• Hospital Auth. of Valdosta and Lowndes County d/b/a Georgia Medical Ctr. v. Meeks

    Publication Date: 2009-06-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen H. Summerlin, Glenn Whitley Reinhardt, Whitley, Summerlin & Pittman, Tifton, Walter H. New, Quitman, Donna P. Bergeson and Angela T. Burnette Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: O. Wayne Ellerbee The Ellerbee Law Firm, Wade H. Coleman Coleman Talley LLP, Valdosta, Marc T. Treadwell, Caroline W. Herrington Adams, Jordan & Treadwell PC, Macon, Thomas M. Burke Jr. and Anthony A. Rowell Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PA, Tifton, for appellees.

    Case Number: S09G0466

    The Court held that a doctor's credentialing files are discoverable that they do not "involve a peer review or medical review committee's evaluation of actual medical services provided by

  • McArthur Elec. Inc. v. Cobb County Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. Ritchie, Roswell, G. Phillip Beggs Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta, and Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: John K. Wells and Clement C. Doyle Brock, Clay & Calhoun PC, Marietta, for appellee. Amicus appellee: John I. Spangler III, Jeffrey A. Belkin, J. Andrew Howard and John S. Ducat III Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: S07A0309

    A subcontractor had an adequate remedy at law in the form of an action on the general contractor's payment

  • 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

  • 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

  • Georgia Dept. of Transp. v. Meadow Trace Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. David Syfan and Thomas L. Fitzgerald Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar LLP, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, T. Michael Tennant Alston & Bird LLP, Tim Carssow and Ian Landgreen Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S04A1162

    The Court of Appeals has jurisdi over the DOT's appeal regarding how much highway access a landowner's deed conveyed in a condemnation a

  • Harvey v. J. H. Harvey Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-08-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett and Heather R. Peoples Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank C. Jones, Macon, Benjamin F. Easterlin IV, Cheri A. Grosvenor King & Spalding, Atlanta, W. Daniel Knight Jr. and J. Reese Franklin, Nashville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02G1713

    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

  • Harvey v. J. H. Harvey Co.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett and Heather R. Peoples Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank C. Jones, Macon, Benjamin F. Easterlin IV, Cheri A. Grosvenor King & Spalding, Atlanta, W. Daniel Knight Jr. and J. Reese Franklin, Nashville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S02G1713

    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

  • Leone Hall Price Found. v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2003-03-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, James W. Williams and Nowell D. Berreth Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Michael Treadaway, Donald L. Mize, Ray B. Gray Jr., C. Fred Reeves, Marietta, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Grace E. Lewis, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Randall A. Constantine Mazursky & Dunaway LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03A0081

    A foundation created by a private charitable trust had the right to oppose termination of the trust in contravention of the settlor's i

  • Golden Peanut Co. v. Bass

    Publication Date: 2002-05-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Candace N. Smith, Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry and Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Griffin B. Bell, Benjamin F. Easterlin IV, Michael C. Russ, John P. Brumbaugh King & Spalding, Atlanta, Whitney G. Saunders Saunders, Babineau & Brewbaker LLC, Suffolk, Va., and Wayne S. Weaver Southwestern Peanut Shellers Assoc., Stephenville, Texas, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Evans J. Plowden Jr., Dawn G. Benson, and Charles K. Wainwright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, Albany.

    Case Number: S01G1157

    Contract clause relating to the sale of additional peanuts at a higher than contracted price was not void for violation of federa

  • King v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Healan III, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellants: Jack S. Schroder Jr., Angela T. Burnette, Donna P. Bergeson Alston & Bird, Nicholas A. Lotito Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore LLP, Randall L. Hughes Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Richard L. Shackelford King & Spaulding, George E. Duncan Jr. Duncan & Mangiafico, James E. Singer Bovis, Kyle & Burch, Albert M. Pearson III Mills, Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, David A. Cook Medical Assoc. of Ga., Karen L. Duke Promina Health Systems Inc., Robert A. Schapiro, Associate Professor Emory Univ. School of Law, Atlanta, David N. Nelson Chambless, Higdon & Carson, Charles M. Cork III Reynolds and McArthur, Kenneth B. Banks Central Georgia Health Sys. Inc., Macon, Nina M. Svoren Healy & Svoren, Sean A. Black, Toccoa, Carol M. Todd West Georgia Health Sys. Inc., LaGrange, T. Mills, Fleming Hunter, McLean, Exley & Dunn, Savannah, Michael G. Gray Walker, Hulbert, Gray & Byrd, Perry, C. Wade Monk II Shaw, Maddox, Graham, Monk & Boling, Rome, Richard A. Malone, District Attorney, Swainsboro, Charles C. Olson, Staff Attorney, Alvin G. Hollingshed Prosecuting Atty's Council of Ga., Smyrna, Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Dalton, Leslie C. Abernathy, Solicitor General, Cumming, and Paul M. Kurtz, Professor & Associate Dean University of Georgia, Athens.

    Case Number: S99A1490

    The state's use of O.C.G.A. § 24-9-40 a to subpoena defendant's medical records was unconstitut