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  • George v. Hercules Real Estate Servs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-01-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Rogers, William D'Antignac, Gilbert Deitch Deitch Rogers LLC, Kara Phillips Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard Smith LLP, Atlanta, and David Glass, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Myers, Brynda Insley Insley Race LLC, and Gregory Shin Nowell Sparks LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1090

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to apartment management company in plaintiff's premises liability suit arising after unknown assailants shot him during a home invasion, as there wa

  • Bryant v. Optima Int'l Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louise Hornsby The Hornsby Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Raleigh, Lawrenceville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A16A0827

    Questions of fact remained as to whether appellee's failure to seek a confirmation of a foreclosure sale precluded it from seeking to recover under the promissory notes at

  • In the Matter of Michael A. Eddings

    Publication Date: 2016-12-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and William J. Cobb, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Michael A. Eddings, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Bryan M. Cavan Miller Martin PLLC, Atlanta, and Katherine L. McArthur, Macon.
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    Case Number: S16Y0825

    The Supreme Court ordered that attorney receive a public reprimand for his violations of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct after his wife, who was his law firm's financial manager, stole ove

  • Orengo v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Lewis, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1171

    Defendant could not invoke the rape shield statute to prevent the victim from offering otherwise relevant evidence in his trial for rape, false imprisonment, sexual ba and ba

  • Western Sky Fin. LLC v. State of GA

    Publication Date: 2016-12-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Lawrence Ashe Jr., Nancy H. Baughan, William J. Holley II, Scott E. Zweigel Parker Hudson Rainer Dobbs LLP, Atlanta, Joseph L. Barloon, Austin K. Brown, Jennifer Z. Gindin, Clifford M. Sloan Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Flom LLP, Washington, DC, and Thomas J. Nolan Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Flom LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Western Sky Fin.. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, Daniel S. Walsh, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charlene R. Swartz, Assistant Attorney General, Monica A. Sullivan, Timothy A. Butler, and Andrew D. Chesser Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for State of GA.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S16A1011; S16X1012

    The trial court properly denied defendants' motion to dismiss State's suit alleging that defendants violated the Payday Lending Act by engaging in a small-dollar lending enterprise that collected il

  • Ellis v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig A. Gillen, Anthony C. T. Lake Gillen, Parker Withers LLC, D. Lowell Thomas, Atlanta, and Kemay L. Jackson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Christopher W. Timmons, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, and Gerald Mason, Assistant District Attorneys, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A1246

    The Court reversed former DeKalb County CEO's convictions for perjury and attempt to commit theft by extortion due to certain evidentiary errors that occurred at

  • Lang v. Brand-Vaughan Lumber Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Obreziah Bullard B. Bullard Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, and Edward Downs, Riverdale, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad Reed and Cory Close Busch Reed Jones PC, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1169

    The Dormancy Statute precluded lumber company's suit against property owner to foreclose on a materialman's lien to recover the price of materials sold to contractor and used to construct property

  • Greenberg Farrow Architecture Inc. v. JMLS 1422 LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-11-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shira Crittendon and Michael Flint Schreeder, Wheeler Flint LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kirby Mason and Kate Lawson Hunter, MacLean, Exley Dunn PC, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A1475

    Defendant was not entitled to summary judgment on plaintiff's claims for breach of contract and declaratory judgment alleging that defendant violated the terms of an agreement regarding a parking

  • In the Matter of Bonnie M. Youn

    Publication Date: 2016-11-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren R. Hinds, Roswell. Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S16Y1178

    The Supreme Court accepted attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed an 18-month suspension after she pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1028 for

  • In the Matter of Joanna Temple

    Publication Date: 2016-10-20
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joanna Temple, St. Simons Island. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S16Y1710

    The Supreme Court rejected an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline, in which she sought a 4-year suspension with conditions, after she pleaded guilty in New York to a misdemeanor violation o