• Hall v. B-H Transfer Co.

    Publication Date: 2016-12-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Turner Savage, Turner, Pinson Karsman, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Thomas Kilpatrick, Charles Morgan Alston Bird, Atlanta, Hugh McNatt McNatt Greene Peterson, Vidalia, Daniel Barney, Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson Feary PC, Washington, DC, Adam Smedstad Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson Feary PC, Chicago, IL, and Braden Core Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson Feary PC, Indianapolis, IN, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1455

    Plaintiffs failed to point to any evidence that they sustained actual damages because of defendant's violations of the disclosure requirements of the Truth-in-Leasing regulations, 49 CFR §§ 376.1 e

  • Goldstein, Garber Salama LLC v. J. B.

    Publication Date: 2016-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Lane Young, Matthew Barr Hawkins Parnell Thackston Young LLP, Atlanta, Jonathan Freiman, and Tadhg Dooley Wiggin and Dana LLP, New Haven, CT, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Jordan Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward, William Bird Bird Law Group PC, and Michael Regas, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A1491

    The trial court did not err in denying the defendant dental practice's motion for directed verdict in the plaintiff's suit alleging that the defendant's negligence resulted in a certified registere

  • Georgia River Network v. Turner

    Publication Date: 2014-08-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A14A0215; A14A0272; A14A0273; A14A0274

    A buffer variance was improperly issued to a County's board of commissioners allowing the County to encroach upon the 25-foot vegetative buffer the Erosion and Sedimentation Act requires in order to

  • Hewitt v. Community & S. Bank

    Publication Date: 2013-11-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Conerly and Randall Parian Smith Conerly LLP, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Tuck and Christopher Riley Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1433

    The loan commitment for a $6M line of credit extended to the plaintiff plainly set forth a 12-month repayment term, on which the plaintiff defa

  • Farm Credit of Northwest Fla. ACA v. Easom Peanut Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nowell D. Berreth, Lisa R. Bugni and Todd R. David Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant. Christina L. Folsom, William P. Langdale Jr. Langdale & Vallotton LLP, Valdosta, David A. Kendrick Floyd & Kendrick LLC, Bainbridge, Patrick S. Flynn, Albany, C. Edwin Rude Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., and Ernest A. Sellers Jr., Gainesville, Fla., for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0816

    The trial court erroneously found that the peanut growers' reserved security interest in peanut crops had priority over the lending association's security interest until such time as the peanut brok

  • Farm Credit of Northwest Fla. ACA v. Easom Peanut Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-09-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nowell D. Berreth, Lisa R. Bugni and Todd R. David Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant. Christina L. Folsom, William P. Langdale Jr. Langdale & Vallotton LLP, Valdosta, David A. Kendrick Floyd & Kendrick LLC, Bainbridge, Patrick S. Flynn, Albany, C. Edwin Rude Jr., Tallahassee, Fla. and Ernest A. Sellers Jr., Gainesville, Fla., for appellees.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0816

    The trial court erroneously found that the peanut growers' reserved security interest in peanut crops had priority over the lending association's security interest until such time as the peanut brok

  • Executive Excellence v. Martin Bros. Invs. LLC.

    Publication Date: 2011-04-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles H. Van and Anne E. Andrews Berman Fink Van Horn PC, Atlanta, for Executive Excellence. Frank Armstrong III and Nancy L. Richardson Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, for Martin Brothers and Southern Tradition.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A10A1745; A10A2143; A10A2144

    Statements in question were generally true and constituted expressions of opinion and hyperbole which are not actionable as defam