• Sears v. Dickerson

    Publication Date: 2005-01-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James B. Wall Burnside, Wall, Daniel, Ellison & Revell, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John B. Long Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S04A1782

    The County Tax Commission's requirement that all Assistant Chief Appraisers attain an "Appraisal IV" real estate certification was constitut

  • Popham v. Popham

    Publication Date: 2005-01-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Satcher Jr., Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank H. Jones, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: S04F1553

    Evidence that the husband used Viagra was admissible and relevant to the wife's claims that he had several extramarital sexual relation

  • Word v. Stidham

    Publication Date: 2005-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Parmer Price, Pyles, Dangle, Parmer & Rooks PC, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Patrick J. Gibbs, Roswell, and William A. Wall, Jefferson, for appellees.

    Case Number: A05A0320

    Material issues of fact remained as to whether defendant's conveyance of his interest in certain residential realty to a limited liability company was a fraudulent attempt to defeat the plaintiffs'

  • Daniels Mortuary & Crematory Inc. v. Business Loan Ctr. LLC

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary C. Harris, Clayton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Paul R. Jordan Lawson, Davis, Pickren & Seydel LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1636

    Evidence that the creditor purchased the foreclosed property at a public for its appraised value supported the trial court's confirmation of the

  • Navajo Constr. Inc. v. Brigham

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ravelle D. Smith Vaughn & Evans, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sidney P. Wright, Rome, for appellees.

    Case Number: A04A2272

    The trial court erred in granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment where the plaintiff presented a prima facie claim of tre

  • Newcomer v. Newcomer

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben B. Mills Jr. Mills & Chasteen PC, Fitzgerald, for appellant.
    for defendant: John T. Croley Jr., Fitzgerald, for appellee.

    Case Number: S04A1287

    A settlement agreement regarding a house and surrounding five acres of land was unenforceable, because was of the essence and certain obligations were not met within that

  • Department of Transp. v. Bacon Farms

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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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, Irwin B. Evans Avant & Evans, Sandersville, Paul H. Dunbar III Capers, Dunbar, Sanders & Bruckner, Augusta, John A. Draughon Sell & Melton, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tom W. Daniel Daniel, Lawson, Tuggle & Jerles, Perry, and Joseph A. Boone, Irwinton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A2254

    The trial court erred in allowing the condemnee to present evidence of the value of kaolin deposits on his farmland by using a "price times unit" m

  • White v. Kaminsky

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry A. Ballew, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory J. Digel, Fred R. Slotkin Jr. Holland & Knight LLP and Louis R. Cohan Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A2111

    The trial court erred in failing to apply the rules of contract construction to resolve an ambiguity in certain real property covenants with regard to the design and construction of property improve

  • MCG Health Inc. v. Nelson

    Publication Date: 2004-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. V. Weston, David E. Hudson Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, Augusta, for MCG Health. Steven L. Beard, Marietta, for Nelson and others. Other party representation: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, J. David Stubins Office of the Attorney General, Daniel J. Huff Huff, Powell & Bailey, and Francesca G. Townsend Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A04A0824; A04A0825

    A question of fact remained as to whether the defendant assum obligations and liabilities of its predecessor-in-interest, such that it was liable for an alleged malpractice claim, which preda

  • Pichulik v. Ball

    Publication Date: 2004-12-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard A. Gordon and Cammi R. Jones Richard A. Gordon PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Louis G. McBryan Macey, Williams, Cohen, Wittner & Kessler, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A04A1483

    The Court reinstated the plaintiffs' damages claims, since the trial court dismissed them without hearing evidence as to whether the defendant trespassed on the defendants' property during the perio