• HWA Props. Inc. v. Community & S. Bank

    Publication Date: 2013-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Brooks Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Bret Thrasher and Aaron Kappler Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti PC, Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0047

    The bank was not entitled to a deficiency judgment on the note as it failed to comply with the confirmation requirements of O.C.G.A. § 44-1

  • July 30, 2013 |

    MSO Homeowners MPL 01 01

    Summary: The Mutual Service Office, Inc. (MSO), provides custom rate(s), statistical services, custom forms, and manuals for mutual insurers. The MPL01…

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  • July 30, 2013 |

    MSO Businessowners Policy—BU 04 01 (Part II)

    Summary: MSO's Businessowners policy (BOP) is a package policy offering property and liability coverage for certain groups of commercial insureds. MSO…

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  • July 30, 2013 |

    MSO Businessowners Policy - BU 04 01 (Part I)

    Summary: MSO's Businessowners policy (BOP) is a package policy offering property and liability coverage for certain groups of commercial insureds. MSO…

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  • Synovus Bank v. Griner

    Publication Date: 2013-04-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Collins Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael Terry, Mary Webb Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, James Finley Finley & Buckley, Atlanta, Gerald Davidson Mahaffey Pickens Tucker LLP, Lawrenceville, and C. Ronald Ellington, Athens, for appellees. Amicus: William Custer Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A12A1822

    The question of whether the overdraft and overdraft protection fees at issue constituted interest under Georgia law could not be determined at the pleadings stage, given the broad definitions of int

  • April 4, 2013 |

    Hiring law firm in wake of data breach gives companies the secrecy of privilege

    When data breaches hit, some companies are turning to law firms for help.

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  • Georgia Farm Bureaus Mut. Ins. Co. v. Franks

    Publication Date: 2013-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Dietrichs Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert Burkhalter and Crystal Polizzi, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2196

    Although the plaintiff's domestic partner was on the warranty deed as co-owner of the proper the plaintiff was the sole named insured, the plaintiff shared an undivided ownership of the prope

  • December 28, 2012 |

    Are Mites Vermin?

    A federal district court in California has ruled that an exclusion for “vermin” was not ambiguous and that it excluded coverage for a claim…

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  • Johnson v. Omondi

    Publication Date: 2012-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Sampson Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Patterson, and Keith Lindsay Edmond & Lindsay LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jeffrey Braintwain and Michael Frankson Huff Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Joshua Becker Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta. Amicus Curiae: Simuel Doster and Hunter Allen Allen McCain & O'Mahoney PC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A12A1347

    The evidence indisputably showed that the plaintiffs could not prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant doctor failed to exercise even slight care in treating their son, now decease

  • Ankerich v. Savko; Savko v. Ankerich

    Publication Date: 2012-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: A12A0974; A12A0975

    Neither the officer's activation of the patrol car's blue lights nor the utilization of the vehicle as a physical barrier to alert motorists to use caution while the officer directed traffic constit