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  • Wingate Land LLC v. ValueFirst Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-02-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. E. Adams, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward T. McAfee and Parks K. Stone Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A11A1568

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to an appraisal company and its owner on the plaintiff's negligent misrepresentation claim, as no evidence established that the defendants appraised

  • Robbins d/b/a Supermarket Specialty Products v. Supermarket Equip. Sales LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
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    Case Number: S11A1435; S11A1583

    The trial court undermined the exclusivity of the Georgia Trade Secrets Act GTSA by providing the appellee the same relief based on the same conduct under O.C.G.A. § 9-5-1 after finding that the mis

  • Robinson v. Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2012-02-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Gussio and Anthony O. L. Powell Webb, Tanner, Powell, Mertz & Wilson LLP, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Luther H. Beck Jr., Ernest R. Bennett Jr., Richard A. Carothers, Angela C. Nguyen Carothers & Mitchell LLC, Buford, James R. Thompson AT&T, Atlanta, and Richard L. Tucker Jr. Mahaffey, Pickens & Tucker LLP, Lawrenceville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S11A1533

    The appellants, as holders of a right of first refusal to purchase the property, had no present compensable property int

  • McLemore v. Genuine Parts Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew N. Pope, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Stephen C. Collier Hawkins & Parnell LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1681

    The plaintiff had equal knowledge of any hazard which the height of a curb presented, and the purported distraction of people attending a show in the defendant's parking lot did not obstruct her vie

  • Bartlett v. McDonough Bedding Co.

    Publication Date: 2012-02-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John H. Ridley Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Marc A. Avidano Smith, Welch, Webb & White LLC, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0392

    The plaintiff voluntarily departed from the route that the defendant designed and maintained for its customers' safety and convenience when he attempted to walk between or over cluttered merchandise

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  • DeFoor v. DeFoor

    Publication Date: 2012-01-27
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert P. McFarland Sr. McFarland & McFarland PC, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Clifford S. Lancey, Ellijay, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1977

    Evidence supported the jury's verdict finding that the appellee established title by adverse possession to 6.5 acres of land to which his deceased grandmother was the record title h

  • Pollman v. Swan

    Publication Date: 2012-01-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
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    Case Number: A10A0547; A10A0548

    The common-law requirement of justifiable reliance in fraud is not a requirement of the federal mail fraud e, and the Georgia RICO Act defines racketeering activity by referring to the federal

  • In the Matter of Kota C. Suttle

    Publication Date: 2012-01-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
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    Case Number: S12Y0125

    An attorney, who kept $18K in attorney's fees from a client while the attorney was under a consent order prohibiting him from practicing law, was disb

  • Zywiciel v. Historic Westside Village Partners LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A11A1243; A11A1582

    An easement existed in a section of road running between arties' properties because both properties descended from same original subdivision described on the recorded plat, despite the fact tha

  • Fortson v. Freeman

    Publication Date: 2011-12-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Major Fortson, Demorest, proceeded pro se. Kim M. Jackson and Bryan M. Grantham Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A2327

    The trial court properly dismissed the plaintiff's action against his former counsel, as the substance of the allegations raised only claims of professional negligence and the plaintiff failed to f