

    Publication Date: 2001-02-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Stephen Hyles Hagler Hyles Adams & Hix, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard E. Flowers Richard E. Flowers PC, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2203

    An unincorporated proprietorship could not bring suit because it was not a legal e

  • Costrini v. Hansen Architects PC

    Publication Date: 2001-01-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Nash Jr., Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher L. Rouse Lee, Black, Scheer & Hart, PC, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1786

    There was no evidence that plaintiff was prevented from discovering the allegedly defective construction prior to expiration of the limitation p

  • Skipper Sams v. Roswell-Holcomb Assocs.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis R. Richardson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. Wildstein Bodker, Ramsey & Andrews PC and Ann S. Infinger Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2436

    Because the plaintiff did not rescind its con to assume a commercial lease, the plaintiff was bound by the terms of the written con

  • Ketchup v. Howard

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Linnie L. Darden III Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David R. Smith Branan, Searcey & Smith, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0987

    The Court of Appeals adopted the common law doctrine of informed consent providing that physicians and dentists have a duty to inform patients of the known material risks of a proposed treatment or

  • Rogers v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel and L. Allyn Stockton The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for Rogers. Kenneth D. Kondritzer, Clarkesville, for Montalvo. Douglas L. Henry, Clarkesville, for Bettencourt. Michael H. Crawford, District Attorney, Clarkesville, Robert D. Cullifer, Assistant District Attorney, Clayton, for the state.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A00A2230, A00A2231, A00A2232

    There was no evidence that one defendant was guilty of simple robbery because all three defendants took turns holding the gun during the c

  • Georgia Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. John Deere Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles A. Wiley Jr. and Kim M. Jackson Fain, Major, Wiley & Brennan PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Sutton McLain & Merritt PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thomas C. Rowsey, Cumming, and Mark A. Smith III, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A0522

    Insurance company was not entitled to summary judgment on issue of coverage because jury question remained as to whether company's insured reasonably believed he was entitled to drive the car he wr