• City of Atlanta v. Benator

    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurance J. Warco, John H. Fleming, Allegra J. Lawrence-Hardy Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Laura Sauriol-Gibris City of Atlanta Law Dep't, John M. Parsons and Amanda M. Conley Parsons Law Group, Atlanta, for the city of Atlanta. Edward A. Webb, Matthew C. Klase Webb, Klase & Lemond, John M. Parsons and William L. Pratt, Atlanta, for Benator. Alfred B. Adams III, Vernon M. Strickland Holland & Knight LLP and Rodney K. Strong Griffin & Strong PC, Atlanta, for K & V Meter Automation. Rodney K. Strong Griffin & Strong PC, Atlanta, for Metals & Materials Engineers. Other party representation: Kimberly R. Ward Holland & Knight, Theodore Freeman, T. Bart Gary, Jacob E. Daly Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, William L. Pratt, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A11A0769; A11A0770; A11A0771; A11A0772

    In a case of first impression, the Court held that ante litem notice must be provided separately for each named plaintiff in a class action la

  • SuperValu Inc. v. KR Douglasville LLC

    Publication Date: 2005-04-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Y. Lewis Epstein, Becker & Green PC, and James Mac Hunter Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta for SuperValu Inc. David H. Flint, Alexander J. Simmons Jr., Nathan M. Wheat and Timothy C. Batten Sr. Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint LLP, Atlanta, for KR Douglasville LLC. Kevin A. Kauer and Kurt E. Lindquist II Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Charlotte, N.C., for Delhaize the Lion America Inc.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A04A1931; A04A1932

    1991 and 1992 amendments which modified the terms of a lease agreement released the lease's guarantor from liability from tenant's alleged default, since plaintiff did not consent to modification of

  • Shepherd Interiors v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harmon W. Caldwell Jr. and Robert S. Carlson Caldwell & Watson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason P. Wright and James Mac Hunter Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A1237

    The trial court erred in refusing to grant a continuance for the condemnee to interview an undisclosed wi

  • In Re: Morris Communications Co.

    Publication Date: 2002-11-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Hudson Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Augusta, and Katherine N. Lewis Holland & Knight, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.
    for defendant: . Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee. Other party representation: Ronald E. Harrison II The Harrison Firm, Brunswick.

    Case Number: A02A0928

    The reporter's privilege did not apply to limited published information which the state sought to admit at a criminal defendant's robbery