• Dees v. Logan

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clyde E. Rickard III Chambers, Aholt & Rickard LLP, and Edward J. Bauer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Edward T. McAfee Carlock, Copland, Semler & Stair, Russell D. Waldon Harper, Waldon & Craig, and Jay F. Eidex, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Matthew C. Flournoy Flournoy & Morgan LLP, Marietta.

    Case Number: A06A0929

    No portion of a workers' compensation award may be for pa suffering, so the UM insurer could not use the amount of the benefit paid to the underlying plaintiff to offset the jury's award for p

  • Goss v. Alabama Great S. R.R.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
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    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Warshauer, Bradford W. Thomas and Lyle G. Warshauer Warshauer, Thomas, Thornton & Rogers PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark E. Toth, F. Kennedy Hall, and John E. Hall IV Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, Macon, for appellee. Other party representation: James H. Wettermark Wettermark, Holland & Keith LLC, Birmingham, Ala., and Clinton J. Miller III, Cleveland, Ohio.

    Case Number: A06A0150

    A stopped rail car temporarily placed on an interchange track was "in use" for the purposes of the Safety Appliance Act, since it was loaded and merely subjected to a delay in carrying it to its des