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October 19, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Parsing the Project

Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series examining the practical applications and implications of a value-focused approach to legal services. The first part looked at how fi

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Airport Auth. of the City of St. Marys Ga. v. City of St. Marys

Publication Date: 2009-05-15
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James E. Stein, St. Marys, for appellant.
for defendant: Amanda B. Blackledge City of St. Marys, for appellee.
Case Number: A09A0786

The appellant's ai least with the city obligated the appellant to heed the city's directives, including the city's resolution to pursue relocation of the ai

April 30, 2009 |

Breach Patrol

In today's digital world, most Americans leave long electronic trails of private information wherever they go. But too often, that data is compromised.

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Nash v. Compass Bank

Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Adams, A. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard J. Storrs, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Sara L. Doyle and Allen A. Hendrick Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A08A2374

The appellee showed that the partially completed office park at issue sold for its true value of $2.6 during a foreclosure sale, after the appellant defaulted on a $3.5M

Killings v. State

Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Adams, A. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Rutkowski, Atlanta, and Romin V. Alavi Plichta, Alavi & Assocs., Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Jewel C. Scott, District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellee.
Case Number: A08A2289

The victim identified the defendant as one of two men, who robbed him of $50 to $60 at gun

Campbell v. State

Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher G. Paul, Public Defender, and William T. Elsey, Cartersville, for appellant.
for defendant: Thomas J. Campbell, District Attorney, and Allen R. Knox, Assistant District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellee.
Case Number: A08A2188

The defendant stabbed the victim during an altercation and the victim later died of his w

Schramm v. Lyon

Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori G. Cohen, Thomas J. Mazziotti, John B. Merchant III and Michael J. King Greenberg Traurig LLP, Jonathan C. Peters and Jeffrey S. Bazinet Peters & Monyak LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Daniel A. Ragland Ragland & Jones, Harvey R. Spiegel, Phillip C. Henry, Wendy G. Huray Henry, Spiegel, Fried & Milling LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Norman S. Fletcher, Robert L. Berry Jr. and Ansel F. Beacham III Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler & Richardson, Rome. Amicus appellee: J. Marcus Howard Pope & Howard PC and Lyle G. Warshauer Warshauer, Poe & Thornton PC, Atlanta.
Case Number: S08G1391, S08G1418

The 5-year statute of repose did not bar the plaintiff's claims, arising from her development of an overwhelming post-splenectomy infection OPSI and her resulting partial loss of

January 31, 2009 |

Moving Up

In a gloomy job market, taking control of your career can make all the difference. InsideCounsel asked in-house lawyers and career experts to share their most valued tips.

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Collins v. Dickman

Publication Date: 2009-01-16
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Carl Reynolds and Bradley J. Survant Reynolds & McArthur, Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: . Robert P. Monyak Peters & Monyak LLP, Susan V. Summers, Trisha L. Lewis Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, and Rush S. Smith Jr. Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A08A1725

The evidence showed that the plaintiff's expert had not engaged in the active practice or teaching of anesthesiology for three of five years preceding the plaintiff's su

Whatley v. Terry

Publication Date: 2008-10-17
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
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Case Number: S08A1076

The defendant could not show prejudice from the state's failure to give him an audio recording of an eyewitness's statements, in which the eyewitness gave contradictory statements regarding