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  • Stewart v. Bourn

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy D. Chambers Chambers, Chambers & Chambers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John W. Spears Jr., Malane T. Spears Spears & Spears PC, Decatur, and Panos J. Kanes Kanes & Benator, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: John E. Stewart, Smyrna, William O. Johnson Jr., Atlanta, Sarah F. Adams, Jefferson, and Beatrice E. Collier, Chattanooga, Tenn.
    Case Number: A01A0823

    The wrongful death settlement proceeds of a decedent who was survived by siblings and the children of deceased siblings should be distributed according to the laws of descent and distrib

  • Stewart v. Bourn

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy D. Chambers Chambers, Chambers & Chambers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John W. Spears Jr., Malane T. Spears Spears & Spears PC, Decatur, and Panos J. Kanes Kanes & Benator, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: John E. Stewart, Smyrna, William O. Johnson Jr., Atlanta, Sarah F. Adams, Jefferson, and Beatrice E. Collier, Chattanooga, Tenn.
    Case Number: A01A0823

    The wrongful death settlement proceeds of a decedent who was survived by siblings and the children of deceased siblings should be distributed according to the laws of descent and distrib

  • Patrick v. Macon Hous. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell M. Boston and Neil Halvorson Sell & Melton LLP, Macon, for Patrick. John C. Daniel III and Richard A. Epps Jr. Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, for Macon Hous. Auth. Other party representation:, Luanne Clarke Moore Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers PC, Albany, Heather C. McGrotty and Jason P. King Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A01A0066; A01A0067

    Defendant exercised reasonable care under the circumstances in inspecting the laundry room floor in its apartment building for trash and water every two

  • Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Tom Morgan III, District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00G1809

    Police report narratives are not admissible under the business re exception to the hearsay rule because they do not have the inherent reliability of other traditional business re

  • Accolades Apartments LP v. Fulton County

    Publication Date: 2001-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Parker, Joseph C. Sharp Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, for Accolades Apartments LP. William R. Turner, County Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Marcia M. Ernst, William Van Hearnburg Jr. Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Shellie R. Cherner, Nicholas G. Dumich Hewitt, Katz & Dumich, Thomas R. Walker Troutman Sanders LLP, Terrill A. Parker Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Beryl H. Weiner, Richard H. Deane Jr., James R. Schulz, Assistant United States Attorney, John Drake Cole Henderson Drake Inc., Nan H. Newman Georgia Power Co., Glenn R. Austin Federal National Mortgage Assoc., L. L. Edge Consolidated Equities Corp., General Electric Corp., General Electric Capital Corp. CT Corp. Sys., Lumbermans Mut. Ins. Co., Atlanta, W. R. Robertson III, Marietta, Thomas Allen Union Central Life Ins. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, Siamak Kusha Owen, Ayers & Assocs. Inc., Tampa, Fla., Carol Russell State of Maryland Deposit Ins. Fund, Hunt Valley, Md., and GE Appliances Electric Corp., Fairfield, Conn., for Fulton County and others. Amicus Appellant: William H. Dodson II Dodson, Feldman & Dorough LLP, Aasia Mustakeem Powell, Goldstein, Frazier & Murphy LLP, Atlanta, and Carol V. Clark McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb & Nichols, Roswell Accolades Apartments LLP v. Fulton County. Michael J. King, Robert E. Spears Jr. and Joseph H. Akers Greenberg Traurig LLP, Atlanta, for Aaron Rents Inc. Joseph G. Davis, Laura L. McGinty Welch, Spell, Reemsnyder, Pless & Davis, William B. Brown Heyman & Sizemore LLC, Marcia M. Ernst Smith, Gambrell & Russell, John G. Parker Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta for Fourteenth Street Ventures LP Aaron Rents Inc. v. Fourteenth Street Ventures LP.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S00G0952; S00G1477

    The rights and responsibilities of the individual joint venturers determine whether a partnership is f even if the documents controlling the venture expressly state that no partnership was f

  • Bogle v. Bragg

    Publication Date: 2001-04-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marvin P. Nodvin The Nodvin Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert G. Tanner Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Robin N. Loeb and Ann H. Coolidge-Kaplan Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2081

    Plaintiff could not show justifiable reliance on any material misrepresentations regarding liens on real property owned by a company that he invested in because the liens were a matter of public r

