• Crane Composites Inc. v. Wayne Farms LLC

    Publication Date: 2014-11-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward M. Newsom Miller & Martin PLLC, and Robert B. Wedge Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Nels S. D. Peterson Attorney General's Office, Jessica E. Sabbath, William L. Durham II King & Spalding LLP, Steven G. Hall Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Jefferson C. McConnaughey, Michael A. McKenzie Cozen O'Connor, Atlanta, and Hobart M. Hind Jr. Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, Tampa, Fla., for appellees. Other party representation: A. Gregory Poole, Marietta.

    Case Number: S14A1680

    The offer of settlement statute can be applied to a negligence action when the injury occurred prior to the effective of the statute but the action was filed after that

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-04-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Reggie A. Lampkin, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S10A0461

    The trial court did not err in denying defendant's motion for a change of venue, since he failed to show bias on the part of any individual juror and did not make a substantive showing of the likeli