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  • Washington Int'l Ins. Co. v. Hughes Supply Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jefferson B. Slagle and John D. Alexander Thompson & Slagle PC, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Eric N. Van, Roy H. Meeks Jr. Pursley, Lowery, Meeks LLP, and John C. McManus McManus & Graham, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1198

    The plaintiff did not need to comply with the notice of action provision of O.C.G.A. § 44-14-361.1 a 3 in seeking to recover on a lien release bond after winning a judgment for unpaid material and e

  • Hiers v. ChoicePoint Servs.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gordon J. Rose, Roxana F. Dehnad and Robert J. Mottern Weizenecker, Rose, Mottern & Fisher PC, Atlanta, for Hiers. Richard R. Gignilliat and William D. Deveney Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson LLP, Atlanta, for ChoicePoint Servs. Inc.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A04A1415; A04A1416

    Questions remained as to whether the plaintiff's employment contract was valid and enforc

  • Pine Pointe Hous. LP v. Board of Tax Assessors of Lowndes County

    Publication Date: 2004-10-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward F. Preston Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston & Holland LLP, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter G. Elliott II Elliott & Blackburn, Valdosta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A1218

    The statutory notice requirements of O.C.G.A. § 48-5-306 did not apply where appellant elected to automatically return its prop

  • Atlanta Empowerment Zone Corp. v. Light Energy Management Inc.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pickens A. Patterson Jr. Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald D. Reemsnyder Welch, Spell, Reemsnyder, Pless & Davis PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A1470

    An application to confirm the sale of real property is not subject to transfer pursuant to U.S.C.R.

  • MCG Health Inc. v. Nelson

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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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

  • In re Avant

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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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. Floyd W. Buford Jr. Buford & Buford, Macon. C. Bradford Marsh, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta. Howard S. McKelvey Jr., Americus.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S05Y0035, S05Y0037

    An attorney who admitted to multiple ethical violations involving HUD-1 settlement statements voluntarily surrendered his license to practic

  • Meyer v. Waite

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley M. Lefco Lefco & Blumenthal, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Matthew W. Dominick McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark LLC, Roswell, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A1069

    Some questions remained as to whether the sellers breached their duty to repair or replace the gutters on the home they sold to the plain

  • Chaney v. Upchurch

    Publication Date: 2004-10-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jesse L. Young, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Bradford C. Dodds Funderburk, Day & Lane, and Thomas M. Jones Meacham, Earley & Jones PC, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S04A1246

    The trial court properly ruled that agriculturally-zoned land should be equitably partitioned after finding that it would be impossible to divide the property by metes and bounds in a manner which w

  • Hall v. Georgia Dept. of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2004-10-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fred S. Clark Clark and Clark, Savannah, and Ray C. Smith, Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: George L. Lewis Spiva, Lewis, Owens & Mulherin, Savannah, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A0799

    The compensation award in a condemnation action was affirmed because the condemnee failed to provide the record necessary to decide his a

  • Hicks v. Sumter Bank & Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2004-09-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan I. Begner and Katherine K. Wood Begner & Begner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kimberly A. Reid Gardner, Wilis, Sweat & Goldsmith, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A1511

    A bank could not be held liable for statements made by an independent surveyor/engineer whom the bank's vice-president hired to conduct a soil study on the secured pro