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  • Avery v. Grubb

    Publication Date: 2016-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warner Hodges, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Halsey Knapp Krevolin Horst Inc., and Peter Werdesheim Carlock, Copeland Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A2068

    The plaintiff was not entitled to relief on her c under the facts as alleged in her complaint, because she had previously released the defendants from liability on the c

  • MMA Capital Corp. v. ALR Oglethorpe LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-05-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Baiad, Andrew Dekle Bouhan Falligant LLP, and Kathryn Pinckney Savage Turner PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy O'Connell and Paul Painter Ellis Painter Ratterree Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A1851

    After granting the lender's motion for summary judgment as to the defendants' default on a promissory note, the trial court had the information it needed to calculate the award of pre- and post-defa

  • Columbus, GA, Board of Tax Assessors v. The Med. Ctr. Hosp. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2016-05-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Meeks, Charles Palmer Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, and Robert Lomax, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Rothschild and Jerome Rothschild Rothschild Rothschild PC, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A2407

    The hospital auth s property was exempt from ad valorem taxation because the parcels of land at issue furthered the legitimate function of the hospital auth

  • York v. RES-GA LJY LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Reeves, Thomas Tate, and Graham Brantley Andersen, Tate Carr PC, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Chelsea Dennis, Jill Deutchman, and Katherine Silverman Hartman Simons Wood LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A2254

    The guarantors waived the requirement that a lender must confirm a foreclosure sale before suing a guarantor for a deficiency when they signed the guaranties containing that waiver, and the lender c

  • Clark v. Deal

    Publication Date: 2016-05-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne B. Kendall, Fayetteville, for Clark et al.. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Russell D. Willard, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Susan R. Haynes, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for Deal et al..
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    Case Number: S16A0559; S16X0560

    The Governor's appointment of three new judges to the Court of Appeals of Georgia was not unconstitut

  • In the Matter of Mary E. Franklin

    Publication Date: 2016-04-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary E. Franklin, Atlanta. Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Rebecca A. Hall, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
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    Case Number: S16Y0777

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a 3-month suspension after the attorney, seemingly unknowingly, allowed her husband, whose license to practice

  • Sneiderman v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-04-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Anna Cross District Attorney's Office, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1774

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for hindering the apprehension of a criminal, concealing a material fact from the police, three counts of making a false statement to the police an

  • Stock Building Supply Inc. v. Platte River Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2016-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Leeper, Cory Close, and Chad Reed Busch, Reed Jones PC, Marietta, for Stock Building Supply Inc.. John Bellus and Freddie Stone Stone Bellus PC, Atlanta, for Platte River Ins. Co..
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    Case Number: A15A2301; A15A2302

    Genuine issues of material fact remained in a sub-contractor's suit against the surety for a construction project arising out of the general contractor's failure to complete the project and failure

  • Alston Bird LLP v. Hatcher Management Holdings LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-04-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Alloy, Joshua Belinfante, Rachel Gage, and Richard Robbins Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harmon Caldwell, Harry MacDougald, and Jeremy Moeser Caldwell Watson LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1677

    The trial court erred in striking the defendant law firm's apportionment notice in a suit for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary

  • Oravec v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2016-04-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Malcolm F. Bryant Jr. Bryant Cook PC, Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johnny W. Warren Warren Law Offices PC, Dublin, and Russell L. Clark, Alamo, for appellees.
    Case Number: S16A0437

    There was no evidence that the decedent had any contractual obligation to usband arising from a joint will that prevented her from revoking that will and changing her testamentary plan followin