• Tetra Tech Tesoro Inc. v. JAAAT Tech. Servs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-08-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael King, Ernest Greer in Case No. A16A0609 only, Richard Valladares in Case No. A16A0609 only Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, David Hudson Hull Barrett PC, Augusta, and Thomas Gristina in Case No. A16A0609 only Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker Ford PC, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amer Ahmad Swift, Currie, McGhee Hiers LLP, Atlanta, Wyatt Durrette, and J. Buckley Warden DurretteCrump PLC, Richmond, VA, for appellees.

    Case Number: A16A0567; A16A0609

    Two trial courts properly granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the plaintiff's breach of contract suits for lack of venue based on Virginia choice-of-forum clauses in the cont

  • Murtagh v. Emory Univ.

    Publication Date: 2013-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Goodhart Goodhart Law Firm, Jami Kohn Weinstock & Scavo PC, and Mark Spix, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd Wozniak, Lindsey Edelmann Greenberg Traurig LLP, and Theodore Eichelberger Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A2127

    The trial court erred in its imposition of a $15K fine, since it constituted an adjudication of criminal contempt in excess of $500 per act authorized under O.C.G.A. § 15-6-8 subsect