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  • Georgia Oilmen's Assoc. v. Georgia Dep't of Revenue

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Turner and Lou Litchfield Schulten, Ward & Turner LLP, Atlanta, for Georgia Oilmen's Assoc. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Deputy Attorney General, William W. Banks Jr. and John B. Ballard Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for Georgia Dep't of Revenue. Other party representation: Mark H. Cohen Troutman Sanders, Fred B. Kitchens Jr. Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Ga. Inc., and Ronald W. Rogers Stack & Rogers, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0474; A03A0475

    Department of Revenue Rule 560-2-4-.02 correctly reflects the plain language of O.C.G.A. § 3-5-31 a and absolutely prohibits malt beverage retailers from buying beer from wholesalers outside of thei

  • Hoffman v. AC&S Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas P. McManamy, Leslie S. Pickett and Charles A. Mathis Jr. Middleton, Mathis Admas & Tate, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ivan A. Gustafson, Christopher G. Conley Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, Bryant & Ashley, Athens, Michael J. Crist Hawkins & Parnell, Jeffrey A. Burmeister and Stevan A. Miller Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2409

    Plaintiff failed to raise a jury issue in her asbestos-related injury suit because none of her witnesses could testify that she was exposed to defendants' pro

  • Bogle v. Bragg

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marvin P. Nodvin The Nodvin Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert G. Tanner Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Robin N. Loeb and Ann H. Coolidge-Kaplan Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2081

    Plaintiff could not show justifiable reliance on any material misrepresentations regarding liens on real property owned by a company that he invested in because the liens were a matter of public r

  • Dorsey Trailers Inc. v. Knight

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James T. Foley, Tyler, Alan R. Perry Jr., George W. Austin III and Robert P. Marcovitch Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for Dorsey. Yehuda Smolar, James I. Seifter, G. Grant Brantley, Barry L. Roseman Smolar, Roseman, Brantley & Seifter, Atlanta, and Hardy Gregory Jr. Gregory, Christy & Maniklal, Cordele, for Knight. Albert H. Parnell and Kristine B. Morain Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for Mobile Tool Int'l. Other party representation: William A. Posey, Joseph M. Callow Jr. Keating, Muething & Klekamp, Cincinnati, Ohio, A Timothy Jones Hawkins & Parnell, and Ben L. Weinberg Jr. Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A00A1985; A00A1986; A00A1987

    Under the rule of lex fori, the trial court properly applied Georgia's 10-year statute of repose to the plaintiffs' product liability c

  • 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

  • Manesh v. Baker Equip. Eng'g Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul A. Dietrick and William P. Evans Dietrick, Evans, Stolz & Williams, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin D. Ladner, Aaron J. Aberson Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass LLP, Philippa V. Tibbs Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, Atlanta, and Randy D. Witzke Edmonds, Cole, Hargrave, Givens & Witzke, Oklahoma City, Okla., for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1662

    The defendant was not entitled to summary judgment under the acceptance doctrine because the plaintiff presented evidence of the inherently dangerous nature of defendant's negligence in repairing a

  • Turner v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Word Word & Simmons PC, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0914

    The pipe bombs, hand grenades and other items seized from defendant's bedroom supported his conviction for manufacturing an explosive d

  • Ogletree v. Navistar Int'l Transp. Corp., d/b/a Int'l Harvester

    Publication Date: 2000-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John J. Barrow and Gene M. Winburn Winburn, Lewis & Barrow PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard B. North, Jeffrey S. Burton Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP and Tara R. Simkins Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A97A0368

    Manufacturer's failure to install back-up alarm on the truck that backed over decedent was too remote a factor to constitute the proximate or legal cause of decedent's

  • Mills v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
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    Case Number: A99A2324, A99A2325

    Since federal regulations require the same warnings from all railroad crossing automatic warning devices, evidence that some of railroad's devices previously gave delayed warnings was admissible in

  • Mills v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-01-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
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    Case Number: A99A2324, A99A2325

    Since federal regulations require the same warnings from all railroad crossing automatic warning devices, evidence that some of railroad's devices previously gave delayed warnings was admissible in