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  • Global Link Logistics Inc. v. Briles

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelli S. Lott, Harold T. Daniel Jr., Laurie W. Daniel Holland & Knight, and Thomas C. Pryor Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Benjamin I. Fink and Neal F. Weinrich Berman, Fink & Van Horn PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1871

    The trial court did not err in ruling that the non-disclosure covenants in the parties' employment contract were overbroad, since they barred the appellee from even using his observations during his

  • Anders v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry M. Quillian III Fellows LaBriola LLP, Atlanta, and Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam C. Joffe and Robert M. Darroch Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1698

    The trial court itself rejected the appellant's contention that the insurer's counsel's misrepresentations misled it on the issue of the parameters used for an appraisal to determine damages caused

  • Reese v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-03-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rachel M. Williams, Public Defender, and Anthony S. Carter Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: William K. Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Covington, and Eric C. Crawford, District Attorney, Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0344

    The trial court was not authorized to increase the defendant's sentence after he started servi

  • State v. Robins

    Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Daniel A. Hiatt, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Jewel C. Scott, District Attorney, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael G. Kam Kam & Ebersbach PC, Newnan, Terance Madden, Atlanta, Colin E. McDonald Montgomery & McDonald, Millard B. Morgan, Fred A. Zimmerman, Jonesboro, and Daniel F. Ashley, Lawrenceville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A08A2419

    The statute of limitation barred the defendants' prosecution for conspiracy to defraud the state in an alleged bid-rigging scheme involving the Department of Re

  • Goldstein v. Wells

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael I. Fistel Jr. Holzer, Holzer & Cannon LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Tony G. Powers, Kimberly L. Myers Rogers & Hardin LLP, Michael R. Smith, Michael J. Cates, Dan S. McDevitt King & Spalding, James T. Mast, James K. Quillian and Jaime L. Theriot Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0068

    The Court of Appeals dismissed this shareholder derivative action, since the plaintiff shareholders failed to show that the directors suffered from an actual conflict of int

  • State Farm v. Nelson

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Groth and Laura D. Johnson Groth & Makarenko LLC, Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian D. Rogers Rogers & Goldberg LLC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: William C. Anderson Downey & Cleveland, Marietta.
    Case Number: A08A2181

    For recovery under the uninsured motorist statute, there must be actual physical contact between the vehicle the unknown person operated and the person or the property of the insured, unless ' "the

  • Perry v. International Longshoremen Assoc. Local No. 1414

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph H. Barrow Barrow & Ballew PC, Savannah, and William L. Messenger National Right to Work Legal Defense Found., Springfield, Va., for appellant.
    for defendant: . W. Paschal Bignault, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2007

    State-right to-work laws did not prevent the longshoreman's local union from seeking to impose fees for referrals, since all employees obtaining jobs at the union hall should be obligated to pay the

  • Kline v. KDB Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Weinstock and Matthew W. Carlton Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason B. Schwartz Temple, Strickland, Counts & Dinges, Decatur, Harvey S. Gray, Christopher M. Ziegler Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP, Atlanta, Cheryl R. Reid and Richard A. Carothers Carothers & Mitchell, Buford, for appellant. Michael Connor Sr. and Michael Connor Jr., Mableton, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A08A1594

    Evidence that the arresting officer had probable cause and exigent circumstances to lawfully arrest the plaintiff without a warrant for criminal trespass at a bar and restaurant precluded the plaint

  • In the Interest of C. C.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brittney L. Coons-Long, Assistant Public Defender, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. David Miller, District Attorney, Valdosta, and Laura E. Wood, Assistant District Attorney, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A0536

    The juvenile could not be adjudicated delinquent based solely on the uncorroborated testimony of her accom

  • Connelly v. State

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Richard Stepp, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, and Julie L. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A2253

    The defendant's conviction for aggravated sexual battery could not stand, because the state failed to present direct or circumstantial evidence showing that the defendant penetrated his step-daught