• Shortnacy v. North Atlanta Internal Med. PC

    Publication Date: 2001-11-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clinton W. Sitton and Robert H. Benfield Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jonathan C. Peters, Vicki M. Miller and Michael T. Carithers Love & Willingham LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A01A0953

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in opening defendants' default where defendants reasonably believed that their malpractice insurer was defending plaintiffs'

  • Golden Peanut Co. v. Bass

    Publication Date: 2001-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Candace N. Smith and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird, Emmet J. Bondurant and Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin F. Easterlin IV, Griffin B. Bell, Michael C. Russ and John P Brumbaugh King & Spalding, for appellee. Other party representation: Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, Evans J. Plowden Jr. and Dawn G. Benson Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless, Albany.

    Case Number: A00A2362

    Evidence that a disputed payment was conditional on its acceptance as payment in full required the trial court to comply with a written request to issue part B of the pattern charge on accord and sa

  • Exum v. Melton

    Publication Date: 2000-08-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Converse Bright, Valdosta, and William Q. Bird Bird, Ballard & Still, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thomas S. Chambless and Charles K. Wainright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless, Albany, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A0846

    Although venue vanished when plaintiffs dismissed the only resident defendant, the trial court retained jurisdiction to consider defendant's motion to dismiss due to insufficiency of service of pr

  • Iero v. Mohawk Finishing Prods. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven A. Suna and Barry L. Zipperman Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall D. Grayson Alston & Bird, Atlanta, and David B. Ritter Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, Ill, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0570

    The fact that it would be inconvenient for a former employee of a New York business who is now a Georgia resident to litigate in New York did not render the forum selection clause in his employment

  • Watts v. Promina Gwinnett Health Sys.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerome J. Froelich Jr., David M. Kupsky McKenney & Froelich, William R. Reece III Spix, Krup & Reece, Atlanta, Ellen M. Doyle and Richard A. Finberg, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert G. Tanner Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Robert D. McCallum Jr. Alston & Bird, Atlanta, and David S. Snyder, Pittsburgh, Pa.

    Case Number: A00A0368

    Plaintiff who voluntarily paid hospital's lien for treatment of her car accident injuries could not complain that the hospital charged more than allowed under its agreement with her health in

  • United States v. Elk

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Date Filed: 2008-11-26
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: John R. Gibson, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: Nos. 07-1914, 07-1925, 07-1931 & 07-1937

    Submitted: February 11, 2008Before WOLLMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges,This is the appeal of five defendants convicted of multiple drug and gun crimes in connection with their

  • United States v. Thomas Cullen, 06-0607-cr

    Publication Date: 2007-08-29
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    Date Filed: 2007-08-23
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Richard Cardamone
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 06-0607-cr

    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT Peter R. Ginsberg, Law Office of Peter R. Ginsberg, P.C., New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellant. Jesse M. Furman, Assistant U

  • December 7, 1999 | The Recorder

    Bird's Legacy Still a Watershed in California Politics

    Rose Bird, the former California chief justice who died Saturday at age 63, left a legacy far different than the one the trailblazing liberal jurist might have intended. After a string of "f

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  • Big Bird Tree Service v. Gallegos

    Publication Date: 2012-03-26
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    Date Filed: 2012-03-22
    Court: Tx. App. Dist. 5
    Judge: Michael J. O'neill Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 05-10-00923-CV

    AFFIRM and Opinion Filed March 22, 2012OPINIONBefore Justices Bridges, O'Neill, and FillmoreOpinion By Justice O'NeillIn this suit for damages for an on-the-job-in

  • December 7, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Alston & Bird touts supportive culture

    WHEN SHAUNA BELDICK sent a firmwide e-mail announcing that certain doctors were dropping out of Alston & Bird's health insurance plan, she knew she was the bearer of bad news. Still, the

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