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  • Nash v. Studdard

    Publication Date: 2008-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
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    Case Number: A08A1273; A08A1274

    The trial court erred in denying the former attorney's motion to dismiss any breach of contract claims involving the exercise of his professional judgment and skill, since the client did not at

  • Olarsch v. Newell

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A08A1278

    Fowler Props. v. Dowland, 282 Ga. 76 2007, ruled that retroactive application of an attorneys' fee and costs award pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-11-68 during the time frame at issue here was un

  • Levenson v. Word

    Publication Date: 2008-10-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
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    Case Number: A08A1731

    The defendants' receipt of funds from the decedent's estate for representing his wife in her murder case did not constitute conversion, since she was not convicted of the decedent's murd

  • Savu v. SunTrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A08A1109

    The defendant bank did not put itself and an estate attorney into a conflict-of-interest position, which allowed them to charge excessive fees, by obligating itself to select that attorney as payoff

  • Vaughters v. Outlaw

    Publication Date: 2008-10-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A1829

    An award of attorneys' fees under O.C.G.A. § 13-1-11 a was inapplicable to the plaintiff's suit to collect on an unpaid bill for her legal representation of the defendant, since the p

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  • Sawhill v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-07-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    Case Number: A08A0773

    The defendant, who is not a licensed attorney, held himself out to a probat and his probation officer as being entitled to practice law and by furnishing legal services and advice to the probat

  • Energy & Process Corp. v. Jim Dally and Assocs. Inc. d/b/a Standard Resistance Welder Co.

    Publication Date: 2008-06-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
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    Case Number: A08A0201

    The voluntary payment doctrine did not apply to the plaintiff's tender of a partial payment of the final cost for the contracted-for finished products while the contract was still executory, si

  • Georgia Kidney and Hypertension Specialists Inc. v. Fresenius USA Marketing Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-05-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A0001

    The trial judge did not err in denying the defendant's motion to recuse, on the basis that the trial judge's daughter provided contractual legal services to plaintiff's counsel, since t

  • English v. State

    Publication Date: 2007-11-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Franklin J. Hogue Hogue & Hogue, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph F. Burford Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Ga., Atlanta, Richard G. Milam, District Attorney, Jackson, and J. David Fowler, Assistant District Attorney, Smyrna, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A1351

    The state failed to show that the stolen washer and dryer that the defendant received from his brother had a value exceeding $500.

  • Wyatt v. House

    Publication Date: 2007-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexander J. Repasky, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Natalie M. Smith Sharon Ware & Assocs. and Richard L. Ormand, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A07A1022

    The plaintiff's service by publication was invalid in her injury suit, since the plaintiff did not offer any facts showing that the defendant had knowledge of the complaint or had wilfully evaded se