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  • Heiman v. Mayfield

    Publication Date: 2009-11-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony L. Cochran Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James E. Voyles and Mark F. Milhollin The Voyles Milhollin Law Firm, Kennesaw, Paul W. Burke Drew Eckl & Farnham, Peter Q. Bassett, Kerry K. Vatzakas Alston & Bird, Dan F. Laney III and Kimberly L. Myers Rogers & Hardin LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2253

    Exculpatory clauses in a trust instrument are not effective to relieve a trustee of liability for breach of trust committed in bad faith, intentionally or with reckless indifference to the interest

  • Gettner v. Fitzgerald

    Publication Date: 2009-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda A. Farahany Barrett & Farahany, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird LLP, Kenneth G. Menendez and Jeffrey R. Saxby Epstein, Becker & Green PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A09A0155

    The evidence was sufficient to raise a jury issue on each essential element of the plaintiff's defamation claim-negligence or fault in the publication of a false defamatory statement and actual i

  • King v. Zakaria

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul S. Weiner, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Judson Graves and Brian R. Stimson Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0735

    The trial court did not err in granting a directed verdict in favor of the defendant doctor on a medical abandonment claim, since the plaintiff presented no evidence that the doctor violated the sta

  • Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP v. Six Flags Over Ga. LLC

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt Chandler & Britt, Buford, Ronald L. Reid Alston & Bird, John J. Dalton Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Evan R. Chesler and Keith R. Hummel Cravath, Swaine & Moore, N.Y., for appellant.
    for defendant: . James E. Butler Jr., George W. Fryhofer III, Joel O. Wooten Jr., Cale H. Conley Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daugherty & Sullivan, Albert M. Pearson III Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, H. Lamar Mixson, Michael B. Terry, Nancy J. Walsh and Joshua F. Thorpe Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, for appellees. Other party representation: Gerald Davidson Jr. Davidson & Tucker LLP, Duluth.
    Case Number: A00A0120

    The Court of Appeals overruled Kent v. A. O. White Jr., Consulting Engineers PC, A01A0756 1/29/02, 02 FCDR 374, to the extent that it held that the Georgia Supreme Court adopted the standard set for

  • Gold Kist Inc. v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2000-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay D. Bennett, Richard R. Hays and Kenneth D. Steele Alston & Bird, Atlanta for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas L. Gibson Gibson & Spivey, Waycross, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1254

    The trial court exceeded its scope of authority on remand when it reaffirmed its prior awards to the plaintiffs based on different theories of liab

  • Eisenstein v. DiPrimio

    Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jay E. Loeb Olim & Loeb LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Keith J. Reisman Holland & Knight and J. William Boone Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1413

    The law firm that received the proceeds of a usurious business loan from the debtor to satisfy an unrelated judgment was entitled to defend the tor's constructive trust claim by arguing that th

  • Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP v. Six Flags Over Ga. LLC

    Publication Date: 2000-09-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter M. Britt Chandler & Britt, Ronald L. Reid Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Evan R. Chesler, Keith R. Hummel Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, for appellant.
    for defendant: . George W. Fryhofer III Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daughtery & Sullivan, H. Lamar Mixon, Michael B. Terry, Nancy L. Johnson, Joshua F. Thorpe Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, James E. Butler Jr., Albert M. Pearson III, Joel O. Wooten Jr., Cale H. Conley Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daughtery & Sullivan, Columbus, for appellees. Other party representation: Gerald Davidson Jr. Anderson, Davidson & Tate, Lawrenceville.
    Case Number: A00A0120

    Theme park's general partner breached its fiduciary duty by making bad faith decisions as to the amount and type of capital improvements the theme park would re

  • Department of Revenue v. Sledge

    Publication Date: 2000-02-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stefan E. Ritter and Anthony J. Musto, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Timothy J. Peaden Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A99A2277

    Since partnership conducted business in Ge its out-of-state partners had to pay Ge income taxes on their share of profits even though they personally conducted no business in Ge