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  • Mariner Health Care Inc. v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

    Publication Date: 2006-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. McConnell, Joseph E. Finley, David C. Kiernan and G. Lee Garrett Jones Day, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John A. Chandler, Elizabeth V. Tanis and Drew D. Dropkin Southerland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta. Other party representation: Jill Pryor, Jeffrey O. Bramlett Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Peter Q. Bassett, Mary C. Gill Alston & Bird, Elizabeth T. Baer Meadows, Ichter & Bowers, Atlanta, and Jason L. Crawford Dougherty, Crawford, Fuller & Brown LLP, Columbus.
    Case Number: A06A1372

    The plaintiff should have been allowed to voluntary dismiss its suit claiming that the defendant/auditor caused another company, which acquired and merged with the plaintiff, to purchase the plainti

  • Central Atlanta Progress Inc. v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2006-04-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas G. Scribner and Paul J. Kaplan Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Stefan E. Ritter, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Peter C. Canfield, Thomas M. Clyde and Matthew D. Crawford Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A1028; A06A1029

    The evidence authorized the trial court to find that the defendants acted on behalf of public officers or agencies in making bids for the NASCAR Hall of Fame and the 2009 Super Bowl game and, thus,

  • Camden Oil Co. LLC v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William S. Sutton McLain & Merritt PC, Atlanta, for Camden Oil Co. Russell G. Keener Kenner & Assocs., Atlanta, for Jackson. Edward A. Miller Gary, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for Durakon Indus. Other party representation: Dow N. Kirkpatrick II Alston & Bird, Atlanta, Amy C. Gunn and Nick Angelides Simon, Lowe & Passanante LLC, St. Louis, Mo.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A2129; A04A2130

    No issue of material fact remained as to whether a gasoline operator provided an adequate warning of the risk involved in filling a portable container with gasoline, since the plaintiff admitted tha

  • Board of Natural Resources v. Duke Energy Sandersville LLC

    Publication Date: 2002-10-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Robert S. Bomar, Deputy Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Diane L. DeShazo, Assistant Attorneys General, David C. Will and Kurt R. Ward Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney,Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barbara H. Gallo, Daniel H. Sherman IV, Bruce P. Brown McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, and Robert M. Wynne, Sandersville, for appellee. Other party representation: Daniel S. Reinhardt Troutman Sanders LLP, Peter M. Degnan, Douglas E. Cloud, Daniel N. Esrey Alston & Bird, and Robert S. Ukeiley, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A02A1566

    The EPD's appeal was moot since the underlying administrative appeal was withdrawn and the case was dism

  • The ServiceMaster Co. LP v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Grant, Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird, Chilton D. Varner and Robert D. Hays Jr. King & Spaulding, Atlanta, for Service Master. Francis X. Moore Byrne, Eldridge, Moore & Davis PC, Atlanta, for Martin.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A1093; A01A1094; A01A1095

    The trial court should have dismissed plaintiff's tort claims arising out of his firing since the duties which his employer allegedly breached arose directly out of his written employment con

  • Williamson v. Coastal Physician Servs. of the S.E. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-09-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance D. Lourie, Stephen R. Chance, Joseph W. Watkins Watkins, Lourie & Roll LLP, and Richard W. Summers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John K. Train IV Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Robert D. McCallum Jr., Elizabeth Bertschi Alston & Bird, and Michael J. Hannan III Love & Willingham, Atlanta for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1366

    A medical staffing service was not vicariously liable for the actions of its independent contractor who treatment plaintiff's husband in the emergency room two weeks before he

  • McCall v. Henry Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis A. Thurston Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert L. Goldstucker Nall, Miller, Owens, Hocutt & Howard, Atlanta, Rod G. Meadows and Bonnie L. Baker Meadows & Futch PC, Stockbridge, for appellee. Other party representation: Jack S. Schroder Jr., Kevin E. Grady, Angela T. Burnette Alston & Bird, Atlanta, and Mark L. Stuckey Law Offices of Charles L. Ruffin, Macon.
    Case Number: A01A0586

    A m center was not automatically immune under O.C.G.A. § 31-7-132 a from plaintiff's claim that it was negligent in granting m privileges to the surgeon who operated on plaintiff on the