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  • March 31, 2007 |

    Dukes of Hazard

    9th Circuit decision paves the way for massive discrimination class actions.

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  • January 31, 2007 |

    Pernicious PDAs

    What you don't know about BlackBerrys could land you in court.

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  • January 31, 2007 |

    Pernicious PDAs

    What you don't know about BlackBerrys could land you in court.

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  • August 4, 2006 |

    Merck's record on Vioxx Suits Grows to 5 Wins, 3 Losses

    Merck & Co. chalked up another court victory in litigation blaming the pharmaceutical company's arthritis drug Vioxx for causing heart attacks. A state court jury in Los Angeles ruled Aug. 2 that Vioxx was not responsible for the heart attack suffered by Stewart Grossberg, 71, in 2001. During the trial,...

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  • July 31, 2006 |

    Retaliation Redefined

    Supreme Court lowers the bar for employee claims in most Circuits.

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  • July 31, 2006 |

    Retaliation Redefined

    Supreme Court lowers the bar for employee claims in most Circuits.

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  • Buruca v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-03-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard B. Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Robert M. Coker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0061

    The evidence supported a finding that the defendant was the "getaway" driver, and, thus, a party to the c

  • Yates Paving and Grading Co. Inc. v. Bryan County

    Publication Date: 2005-09-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leonard W. Childs Jr. Childs & Assocs., Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Y. Rahimi II, David R. Smith Brannen, Searcy & Smith, David H. Johnson McCorkle, Pedigo & Johnson LLP, Savannah, and Charles H. Brown Brown, Rountree & Stewart PC, Statesboro, for appellee. Other party representation: General American Arbitration Association, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A05A1246

    The res judicata effect of the arbitrator's final award in the parties' first arbitration should be decided by the arbitrators, because it arises out of the parties' contract, the contract at issue

  • Applebrook Country Day Sch. Inc. v. Thurman

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph C. Parker Downey & Cleveland, William T. Casey Jr. Hicks, Casey & Barber PC, Marietta, and Christopher A. Townley, Rossville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Renzo S. Wiggins, Ringgold, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1252

    The plaintiff's expert erroneously defined the standard of care for day-care providers in terms of customary practices in the day-care industry instead of the established legal standard, which requi

  • Simmons v. Futral

    Publication Date: 2003-09-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. James and Neal H. Howard Neal H. Howard & Assocs. PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward N. Davis, Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A0918

    A surveyor's lien is subject to only a conditional privilege until after certain procedural steps are taken to perfect and enforce the lien as required by O.C.G.A. § 44-1