• Reynolds v. McKenzie-Perry Homes Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-06-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens Ezor & Olens PC, and William H. Buckley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott D. Huray and Brina N. Smith Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Mary E. Wilson and Robert E. Mulholland Savell & Williams, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A03A1046

    A general contractor who added the plaintiff to its workers' compensation insurance as a condition of its contract with the plaintiff was deemed to be the plaintiff's statutory emp

  • Nix v. Cox Enters. Inc. d/b/a The Atlanta Constitution

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward T.M. Garland and Nelson O. Tyrone III Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A0070

    The Court of Appeals partially reversed the grant of summary judgment to a publishing company and its newspaper on an attorney's defamation claim arising out of two articles that characterized him a

  • Wilder v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ruth P. Marks, Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick H. Head, District Attorney, Maria B. Golick and Thomas A. Cole, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1017

    Evidence that defendant fled on foot after an of stopped his car supported his conviction for obstructing an of

  • Howard v. Gourmet Concepts Ntl. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-03-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Beard, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry L. Pruett Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for Gourmet Concepts and Atlanta Scapes. Bernard Knight, Daniel S. Digby, Assistant County Attorneys, and Elizabeth T. Marinelli DeKalb County Law Dep't, Decatur, for DeKalb County. Other party representation: Clyde E. Rickard III Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, R. Phillip Shinall III, Daryl G. Clarida Holland & Knight LLP, Christopher E. Penna, Derek A. Mendicino Johnson, Kayne & Penna PC, Sabrina K. Bozeman and George H. Connell Jr., Atlanta.

    Case Number: A00A0450, A00A0451

    Even if the defendants' trees and shrubbery obstructed the road, they did not contribute to the accident between the plaintiff and a driver who crossed the centerline while spe