Case Digests

Goldston v. Bank of Am. Corp.

Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott R. King and Andrew N. Gross Slater & King, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: William J. Linkous Jr., David G. Ross, Nicole J. Wade and Heather E. Harper Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A02A2431

If proven, the allegations in the plaintiff's complaint were sufficient to show that fraud tolled the 10-year statute of limitation on her claims against a bank involving the bank's management of tr

Home Builders Assoc. of Savannah Inc. v. Chatham County

Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deron R. Hicks and George G. Boyd Jr. Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, Columbus, for appellant.
for defendant: R. Jonathan Hart and Emily E. Garrard, Savannah, for appellee.
Case Number: S02A1291

A question of material fact remained as to whether the county's fees related to real estate development were disproportionate to the services ren

In re Snead

Publication Date: 2003-03-07
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William P. Smith III, General Counsel, and Jenny K. Mittelman State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. B. Renee Edwards Snead Snead & Assocs., Macon. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
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Case Number: S03Y0268

An attorney was disbarred for converting fiduciary funds from a real estate closing, rather than paying off the seller's first mor

Imran v. Bone

Publication Date: 2003-02-28
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Muhammad Imran and Shannon Imran, Norcross, proceeded pro se. Eric Shapiro Baum & McGahren LLC, Norcross, for appellee.
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Case Number: A02A2409

The defendant was entitled to a directed verdict in the plaintiffs' suit seeking damages based on defendants' alleged failure to make repairs to their leasehold since the plaintiffs presented no evi

Lamplight Court Apartments LLC v. DeKalb County Bd. of Tax Assessors

Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard N. Hubert Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Terence T. Thomas Kramer & Thomas, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A03A0295

The county's method of assessing fair market value by combining the value of separate parcels included in an apartment complex was neither illegal nor unconstitut

LaSonde v. Chase Mortgage Co.

Publication Date: 2003-02-14
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack LaSonde, Atlanta, proceeded pro se. John C. Porter Jr. Sites & Harbison PLLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
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Case Number: A02A2135

Plaintiff could not maintain a claim against defendants for tortiously interfering with his right to execute a purchase option on a residential lease-sale agreement since the defendants held the not

Worley v. Cowper Constr. Co. Inc.

Publication Date: 2003-01-31
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence A. Stockton Jr. Stockton & Stockton, Clayton, for appellant.
for defendant: Elizabeth B. Hodges and Gregory K. Morgan Phillips & Morgan LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A03A0532

A landlord was not responsible for paying a subcontractor who provided labor and materials in connection with improvements made by a commercial tenant for the tenant's own be

Blakey v. Victory Equip. Sales Inc.

Publication Date: 2003-01-10
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam S. Jaffe, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Karen F. White, Jacob A Razem Cohen, Pollock, Merlin, Axelrod & Small PC, Michael E. Brooks Kilpatrick & Cody, and William S. Sutton McLain & Merritt PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case Number: A02A2430

The plaintiff's invasion of privacy through false light claim failed since he did not show that a company who issued a fraudulent loan in his name reported the subsequent default on the loan and neg

Ray M. Wright Inc. v. Stinchcomb

Publication Date: 2003-01-03
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Johannes S. Kingma and R. Keith Whitesides Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Howard G. Slade and Jason B. Thompson Slade & Assocs., Fayetteville, for appellee.
Case Number: A02A2455

Issues of fact remained as to whether plaintiffs b d the parties' real estate purchase agreement by failing to make a timely tender of the purchase price for certain lots and whether defendant

City of Gainesville v. Waters

Publication Date: 2002-12-13
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Bart Gary and Stuart W. Gray Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Curtis G. Shoemaker, Athens, and J. Burroughs, Gainesville, for appellees.
Case Number: A02A1530