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  • In the Interest of K. M., a child.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-09
    Practice Area: Evidence | Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Ashmore (The Law Office of Lee S. Ashmore), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Ashe (Attorney at Law), Woodbine, for appellee. Miles Hendrix (Attorney at Law), Kingsland, for other party.
    Case Number: A17A1747

    Juvenile Court Should Have Applied Clear and Convincing Standard in Determining Whether to Terminate Guardianship of Minor With Non-Parents

  • Viad Corp v. United States Steel Corporation

    Publication Date: 2018-02-08
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Toxic Torts
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alston & Bird, Daniel F. Diffley, Kyle G. A. Wallace, Annalise K. Peters; Moore Clarke DuVall & Rodgers, James H. Moore III, Matthew D. DeMott, for appellant.
    for defendant: Watson Spence, Louis E. Hatcher, Alfreda L. Sheppard, F. Faison Middleton IV, Christopher L. Foreman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0937

    Plaintiff could not claim indemnity for its own negligence after State ordered it and its predecessor to pay for environmental remediation of certain property because the assumption agreement did not expressly, plainly, clearly and unequivocally provide that predecessor would indemnify plaintiff to that extent; accordingly, the trial court erred in granting plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in its suit for indemnification.

  • Avery et al. v. Paulding County Airport Authority et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Transportation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles McKnight, Alison Ballard (Taylor English Duma, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Baker (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta; J. Davis, Lee Carter (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0849

    The Court partially reversed the dismissal of three related declaratory judgment actions arising out of the efforts of a county and a county airport authority to apply for a commercial Airport Operating Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.