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  • Benson v. Simon Property Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-03-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John F. Salter Jr., Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, and Gary J. Toman Nations, Toman & McKnight LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Rebecca M. Lamberth, John L. Coalson Jr., Colin K. Kelly, Jay D. Bennett, Ethan D. Miller Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Charles C. Clay Brock Clay, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S06G1286

    The Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act DUPA, OCGA § 44-12-190 et seq., did not apply to the plaintiffs' claims for damages resulting from dormancy fees and expiration dates associated with shoppi

  • Dalton Paving & Constr. Inc. v. South Green Constr. of Ga. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-03-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Henry Parkman, Frank D. LoMonte Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, and James H. Phillips McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham, Dalton, for Dalton Paving. William D. Flatt, Bart W. Reed, Erik B. Seeney Hendrick, Phillips, Salzman & Flatt, Brian R. Neary, Melissa C. Patton Webb, Zschunke, Miller & Dikeman LLP and Stanley K. Kreimer Jr., Atlanta, for South Green Construction. Other party representation: Robert T. Strang III and Daniel J. Huff Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: A06A2414; A06A2415

    Res judicata barred the plaintiff's s, because the arbitrator expressly denied the s, which the plaintiff raised in a prior arbitration, and the plaintiff should have asserted the remainin

  • In the Interest of J. D.

    Publication Date: 2006-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael S. Bennett Jr. Bennett Law Firm, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Charles R. Reddick, Homerville, for appellee. Other party representation: Vernita L. Lee, Valdosta.
    Case Number: A06A1467

    The mother admitted that she did not want to parent the child, she failed to comply with her reunification goals, she rarely visited the child and she paid no child su

  • Peacock v. Spivey

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William F. Rucker, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Theresa K. Read LaMalva, Read & Oeland, Conyers, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, John E. Hennelly, James D. Coots, Cynthia A. Presto, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Brandon A. Oren Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A1823

    The trial court properly dismissed the plaintiff's suit alleging that asphalt company employees spilled diesel fuel, causing damage and contamination to his property, since the plaintiff agreed to v

  • Simon Property Group Inc. v. Benson

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca M. Lamberth, John L. Coalson Jr., Colin K. Kelly and Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird, Atlanta, and Charles C. Clay, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John F. Salter Jr., Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, and Gary J. Toman Nation, Toman, Nutter & McKnight LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A2256

    The gift cards and certificates in question cannot be deemed abandoned under the Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, since the defendant issued them less than five years prior the plaintiffs'

  • Landsberg v. Powell

    Publication Date: 2006-03-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd K. Maziar, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William L. Swank II and Bryan M. Hausner Greer, Klosik, Daugherty, Swank & McCune, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0558

    The plaintiff was entitled to rely on the defendant's request for an oral hearing on his m for summary judgment without filing a duplicate m

  • Taetle v. Atlanta Indep. Sch. Sys.

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven K. Leibel and Jonathan R. Granade Casey Gilson Leibel PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney G. Moore and Charles M. Smith Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S05A1632

    An arms-length commercial agreement between a public school system and a church for classroom space to establish and run a public non-sectarian kindergarten does not violate Georgia's Establishment C

  • Greene v. Bryant

    Publication Date: 2006-01-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore H. Lackland, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Stephen M. Schatz, Melissa K. Kahren Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, Brian S. Bischoff, James E. Bischoff Bischoff & White PC, and Paul S. Liston, Fayetteville, for appellees. Other party representation: Howard G. Slade, Fayetteville.
    Case Number: A05A1646

    It did not appear that the jury was inflamed by the trial court's error in admitting evidence that the first appellant was incarcerated for a bribery conviction at the time of the trial, since the j

  • Howerton v. Danenberg

    Publication Date: 2005-11-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Bell Jr. Bell & James, Augusta, Robert W. Cullen, Atlanta, and Robert L. McGlasson, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S05A1335

    Defense counsel's concurrent representation of the defendant in a death penalty case and of the district attorney in a federal case involving the use of preemptory strikes to remove minorities from

  • Bhindi Bros. v. Patel

    Publication Date: 2005-09-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grover C. Bailey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles A. Ratz and Andrea Bennett Gilliland, Ratz & Browning PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0996

    Res judicata did not bar the plaintiff's claims for past due rent and other damages in its suit for breach of a lease, because the plaintiff raised those claims in its prior dispossessory suit and t