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  • Holder Constr. Group v. Georgia Tech. Facilities Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-10-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey J. Nix and John D. Mura Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: G. Lee Garrett and Randall M. Hawkins Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1386

    The parties' "fast-track" construction contract placed the risk of construction delays and cost overruns on the plai

  • Varsalona v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2006-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd N. Bell Jones & Bell LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael D. St. Amand Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1371

    The plaintiffs' homeowners' insurance provided no coverage for the damage to their property due to the collapse of a portion of the home's slab, because the policy unambiguously required that the i

  • Lopez v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-10-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rex B. Abernathy Cook & Connelly, Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, and Bruce E. Roberts, Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1581

    An interpreter acted as a "mere conduit" under the circumstances, when he translated the defendant's statements to a witness, since there was no evidence that the interpreter had a motive to misrepr

  • Bellemeade LLC v. Stoker

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert G. Brazier, Steven G. Hall, Seaton D. Pudom Gambrell & Stolz, Atlanta, Charles W. Byrd and John G. Walker Walker, Hulbert, Gray, Byrd & Christy LLP, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John T. McGoldrick Jr., Michael M. Smith, William H. Larsen Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, Macon, Walter E. Harrington Jr. and Shirley R. Watson, Warner Robins, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A2109

    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

  • Duggan v. Leslie

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin L. Fierman, Eatonton, and William R. Turner, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tanya A. Eades, Duluth, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A1488

    The county commission chairperson had the sole authority to hire and fire county empl

  • Jenkins v. Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2006-09-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John J. Pilcher II, Wrens, for appellant.
    for defendant: William R. McCracken, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1567

    The evidence did not support the jury's finding of a constructive trust with regard to proceeds, which the appe mother received from the DOT, for condemnation of property, which was in the app

  • Korner v. Education Management Corp.

    Publication Date: 2006-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew T. Rogers Rogers & Howard LLC, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard C. Kissiah Kissiah & Lay, Alpharetta, for appellees. Other party representation: Lee Southwell State Board of Workers' Compensation, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A0862

    The preponderance of competent evidence did not support the superior court's determination that appropriate work was available in the employee's workers' compensation

  • Peters v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Grimes, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Robert A. Rogers, Assistant District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A1630

    The evidence did not support a finding that the defendant's blood alcohol level exceeded the legal limit within three hours of the last time he controlled a moving ve

  • In re Longino

    Publication Date: 2006-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Longino, Ellijay, for appellant.
    for defendant: Pinkie T. Toomer Fulton County Probate Court, Willie J. Lovett Jr. and Claudia P. Campo Fulton County Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation Henry D. Fellows Jr. and Thomas K. Wingfield Fellow, Johnson & LaBriola LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A06A1025

    The probate court's citation sufficiently notified the appellant so as to enable him to answer the charge that there was cause to revoke his letters as guardian of his incapacitated mother's propert

  • Smith v. Tolar

    Publication Date: 2006-09-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Bruce Russell, Clayton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael H. Cummings II, Clayton, for appellees.
    Case Number: A06A1604

    The easement, which the plaintiffs claimed across the defendant's land, was unenforceably