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  • MCI Communications Servs. Inc. d/b/a Verizon Wireless v. CMES Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-06-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William B. Deveney, Brent L. Wilson Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson LLP, Atlanta, Anthony J. Jorgensen, James L. Proszek Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson PC, Tulsa, Okla., for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason P. King Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12Q0941

    A telecommunication carrier cannot recover loss of use damages, arising from the accidental severance of its underground fiber-optic cable, where those damages are measured by the hypothetical cost

  • East Georgia Land and Dev. Co LLC v. Newton County

    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmy L. Paul and Drew V. Greene Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter R. Olson Olson Law LLC, Cartersville, Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley & Bates LLP, Athens, William T. Craig and James B. Griffin, Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0114

    Although the establishment of a copy of a zoning ordinance made it an evidentiary substitute for t ginal, it remained subject to any validity or enforcement issues that could be raised against

  • Smith v. Salon Baptiste

    Publication Date: 2010-04-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark G. Trigg and Ryan C. Grelecki Greenberg Traurig LLP, CityplaceAtlantafor appellants. Regina S. Molden and Oni A. Holley Molden, Holley & Thompson LLC, CityplaceAtlantafor appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S09A1543

    O.C.G.A. § 9-11-68-providing, inter alia, that defendant shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of litigation from date of rejection of settlement offer through entry o

  • East Ga. Land and Dev. Co. LLC v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Paul and Thomas C. Grant Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. Craig, James B. Griffin, Covington, Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley & Bates LLP, Athens, and Peter R. Olson Jenkins & Olson PC, Cartersville, appellees.
    Case Number: S09A1935

    A copy of the lost 1985 Newton county zoning ordinance could be proved by parol evidence, since the proceeding to es h the copy as the original was not one to enforce zoning ordinance, but to e

  • O'Kelley v. Cox

    Publication Date: 2004-11-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John E. Stephenson Jr., Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird LLP, Elizabeth L. Littrell American Civil Liberties Union, and Jack H. Senterfitt Lambda Legal Defense and Ed. Fund, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Stefan E. Ritter, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellant: Robin F. Clark Jewett & Clark LLC, Scott C. Titshaw Arnall, Golden & Gregory LLP, Miles J. Alexander, Alexander S. Clay, Michael W. Tyler and Jill Warner Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S05A0236

    Georgia courts cannot encroach upon the legislative process and do not have any authority to bar the general election from proceeding exactly as it is presently sche