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  • Dabbs v. Key Equip. Fin. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Brian Raley Raley & Sandifer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher A. Riley, Lisa K. Bojko Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and J. Blake Mayes Sacks Tierney PA, Scottsdale, Ariz., for appellee.
    Case Number: A10A0825

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to an equipment company and failing to grant summary judgment to the alleged guarantor/employee-the guaranty executed by employee was not enforceab

  • Atkins v. MRP Park Lake LP

    Publication Date: 2009-12-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. White and Nicholas S. Papleacos Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert L. Shannon Jr., Mary D. Trammell Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, James T. Budd Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, and Thomas G. Tidwell The Tidwell Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A2125

    The defendant's were not entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law in the plaintiff's suit to recover for the injuries she sustained from carbon monoxide poisoning due to inadequate ventilatio

  • Lamb v. Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herald J. Alexander Alexander Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bernard Taylor and Debra A. Sydnor Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Stuart S. Busby Bovis, Kyle & Burch, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A09A0390

    Parol evidence is admissible to show want or failure of consideration to support the enforceability of a con

  • Rodriguez v. Vision Correction Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-04-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell D. Benjamin and Kenneth A. Shapiro Mitchell & Shapiro LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert P. Riordan Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0608

    Plaintiff was not entitled to recover back wages under a theory of quantum meruit or unjust enrichment where she received reasonable and negotiated compensation for her ser

  • Earthgrains Baking Co. v. Bird

    Publication Date: 2002-06-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Franklin Edenfield Spivey, Carlton & Edenfield PC, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wilson R. Smith Smith & Jenkins, Savannah, and Thomas W. Tucker Dye, Tucker, Everitt, Wheale & Long, Augusta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1148

    Trial court's order acknowledging law firm's right to collect on award in underlying injury suits did not expressly command or prohibit any act on the part of former members of the firm with respect

  • Worthy v. The Beautiful Restaurant Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-11-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Goldstein, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas G. Scribner, Gerald L. Mize Jr. and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1492

    Even if the premature birth of plaintiff's child was unforeseeable, defendant could have foreseen that its alleged improper handling of food could make plaintif

  • Sumter Reg'l Hosp. Inc. v. Sumter Free Press Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Fennessy Fennessy & Nettum, Americus, W. Terence Walsh and Angela T. Burnette Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John V. Harper Harper & Barnes PC, Americus, and James F. Myers III, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2055

    There was no nexus between defendant's conduct in refusing to patronize plaintiff's advertisers and any loss of plaintiff's bus

  • Kittle v. Conagra Poultry Co.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia N. Johnson Waycaster, Johnson, Morris & Dean, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: William F. Jourdain and Robert G. McCurry Minor, Bell & Neal, Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2518

    Plaintiff claims against defendant were barred by his failure to disclose them in his Chapter 7 bankruptcy pet

  • Foster v. Ramsey

    Publication Date: 2000-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leonard Farkas Farkas & Ledford, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: William D. Moorhead III, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0465

    Decedent's husband's statements that he owned his wife's jewelry created an issue of credibility which the trial court could not rule upon on summary jud

  • E-Z Serve Convenience Stores Inc. v. Crowell

    Publication Date: 2000-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michele L. Davis and Alan L. Newman Newman, Sapp & Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herald J. A. Alexander Alexander Law Firm PC, Charles A. Mathis Jr., David F. Walbert and David N. Krugler Middleton, Mathis, Adams & Tate, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0225

    Ex-employee who gave convenience store owners notice of false alarm fines and was arrested for co s failure to pay those fines was entitled to punitive damages from co