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  • 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

  • Extremity Healthcare Inc. v. Access to Care Am. LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan Wood McGuire Woods LLP, Atlanta, and Robert Waddell NCR Corporation, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lanier Edwards, Erin Lerner, Jacob Slowik, and Yussuf Abdel-Aleem Joseph Aleem Slowik LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A16A1990

    The arbitration clause in a buyout agreement was valid and enforceable; consequently, the Court affirmed the order compelling arbitration and dismissing plaintiffs' suit related to a failed joint ve

  • McHugh Fuller Law Grp. PLLC v. PruittHealth Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-11-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shannon M. Sprinkle, Tyler J. Wetzel Carlock, Copeland Stair LLP, Atlanta, and Charles E. Peeler Flynn Peeler Phillips LLC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason E. Bring, John R. Hood Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta, and Gregory T. Talley Coleman Talley LLP, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16A0655

    Law firm's advertisements about nursing home did not violate Georgia's trademark anti-dilution statute, O.C.G.A. § 10-1-451 subsection b, and the Court reversed the permanent injunction order that p

  • Yugueros v. Robles

    Publication Date: 2016-11-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Carlock, Wayne D. McGrew III Carlock, Copeland Stair LLP, Michael S. Bailey, and Erica S. Jansen Huff, Powell Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Brent J. Kaplan and Hilary W. Hunter Isenberg Hewitt PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S16G0619

    The Court of Appeals erred in holding that deposition testimony of an organizational representative taken under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-30 b 6 may be admitted into evidence at trial under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-32

  • 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

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  • McKuhen v. TransformHealthRX Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-09-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Withers Gillen Withers Lake LLC, and Ronald Poirier, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Steven Bristol, Mary Boone, Madeline Mitchell Hall, Booth, Smith Slover PC, Brunswick, Benjamin Perkins Oliver Maner LLP, Savannah, and Colin Sammon Janik LLP, Broadview Heights, OH, for appellees.
    Case Number: A16A0176

    The Court of Appeals partially vacated the grant of summary judgment to the defendants on the plaintiffs' deliberate indifference claims arising after an inmate died in her cell at a county

  • Tanner Med. Ctr. Inc. v. Vest Newnan LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathlynn Polvino KBP Law PC, Robert Rozier Baker Hostetler LLP, Adrienne Marting Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough LLP, and Lawrence Myers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: in Case No. A16A0120. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, and Daniel Walsh Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellants in Case No. A16A0121. John Hood, Jason Bring, Marc Peterzell Arnall, Golden Gregory LLP, LaRonica Lightfoot County Attorney's Office, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Robin Cohen, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellees in Case No. A16A0120. John Hood, Jason Bring, Marc Peterzell Arnall, Golden Gregory LLP, Kathlynn Polvino KBP Law PC, Robert Rozier Baker Hostetler LLP, Adrienne Marting Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough LLP, and Lawrence Myers, Atlanta, for appellees in Case No. A16A0121.
    Case Number: A16A0120; A16A0121

    There was substantial evidence supporting the Department of Community Health's decision to deny a hospital's Certificate of Need to establish an inpatient psychiatric hospital, and the trial court e

  • Howell v. Normal Life of GA Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-08-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Parr and Michael Weaver in Case No. A16A0131 only Weaver Law Firm, Gainesville, for Howell. Peter York and Leslie Brock in Case No. A16A0131 only Hawkins Parnell, Atlanta, for Normal Life.
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    Case Number: A16A0130; A16A0131

    Because an individual may not profit from his or her own act of wrongdoing, the plaintiff's negligence and breach of contract claims, in connection with her son's imprisonment after he fled a reside

  • Doctors Hosp. of Augusta v. Alicea

    Publication Date: 2016-07-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David V. Johnson, Brett A. Tarver, and Kevin P. Race Insley Race LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Harry D. Revell Nicholson Revell LLP, Christopher C. Connor Connor Connor LLC, Augusta, Kenneth L. Connor, and Camille Godwin Connor Connor LLC, Aiken, SC, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15G1571

    The immunity afforded to health care providers and facilities under the Georgia Advance Directive for Health Care Act applies only where the health care provider or facility was making a good faith

  • Zarate-Martinez v. Echemendia

    Publication Date: 2016-07-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beverly B. Bates Bates Baum, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Huff, Taylor M. Tribble, and Randolph P. Powell Jr. Huff, Powell Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15G1446

    The Supreme Court vacated the trial court's dismissal of a medical malpractice complaint based on its finding that the plaintiff failed to comply with the expert affidavit requirement and remanded t