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  • Purvis v. Steve

    Publication Date: 2007-03-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul M. Scott and Terry L. Readdick Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner & Carter, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Sherry S. Harrell, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A2393

    The sole proximate cause of the accident in which a deputy collided with a deer, whose severed head struck the decedent through the windshield of her oncoming vehicle, was the deer's sudden, unfore

  • Groover v. Johnston

    Publication Date: 2005-12-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert K. Finnell, Rome and Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert L. Berry Jr. and Stephen B. Moseley Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, Rome, for appellees. Other party representation: William Q. Bird and John G. Mabrey Bird & Mabrey PC, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A05A1096

    An anesthesiologist committed negligence per se by allowing nurses who did not have advanced skills or training to administer narcotics to patients without consulting with a physician prior to admin

  • Cochran v. Mullinax

    Publication Date: 2005-11-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin L. Bagwell, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Hardman, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0889

    The residential home developer failed to show how he was damaged when the defendant posted a large sign on his adjoining property warning potential home buyers that living next to the defendant's po

  • Infrasource Inc. f/k/a Exelon Infrastructure Servs. Inc. v. Hahn Yalena Corp.

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Sawicki, Scott P. Hilson, Regina S. Molden and Leslie M. Mathis Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for Infrasource Inc. R. Randy Edwards and Drew D. Baiter Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for Hahn Yalena Corp. Other party representation: John C. Herman, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A1896, A04A1959

    There was no actionable claim of fraudulent concealment in a failed acquisition attempt of plaintiff company by defendant, since the alleged fraud occurred during the course of arms' length negotiat

  • Blackwell v. Potts

    Publication Date: 2004-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taylor W. Jones, Jenny E. Jensen Taylor W. Jones & Assocs., William Q. Bird William Q. Bird & Assocs., and Richard E. Harris, Atlanta, for Blackwell. James T. McDonald Jr. and John S. Berry Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for Potts.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A2400; A03A2401

    The trial court abused its discretion in concluding that the legal malpractice plaintiffs were categorically restricted to the evidence already in the record when the defendants represented them in

  • Blackwell v. Potts

    Publication Date: 2004-03-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taylor W. Jones, Jenny E. Jensen Taylor W. Jones & Assocs., William Q. Bird William Q. Bird & Assocs., and Richard E. Harris, Atlanta, for Blackwell. James T. McDonald Jr. and John S. Berry Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, Atlanta, for Potts.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A2400; A03A2401

    The trial court abused its discretion in concluding that the legal malpractice plaintiffs were categorically restricted to the evidence already in the record when the defendants represented them in

  • Kull v. Six Flags Over Ga. II LLP

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph D. Perrotta, Louis R. Feingold Northcutt, Edwards & Feingold and Joseph H. King Jr. King & Hobbs, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew M. Gibson, Heather R. Peoples Alston & Bird LLP, and Robert E. Mulholland Savell & Williams, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A2315

    The plaintiff was barred from recovering for injuries received when he fell from a ladder after being shocked while maintaining a scoreboard because his failure to comply with OSHA regulations amou

  • RCG Properties LLC v. City of Atlanta Bd. Of Zoning Adjustment

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter M. Degnan and Candace N. Smith Alston & Bird, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan P. Langford, David D. Blum, Lemuel H. Ward City of Atlanta Law Dep't, Christine K. Huffine, Lisa A. Wade and Bradley S. Wolff Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A1669

    The superior court erred in dismissing the appeal of a decision of the city of Atlanta Board of Zoning Adjustment BZA for lack of standing because it was bound by the facts presented to the BZA and

  • Hansen v. Cooper

    Publication Date: 2002-02-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah M. Wayman, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ian R. Rapaport Chambers, Aholt & Rickard LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1865

    The plaintiff failed to show that defendants had actual of constructive notice of an alleged water hazard in their yard caused by their allegedly defective sprinkler s

  • Jay v. The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

    Publication Date: 2000-04-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Pombert Bird & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stanley E. Foster and Mark W. Wortham Arrington & Hollowell, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A99A2391

    The trial court lacked jurisdiction to decide a pastor's claim that his bishop violated their c s Book of Discipline when he transferred the pastor to another c