• Cowart v. Widener

    Publication Date: 2010-08-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles C. Stebbins III Warlick, Tritt, Stebbins & Murray LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John A. Davison, Amy R. Snell Fulcher Hagler LLP, Charles C. Mayers, Augusta, J. Edward Allen Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, and Henry E. Scrudder Jr. Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Taylor & Lazarus LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S09G1177

    The plaintiffs did not establish that the defendant's failure to render the decedent aid proximately caused his death from natural causes, since they produced no evidence, expert or otherwise, on th

  • Cowart v. Widener

    Publication Date: 2010-07-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles C. Stebbins III Warlick, Tritt, Stebbins & Murray LLP, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John A. Davison, Amy R. Snell Fulcher Hagler LLP, Charles C. Mayers, Augusta, J. Edward Allen Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, and Henry E. Scrudder Jr. Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Taylor & Lazarus LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S09G1177

    The plaintiffs did not establish that the defendant's failure to render the decedent aid proximately caused his death from natural causes, since they produced no evidence, expert or otherwise, on th

  • Danbert v. North Ga. Land Ventures LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-07-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Tittle Jr., Hiawassee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence A. Stockton Jr. Stockton & Stockton LLC, Clayton, and Ronald J. Stay Jr. Stites & Harbison PLLC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S10A0563

    The parties presented conflicting evidence as to whether the public could access an easement road, which the appellants own up to the cente

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  • Savage v. E. R. Snell Contractor Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-11-21
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A08A1368; A08A1369

    The plaintiffs claimed that repeat flooding on their property constituted a continuing nuisance and trespass, such that a new cause of action arose with each

  • October 31, 2008 |

    Novel Approach

    Allstates WorldCargo GC celebrates his success as a published author.

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  • Collins & Assocs. v. Henry County Water and Sewerage Auth.

    Publication Date: 2008-04-04
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A07A2377

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in striking part of the condemnee's expert's testimony relating to consequential damages, since the expert used subdivision plats to establish th

  • Franklin v. Augusta Dodge Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-10-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen W. Johnson, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George R. Hall Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley PC, Douglas J. Flanagan, Augusta, and LaShawn W. Terry Hallowell, Foster & Gepp, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A07A1333

    The plaintiff's continued use of an allegedly defective truck after the dealer refused to take it back did not preclude his rescission claim, since some evidence showed that the plaintiff could not

  • Gregory v. Clive

    Publication Date: 2007-10-19
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Bart Gary, Neil L. Wilcove, Theodore Freeman and Donald J. Grate Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George P. Shingler, Matthew D. Williams, Jonathan R. Granade Casey Gilson PC, Atlanta, Allen W. Bodiford and Ted N. Echols, Stockbridge, for appellees. Amicus appellant: R. Jonathan Hart, Emily E. Garrard, Savannah, David A. Basil, Carrollton, and James F. Grubiak, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S06G2138

    Public duty doctrine does not extend to city building inspectors, since this doctrine only applies to cases involving police prote