• Duke v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-07-02
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Macklyn A. Smith, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Kevin T. McMurry, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A09A0721

    The evidence presented at trial raised more than a mere suspicion that the defendant was guilty of repeatedly raping his dau

  • Expedia Inc. v. City of Columbus

    Publication Date: 2009-06-26
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry A. Buchanan, Benjamin A. Land Buchanan & Land LLP, Columbus, Edward K. Smith and Robin A. Schmahl Jones Day, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William U. Norwood III, Michael L. McGlamry, Neal K. Pope, Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Robert M. Travis, John R. Bielema Jr. Bryan Cave Powell Goldstein LLP, Atlanta, Charles N. Pope, Wade H. Tomlinson III and Paul Kilpatrick Jr. Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A0567

    The trial court did not err in basing hotel occupancy taxes, which an on-line travel company owes to the city of Columbus, on the hotel rate it charges to its customers, rather than the lower wholes

  • Savannah Yacht Corp. f/k/a Palmer Johnson Savannah Inc. v. Thunderbolt Marine Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-17
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Owen C. Murphy, Carrie H. Bacon, Sam P. Inglesby Jr. Inglesby, Falligant, Horne, Courington & Chisholm PC, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Christopher L. Ray and James L. Pannell Oliver, Maner & Gray, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A1621

    The appellants did not waive their defenses concerning the appellee's claims for maintenance and repair arising out of the collapse of a marina rental property's south bulkhead, which was at issue h

  • Sagon v. Peachtree Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons PC

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven K. Leibel, Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Shun Daugherty and Terrell W. Benton III Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A2122

    The jury charges as given provided a full and correct statement of the law regarding the standard of care, which applied to all of the professional health care providers involved, and were not confu

  • Savannah Yacht Corp. f/k/a Palmer Johnson Savannah Inc. v. Thunderbolt Marine Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Owen C. Murphy, Carrie H. Bacon, Sam P. Inglesby Jr. Inglesby, Falligant, Horne, Courington & Chisholm PC, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Christopher L. Ray and James L. Pannell Oliver, Maner & Gray, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A1621

    The appellants did not waive their defenses concerning the appellee's claims for maintenance and repair arising out of the collapse of a marina rental property's south bulkhead, which was at issue h

  • Bowling v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lyle K. Porter and Jeffrey B. Hicks, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Rodney K. Miles, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S09A0361

    The 52-month delay between the defendant's arrest and the date of his second motion to dismiss, though presumptively prejudicial, was insufficient under the circumstances for the defendant to prevai

  • January 31, 2009 |

    Bilski's Blues

    Federal Circuit decision limits patents on business methods.

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  • Harvey v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-01-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wystan B. Getz Oakhurst Law Group of Getz LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Karen M. Harris, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A08A1737

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for rape, incest and child molestation, despite the victim's recantation at

  • October 22, 2008 |

    AAIS Farm Personal Liability

    The AAIS form GL-2 Ed 2.0 is used to provide farm personal liabilty coverage for liability exposures on the insured premises and personal activities.

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  • October 16, 2008 |

    AAIS Businessowners - Coverages M, O, and P

    Discusses medical payments, fire legal liability, personal and advertising injury, supplemental payments, loss settlement conditions and limits, additional conditions, and nuclear energy exclusion sections in the AAIS Businessowners coverage forms.

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