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  • Bellemead LLC v. Stoker

    Publication Date: 2006-07-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert G. Brazier, Steven G. Hall and Seaton D. Purdom Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Walter E. Harrington Jr., Shirley R. Watson, Warner Robins, William H. Larsen, John T. McGoldrick Jr., Michael N. White and Michael M. Smith Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier LLP, Macon, for appellees.
    Case Number: S05G1352

    The test for determining if a statement is slander per se is whether it is recognizable as injurious on its face and if, on its face, it casts aspersions on the plaintiff's reputation, because of th

  • Department of Transp. v. Meadow Trace Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Ray O. Lerer, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Thomas L. Fitzgerald Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar, Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Armstrong III Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP, Gainesville, T. Michael Tennant Alston & Bird LLP, Tim Carssow, Curtis A. Garrett Jr. and Thomas C. Harney Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S05G1930

    Notations in a plat incorporated into a cannot vary or expand the right of access given in the

  • Taylor v. S. & W. Dev. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian D. Rogers and Michael L. Goldberg Rogers & Goldberg LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew J. Hill III, Josh B. Wages Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, Bryant & Ashley, and Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael, Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0748

    The 8-year statute of repose barred plaintiff's injury suit, arising after his son fell through a plate glass window at an Athen's pub, which the defendant installed in

  • Richard Bowers & Co. v. Creel

    Publication Date: 2006-06-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard P. Decker Decker, Hallman, Barber & Briggs PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy C. Batten Sr. Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0671

    The plain language of the parties' former employment contract did not allow commercial real estate broker to receive commission payments for deals closed with its former agent's subsequent emp

  • Callahan v. Cox

    Publication Date: 2006-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul A. Dietrick Dietrick, Evans, Sholz & Williams, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . W. Courtney LaFon and Beverly J. Hall LaFon & Hall, Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0348

    A question of fact remained as to whether 90-year-old Alzheimer's patient was competent to execute a cancellation note on a promissory note securing $40,400 loan to defen

  • Liles v. Innerwork Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George L. French The Thomas Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas C. Dumont and Bruce A. Taylor Jr. Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0239

    The plaintiff assumed the risk of her injuries when she chose to participate in a "team-building" activity during a corporate retreat, which involved allowing herself to be dropped from a height of

  • Waycross Urology Clinic PC v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2006-05-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wade H. Coleman and Edward F. Preston Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston & Holland LLP, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Berrien L. Sutton, Homerville, and Ronald W. Hallman, Claxton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0438

    The 5-year statute of repose barred the plaintiff's medical malpractice action arising out of a 1987 surgery to remove the plaintiff's kidney

  • Taylor v. Calvary Baptist Temple

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Don Smart Smart & Harris, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard C. Metz and Charles D. Gatch, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A0446

    A former teacher's claims that the defendants 1 told a student to be safe 2 told students that the former teacher was terminated for a reason and 3 advised students not to attend the former teacher'

  • Waters v. Waters

    Publication Date: 2006-05-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles W. Lane, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert G. Wellon, Atlanta, and Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S06F0071

    The trial court properly classified the parties' property as martial and non-marital a

  • Department of Transp. v. Brannan

    Publication Date: 2006-04-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, R. O. Lerer, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Warren R. Power and Michel P. Bain Power, Futch & Cooper PC, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: A. J. Welch Jr. Smith, Welch & Brittain, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A2203

    The jury in a partial condemnation action was authorized to use evidence of comparable sales to establish the value of the land, even though it resulted in an amount exceeding the expert appraiser's