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  • Burrowes v. Tenet Healthsystem GB Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Martin Martin & Martin LLP, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William Jordan and Samuel Rutherford Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A12A1293

    Res judicata barred the plaintiffs' claims arising out of a commercial lease di

  • Sanderson Farms Inc. v. Atkins

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric A. Collins, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nathan W. Kotas Goldberg & Dohan LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A0336

    A government inspector of a chicken factory was an invitee, not a licensee because the inspector's presence was predictable to the factory owner and allowed the owner to run its bus

  • State v. Ivory

    Publication Date: 2010-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and John O. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James W. Bryant, Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0659

    The three years and nine months delay violated the defendant's right to a speedy trial under the circumst

  • Kay-Lex Co. v. Essex Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2007-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. Bahr Mason Bahr LLP, Atlanta, for Kay-Lex Co. Gerald L. Mize Jr., Stephen L. Bracy Alston & Bird, Frederick M Valz III, Ambadas B. Joshi Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Hezekiah Sistrunk Jr. and Kenneth R. Lester Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Sistrunk PC, Atlanta, for Essex Ins. Co. and others. Robert B. Wedge and Jason A. Cooper Shapiro Fussell, Wedge & Martin LLP, Atlanta, for Sysco Food Servs. of Atlanta LLC. Other party representation: Michael J. Goldman Hawkins & Parnell, and Bruce A. Taylor Jr. Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A07A0791; A07A0792

    Appellants' notice to their insurers 12 months after fatal forklift accident occurred was untimely, since the policies clearly required notice as soon as practicable after the occurrence resulting i

  • Porex Corp. v. Haldopolous

    Publication Date: 2007-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin J. Elgison, John E. Stephenson Jr. and David S. Givelber Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emmet J. Bondurant, Edward B. Krugman, Ronan P. Doherty Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: William H. Kitchens Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A1650

    A plaintiff's mere suspicion of defendant's alleged misappropriation more than 5 years prior to a claim, did not time bar plaintiff's misappropriation of trade secrets claim as a matter o

  • Bryant v. Hoffman La Roche Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Brittain, Wendell R. Bird and Jonathan T. McCants Bird & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Richard B. North Jr., Matthew B. Lerner Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Atlanta, and Leslie J. Bobo Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, Miss., for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0661

    Once a prima facie case for design defect is established, a pharmaceutical manufacturer will be relieved from strict liability only when it demonstrates that 1 the product is properly manufactured a