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  • Holmes v. Grubman

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Burton and Rosemary Armstrong Burton & Armstrong LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . C. B. Rogers, Richard Sinkfield, Brett Rogers Rogers & Hardin LLP, Atlanta, Walter Rieman, Eric Goldstein, Brad Karp and Susanna Buergel Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09Q1585

    Negligent misrepresentation claims, like fraud claims, can be based on forbearance in the sale of publicly traded secur

  • Crystal Farms v. Road Atlanta LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald T. Coleman Jr. Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew T. Smith and Roger B. Hatcher Jr. Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles PA, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2141

    Easement language did not require an affirmative showing of abandonment before reversion to a farm, because the parties' express intent was that the easement would revert to the farm when it was no

  • Broda v. Dziwura

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Goldberg Fried, Rogers & Goldberg LLC, Atlanta, and Mathew Nasrallah Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Anderson and Mary Priest Downey & Cleveland LLP, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09G1218

    The defendant was not entitled to a set-off based on another parties' settlement with the plaintiff, because the jury found the defendant solely responsible for the plaintiff's i

  • Wilson v. McNeely

    Publication Date: 2010-02-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney K. Wilson, Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles H. Brown and Laura H. Wheaton, Brown Rountree PC, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2346

    The plaintiff's failure to supplement discovery responses and to submit his portion of a pre-trial order did not dismissal of his complaint with prej

  • Fortson v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Major Fortson, Demorest, proceeded pro se. Gregory F. Harley and Kwende B. Jones Burr & Forman LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
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    Case Number: A09A1194

    A recommendation to seek legal advice did not rise to the level of improper conduct necessary to prove tortious interfe

  • Blue Marlin Dev. v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen F. White and Anna M. Humnicky Cohen, Pollock, Merlin & Small, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James A. Gober and Richard A. Mitchell Arnall Golden & Gregory LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: James E. Tidwell, Acworth, proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A09A2395

    A non-expert, who has had an opportunity to form a correct opinion, can testify to the value of

  • East Ga. Land and Dev. Co. LLC v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James L. Paul and Thomas C. Grant Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William T. Craig, James B. Griffin, Covington, Edward D. Tolley Cook, Noell, Tolley & Bates LLP, Athens, and Peter R. Olson Jenkins & Olson PC, Cartersville, appellees.
    Case Number: S09A1935

    A copy of the lost 1985 Newton county zoning ordinance could be proved by parol evidence, since the proceeding to es h the copy as the original was not one to enforce zoning ordinance, but to e

  • Setlock v. Setlock

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ann M. Vaughan, Blairsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David N. Bryman Bryman & Clerke PA, Marietta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S09A1588

    The magistrate court lacked jurisdi over the plaintiff's counterclaims to the defendant's dispossessory a

  • J.M.S. Building Maintenance, Inc. v. Adcox

    Publication Date: 2010-01-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James H. Fisher II and Denise W. Spitalnick Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert M. Yates III, Michael D. St. Amand Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, John C. Hillis, Andrew J. Hamilton Hamilton, Westby, Antonowich & Anderson LLP, Atlanta, and David M. Van Sant Dickerson & Van Sant LLC, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A1601

    An issue of fact existed as to whether the co-defendant's employee performed his duties negligently by failing to dispose of mop water in one of two safe places suggested t

  • Rosenberg v. Falling Water Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-01-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Warshauer Warshauer, Poe & Thornton PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David F. Root, Ann H. Bracco Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP and William H. McClean IV Merritt & Tenney LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A09A2393

    The 8-year statute of reposed barred the plaintiff's claims for injuries which occurred three years after the expiration of the repose p