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  • Bouve and Mohr LLC v. Banks

    Publication Date: 2005-08-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Carlock, Mary K. Greene and Renee Y. Little Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James A. Goldstein and Jonathan P. Hayes James A. Goldstein PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0687

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in sanctioning the defendant for spoliation, because the police officer investigating the plaintiff's rape case was also employed by the defendant as a s

  • Namik v. Wachovia Banks of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2005-05-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Kaufman, Stephen R. Klorfein, Jason S. Adler Kaufman, Chaiken, Miller & Klorfein LLP, and Charlotte K. Perrell Perrell & Wright LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William J. Linkous Jr., David G. Ross and Nicole J. Wade Powell Goldstein LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S04G0857

    Some evidence supported the trial court's finding that a bank breached its fiduciary duty as trustee of a revocable living trust when it failed to invest the decedent's funds in accordance with his

  • Namik v. Wachovia Banks of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Kaufman, Stephen R. Klorfein, Jason S. Adler Kaufman, Chaiken, Miller & Klorfein LLP, and Charlotte K. Perrell Perrell & Wright LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William J. Linkous Jr., David G. Ross and Nicole J. Wade Powell Goldstein LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S04G0857

    Some evidence supported the trial court's finding that a bank breached its fiduciary duty as trustee of a revocable living trust when it failed to invest the decedent's funds in accordance with his

  • Wachovia Bank of Ga. v. Namik

    Publication Date: 2004-01-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Linkous Jr., Nicole J. Wade and David G. Ross Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, for Wachovia. Robert J. Kaufman, Stephen R. Klorfein, Charlotte K. Perrell and Jason S. Adler Kaufman, Chaiken, Miller & Klorfein LLC, Atlanta, for Namik et. al. Other party representation: Bertram L. Levy Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A2198, A03A2199

    A bank had no duty, as trustee of a customer's simple revocable living trust, to provide estate tax planning a

  • Looney v. M-Squared Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig E. Bertschi Kilpatrick Stockton and George C. Chenggis Richardson & Chenggis, Atlanta, for Looney. Keven K. Kenison Kenison & Dudley and Joel F. Geer, Greeneville, S.C., for M-Squared Inc.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0614; A03A0615

    The plaintiff could not recover for misappropriation of business opportunities it choose not to p

  • Mustaqeem-Graydon v. SunTrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2002-11-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roosevelt Carter II, Albany, Larry A. Golston Jr., Montgomery, Ala., and Larry Givens, Dothan, Ala., for appellant.
    for defendant: . William A. Erwin Hodges, Erwin, Hedrick & Coleman, and Donald A. Sweat Gardner, Willis, Sweat & Goldsmith, Albany, for appellees.
    Case Number: A02A1505

    Plaintiff's breach of contract and fraud claims against a bank for alleged unaut d disbursement of funds on a construction loan failed since the undisputed evidence showed that the plaintiff au

  • Tecumseh Prods. Co. Inc. v. Rigdon

    Publication Date: 2001-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Gordon and C. Todd Van Dyke Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jack J. Helms Jr. Helms & Helms PC, Homerville, and James D. Hudson, Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1484

    Defendant should have known about its employee's violent propensity because defendant previously fired the employee for his involvement in an altercation with his super

  • Wang v. Moore

    Publication Date: 2001-02-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert E. Shuman and Thomas R. Morgan Jr. Shuman & Assocs., Manchester, for appellant.
    for defendant: Evan R. Mermelstein, Bruce M. Edenfield Gray, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, and Susan L. Rutherford, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2489

    The college dean and the college's chief academic officer were immune from liability for their actions in firing a non-tenured faculty member who was absent from the first week of classes without

  • Bazemore v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-08-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Pope, Marion T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte K. Davis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, Solicitor General, Robert R. McNeill and Thomas E. Csider, Assistant Solicitors, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0071

    DUI defendant was entitled to discover those records of the state forensic chemist that related to the actual test of his

  • Jakel v. Fountainhead Dev. Corp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Bellows, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark W. Alexander Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1239

    The contract entered into by plaintiff and subdivision developer was not an option contract, since it did not bind the developer to sell the lots to plaintiff, describe the property with particulari