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  • Aquanaut Diving & Eng'g Inc. v. Guitar Ctr. Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Krasle, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kimyatta McClary Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A1559

    The plaintiff had an easement running with the land because the defendant's predecessor-in-interest granted the plaintiff a license to maintain a sign on its property, the plaintiff spent over $34K

  • In the Interest of E. E. B. W.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monica Hanrahan Hanrahan Freitag Family Law LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth Williamson Attorney General's Office, Lytia Brown Brown Geiger & Associates, and Suparna Joshi John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Elizabeth Price Alston & Bird, Lashawn Mikell Office of the Child Advocate, Ruth Claiborne Claiborne & Surmay PC, Jean Kutner, Atlanta, and Joseph Rosen, Roswell.
    Case Number: A12A1468

    The juvenile court properly exercised subject matter jurisdiction over the termination of adoptive parents' parental rights of a minor child born in and a citizen of Zambia, who lived in Fulton Coun

  • Andrade v. Grady Mem'l Hosp. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2011-03-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lindsay R. Jones, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bernard Taylor and Sean A. Simmons Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A1869

    The plaintiffs failed to state a claim that a hospital violated a duty of care not to wrongfully abandon the medical tre it provided them because their complaint failed to allege that their tr

  • Fulton County v. Southern Hope Humane Society

    Publication Date: 2010-03-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent D. Hyman, County Attorney, and Robert D. Ware County Attorney's office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nowell D. Berreth and Cindy S. Manning Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2399

    The trial court did not err in granting summary judgment to humane society on its counterclaim for breach of contract, because the county breached the contract by failing to pay the remaining amoun

  • Global Link Logistics Inc. v. Briles

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelli S. Lott, Harold T. Daniel Jr., Laurie W. Daniel Holland & Knight, and Thomas C. Pryor Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Benjamin I. Fink and Neal F. Weinrich Berman, Fink & Van Horn PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1871

    The trial court did not err in ruling that the non-disclosure covenants in the parties' employment contract were overbroad, since they barred the appellee from even using his observations during his

  • Georgia Kidney and Hypertension Specialists Inc. v. Fresenius USA Marketing Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0001

    The trial judge did not err in denying the defendant's motion to recuse, on the basis that the trial judge's daughter provided contractual legal services to plaintiff's counsel, since t

  • Thompson v. Scientific Atlanta Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-10-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua A. Millican, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oscar N. Persons, Susan E. Hurd, Kelly C. Wilcove Alston & Bird, Atlanta, and Gerald Davidson Jr. Davidson & Tucker LLP, Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1447

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the shareholder's belated oral request to conduct discovery before dismissing his derivative suit pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 14-

  • McCombs v. Synthes USA

    Publication Date: 2004-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James H. Webb Jr. Webb, Stuckey & Lindsey, Peachtree City, Martin C. Jones Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, Tifton, and Sharon J. Whitwell, Locust Grove, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan A. Cahoon Kilpatrick & Stockton LLP, Jenifer N. Stephens Alston & Bird LLP and Jeffrey J. Toney, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A0006

    A wa on the package insert for a defective plate device was adequate and reasonable under the circumstances where the plate device failed in the exact manner encompassed by the wa

  • Harvey III v. J. H. Harvey Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-08-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Dow N. Kirkpatrick II, Heather R. Peoples Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, J. Reese Franklin and W. Daniel Knight Jr., Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank C. Jones, Benjamin F. Easterlin IV and Rance L. Craft King & Spaulding, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A0452; A02A0453

    The concept of constructive service was applicable to an action for breach of an employment contract which provided that the plaintiff would serve as the defending company's President and Chief Oper

  • Abend v. Klaudt

    Publication Date: 2000-04-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lori G. Baer and Candice Stone Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David A. Sleppy and Dennis T. Cathey Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, for appellees. Other party representation: Robert G. Tanner and Johnathan T. Krawcheck Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A99A1862

    The 5-year statute of repose in O.C.G.A. § 9-3-71 b does not bar a foreign object medical malpractice action that is timely filed within the 1-year limitation period for that type of