• Simon Property Group Inc. v. Benson

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca M. Lamberth, John L. Coalson Jr., Colin K. Kelly and Jay D. Bennett Alston & Bird, Atlanta, and Charles C. Clay, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John F. Salter Jr., Roy E. Barnes The Barnes Law Group LLC, Marietta, and Gary J. Toman Nation, Toman, Nutter & McKnight LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A05A2256

    The gift cards and certificates in question cannot be deemed abandoned under the Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, since the defendant issued them less than five years prior the plaintiffs'

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  • Pope v. Board of Comm'rs of Fulton County

    Publication Date: 2005-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Sweeney, James P. Robertson Jr., Melana Kopman and Gretchen M. Holt Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. Prabhaker Reddy Reddy & Silvis LLC, Richard R. Gignilliat Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, and James J. Park U. S. Court of Appeals, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A05A1237

    The appellants' own letter to the county board of commissioners provided some evidence supporting their removal from their positions on the county's board of tax asse

  • 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