• Georgia Dep't of Transp. v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2013-06-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Atlanta, and Robert Dyer Dyer & Rusbridge PC, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Evans Vaughan & Evans LLC, Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0419

    The evidence supported the jury's finding that the plaintiff acquired a prescriptive easement over a railroad crossing, and thus a compensable property interest, because the railroad was on notice o

  • Deal v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2013-04-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jason Naunas, and Mark Cicero, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sarah Geraghty, Gerald Weber, and Atteeyah Hollie Southern Center For Human Rights, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Curiae: Curtis Garrett Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A12A2571

    The trial court erred in ruling that the named plaintiffs met the commonality and typicality requirements for class certification in a suit alleging that they were denied government-funded counsel w