  • Smith & Wesson v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Pope Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, David J. Bailey Jones, Davis, Reavis & Pogue, Richard A. Schneider, William R. Bassett Jr. King & Spaulding, Richard H. Sinkfield, Tony G. Powers Rogers &Hardin, Atlanta, Jeffrey S. Nelson, Gary R. Long Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, Mo., Melissa A. Maye, Yorkville, Ill., James C. Sabalos, Newport Beach, Calif., Thomas E. Fennell Jones, Davis, Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, Texas, Lawrence W. Greenwald Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman & Hoffberger, Baltimore, Md., James P. Dorr and Anne-Marie Dega Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., for Smith & Wesson. Susan P. Langford, City Attorney, Nicholas C. Moraitakis Mills, Moraitakis & Kushel, Hezekiah Sistruck Jr. Sistruck & Assocs., Ernest L. Greer Minkin & Snyder, Cheryl D. Cofield, Willie J. Lovett Jr. Office of the County Attorney, R. Clay Porter, Alisa W. Terry Dennis, Corry & Porter LLP, Frank R. Seigel Cofer, Beauchamp, Stradley & Hicks, Matthew W. Clarke, David M. Brown Smith, Gambrell & Russell, and Timothy A. Bumann Budd, Lanier, Gross, Rosenbaum & Greenberg, Atlanta, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Cochran, Cherry, Givens & Smith PC, New York, N.Y., Samuel A. Cherry Jr., Angela Mason Cochran, Cherry, Givens & Smith PC, Dothan, Ala., Daniel G. Abel, Wendell H. Gauthier Gauthier, Downing, LaBarre, Beiser & Dean, Metairie, La., Kenneth M. Carter Carter & Cates, New Orleans, La., Kevin C. Decie Davis, Saperstein & Solomon PC, Teaneck, N.J., Jack D. Maistros, Keith T. Vernon Climaco, Lefkowitz, Peca, Wilcox & Garofoli, Cleveland, Ohio, Robert C. Tarics, Michael Branisa, Michael Zomcik Tarics & Carrington, Houston, Texas, and William M. Griffin Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, Ark., for the city of Atlanta. Frank R. Seigel Cofer, Beauchamp, Stradley & Hicks, Atlanta, John S. Kanzler, John Renzulli Renzulli & Rutherford LLC, New York, N.Y., for Glock Inc. Amicus Appellants: Joshua Horwitz Education Fund to End Handgun Violence, Washington, D.C., Michael C. Hewitt Bruinsma & Hewitt, Costa Mesa, Calif. Amicus Appellee: Alfred L. Evans Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S00A1530, S00A1533

    The state court's refusal to dismiss the city's suit against a number of firearms manufacturers, distributors and trade associations was not subject to challenge by an action for man

  • Dickerson v. Dickerson

    Publication Date: 2001-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth L. Shigley, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard W. Hendrix Finch, McCranie, Brown & Thrash, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1992

    A prior judicial determination that petitioner was not decedent's common-law wife, precluded her from raising their alleged common-law marriage in her petition to set aside the appointment of decede

  • Warren v. Board of Regents of the Univ. Sys. of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Hue Henry and Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, John B. Ballard Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, Oscar B. Fears III, Assistant Attorney General, and Letitia M. Brown King & Spalding, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: James C. Rawls Powell, Goldstein, Frazier & Murphy, George P. Shingler Casey, Gilson, Williams & Shingler, Randolph A. Mayer Mayer & Beal, Karen R. White Arrington & Hollowell PC, Floyd C. Newton III, Michael R. Smith King & Spalding and Carrie L. Christie Christie, Toreno & Hatcher LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A00A1841

    Plaintiffs' contribution of money to a charitable did not give them standing to maintain a suit to enforce the

  • McGinn v. McGinn

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew R. Pachman Lawler & Tanner PC and Jean M. Kutner Kutner & Bloom, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alvah O. Smith, Hope C. B. Allen Warner, Mayoue & Bates PC, Atlanta, and Hylton B. Dupree Jr. Dupree, Johnson, Poole & King, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1424

    Wife is entitled to discover the value and reasonable earnings potential of her husband's family-owned stock which is held in a company trust because the husband's interest in the trust is relevant