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  • Wilson v. Mountain Valley Cmty. Bank

    Publication Date: 2014-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Jones, Homer, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Austin and Melissa Jurgens, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0546

    The mere fact that in the plaintiff's opinion, the foreclosure brought an inadequate price did not demonstrate an absence of good faith on the part of the defendant in conducting the

  • Toler v. Georgia Dep't of Transp.

    Publication Date: 2014-08-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivy Cadle, Charles Ruffin Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Macon, and Joseph Boone, Irwinton, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Atlanta, Paul Dunbar Capers, Dunbar, Sanders, Bruckner & Bellotti LLP, Augusta, Michael Cooper, and John Draughon, Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0267

    The trial court abused its discretion in denying the condemnees' motion in limine seeking to exclude evidence and argument regarding the consideration they paid for an assignment of rights for the m

  • Henderson v. St. Paul Baptist Church

    Publication Date: 2014-08-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglass Farrar Farrar, Hennesy & Tanner LLC, Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John Smith Young Thagard Hoffman Smith & Lawrence, Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0227

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant church on claims arising from the plaintiff's fall on church property, as the evidence was not plain, palpable and undis

  • Vinings Bank v. Brasfield & Gorrie LLC

    Publication Date: 2014-07-31
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Lee Davis and Emma Burke Bailey Davis Brown & Sutton LLC, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin Trapp, Robert Crewdson DLA Piper LLP, and David Larson Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0206

    Because the plaintiff bank was an assignee of the subcontractor bor it had no greater right to payment under such subcontracts than the bor

  • Atlanta Emergency Servs. LLC v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2014-07-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen Simcoe and Theodore Pound Commander Pound Butler LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Maguire and Allan Parks Parks, Chesin & Walbert PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0469

    The trial court properly found that the termination provision in the parties' written agreement was ambiguous and that the evidence supported the jury's conclusion that the defendant-hospital's imme

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  • 915 Indian Trail LLC v. State Bank & Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2014-07-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Turner and Abby Von Fischer-Benzon Schulten Ward & Turner LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Schneider Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta, and Steven Mills Mills & Moss LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A0415

    The plaintiff bank met the prima facie requirement for establishing the right to equitable subrogation by establishing that it was the assignee of the loan that paid off the senior lien on the prop

  • In Re: Estate of James I. Kaufmann

    Publication Date: 2014-07-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Bonander and Wade Watson Caldwell & Watson LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Justin O'Dell and Leslie O'Neal O'Dell & O'Neal, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Jamie Kaufmann, Irvin Rabinowitz, Atlanta, Althea Caces, and Jerry Landers, Marietta.
    Case Number: A14A0672

    The probate court's order re-appointing the ward's adult son as his guardian did not constitute an improper modification of the parties' settlement agreement on the

  • Georgia-Pacific Consumer Prods. LP v. Ratner

    Publication Date: 2014-07-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Hudson, William J. Keogh III Hull Barrett PC, Augusta, Ryburn C. Ratterree, and Tracy A. O'Connell Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Bell Jr. Bell & Brigham, Augusta, Benjamin M. Perkins, Timothy D. Roberts, and Melissa L. Bailey Oliver Maner LLP, Savannah, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Steven D. Caley GreenLaw, Atlanta. Neutral Amicus: William M. Droze, Douglas A. Henderson Troutman Sanders LLP, Randall D. Quintrell, Atlanta, Robert M. Brinson, Norman S. Fletcher Brinson Askew Berry Seigler Richardson & Davis LLP, Rome, Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, Matthew M. Madden, Alan E. Untereiner Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, John H. Beisner, Geoffrey M. Wyatt, and Jessica D. Miller Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: S13G1723

    The trial court abused its discretion in certifying a class of property owners because the plaintiffs failed to satisfy the commonality requir

  • Dillard Land Invs. LLC v. Fulton Cnty.

    Publication Date: 2014-07-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela D. Robinson, Christian F. Torgrimson, Charles N. Pursley Jr., Elizabeth R. Story Pursley Friese Torgrimson LLP, Atlanta, Thomas A. Bowman Maddox, Nix, Bowman & Zoeckler, Conyers, and Wendell K. Willard, Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Charles L. Ruffin Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta. R. David Ware, Fulton County Attorney, Kaye W. Burwell, Larry W. Ramsey Jr., Assistant County Attorneys, and Diana L. Freeman Fulton County Attorney's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13G1582

    A condemnor is not entitled to unilaterally voluntarily dismiss a condemnation action once the special master renders his award valuing the property at

  • Cook v. Glover

    Publication Date: 2014-07-17
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Michelle Townes, and Jason S. Naunas, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Kevin Tharpe, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13G1127

    The Court of Appeals improperly interpreted 42 U.S.C. § 1396p with respect to whether a Medicaid applicant's purchase of an annuity was subject to an asset transfer pe