• R. W. Holdco Inc. v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2004-07-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marcia M. Ernst, Edward H. Wasmuth Jr., William Van Hearnburg Jr. and John G. Despriet Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, for R. W. Holdco Inc. Alan E. Johnson, Orange, Va., proceeded pro se. Anthony W. Morris McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta, for Anderson, Davidson & Tate PC. Amelia T. Rudoph, John A. Chandler, Patricia A. Gorham and Joseph A. White Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, for Moore Stephens Tiller LLC.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A04A0478; A04A0479; A04A0480; A04A0481

    The defendant attorneys did not breach their fiduciary duty to the plaintiff company because they made the proper disclosures to the officer with apparent authority to authorize the subject transa

  • Anderson v. United States Fidelity & Guar. Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-06-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Tucker, Blue Ridge, and Robert M. Ray Ray & McKinney, Ellijay, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John V. Burch and Charles R. Sharp Bovis, Kyle & Burch, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A04A0668

    The parties indemnity agreement authorized the trial court to consider an itemized statement sworn by an officer of the indemnitor as prima facie evidence of its da

  • In re Oellerich Jr.

    Publication Date: 2004-05-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, Jonathan W. Hewett State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Dietrich W. Oellerich Jr., Hephzibah. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. Richard M. McNeely Rountree, Cadle & McNeely, Swainsboro.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0668

    An attorney who represented an estate, which loaned the attorney's corporation $120,000 in unsecured funds, was disbarred after the attorney's corporation defaulted on the loan and filed bankr

  • Smith v. Williams, Warden

    Publication Date: 2004-05-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura D. Hogue Hogue & Hogue, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Raina Nadler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S04A0289

    The defendant would not have pled guilty to charges of first degree vehicular homicide, violation of the controlled substances act and DUI if his plea attorney had not misinformed him that he would

  • In re Adkins Jr.

    Publication Date: 2004-04-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Elizabeth M. Williamson State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Bobby G. Adkins Jr. Adkins Legal Servs. LLC, Marietta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. Samuel M. Matchett King & Spaulding, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0809; S04Y0810; S04Y0811

    An attorney who billed his clients for time spent in responding to their bar complaints was disb

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  • In re Adkins Jr.

    Publication Date: 2004-03-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Elizabeth M. Williamson State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Bobby G. Adkins Jr. Adkins Legal Servs. LLC, Marietta. James B. Ellington, Chairperson Review Panel, Augusta. Samuel M. Matchett King & Spaulding, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S04Y0809; S04Y0810; S04Y0811

    An attorney who billed his clients for time spent in responding to their bar complaints was disb

  • Carey v. Houston Oral Surgeons LLC

    Publication Date: 2004-03-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernard R. Thomas Sr., George W. McGriff and Eric E. Wyatt George W. McGriff & Assocs., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert T. Tuggle III Daniel, Lawson, Tuggle & Jerles, Perry, Michael J. McConnell and Joseph E. Finley Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A03A2405

    A mutual release signed by the parties negated a prior attorneys' fee award in the underlying litig

  • Barnes v. Turner

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taylor W. Jones Taylor W. Jones & Assocs., and Richard E. Harris, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John C. Rogers and Johannes S. Kingma Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A03A2331

    Plaintiffs were time-barred from raising a legal malpractice claim that was filed in excess of 4-years after the alleged act of negli

  • Moon v. Moon

    Publication Date: 2003-12-05
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Fletcher Jr. and Michael R. Dunham Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick J. Fox McNally, Fox & Grant PC, Fayetteville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S03F0991

    Any error in the trial court's refusal to hear the testimony of the couple's 14 and 13-year-old children at the final hearing on the divorce was harmless since the trial court determined that the mo

  • Smith v. Morris, Manning & Martin LLP

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Graydon W. Florence Jr., Atlanta, for Smith. John A. Sherrill and Stephen M. Parham Seyfrath Shaw, Atlanta, for Morris, Manning & Martin LLP.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A03A1516; A03A2075

    Noncompliance with the expert affidavit requirement does not render professional negligence actions void at their ince