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  • Hernandez Auto Painting & Body Works Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mason White Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, Kyle G. Wallace Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Robert H. Schultz Jr. Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen PC, Edwardsville, Ill., for State Farm. Robert B. Turner, Stanley Karsman Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman, Christopher D. Britt Tate Law Group LLC, Savannah, for Hernandez Auto. Other party representation: William V. Custer IV Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A0962; A11A0963

    The trial court erred in denying the defendants' motion to dismiss the plaintiff's claim for trade libel, as Georgia does not recognize such a

  • Villanueva v. First Am. Title Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh C. Wood Wood & Meredith LLP and Derick C. Villanueva, Atlanta, for appellants. Frederic S. Beloin and Charles W. Brown Beloin & Assocs. LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1344

    In a case of first impression, the Court held that a legal malpractice claim for financial loss, involving solely the right of property, was assig

  • Dan J. Sheehan Co. v. The Fairlawn on Jones Homeowners Ass'n Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David M. Conner The Conner Law Group PC, Savannah, for appellant. Colby E. Longley, Mathew M. McCoy McCorkle & Johnson LLP, Margaret K. Clark Cole, Fleming & Clark, Elizabeth F. Thompson, Savannah, Elizabeth A. Frey Weinstock & Scavo PC, Louis R. Cohan Cohan Law Group LLC, and Joseph C. Sullivan Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1030; A11A1315

    Summary judgment was appropriate on plaintiff's foreclosure of lien claims, because a question of fact existed as to whether there was a contract or assent of the pa

  • Bush v. Bank of New York Mellon

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louise T. Hornsby, Atlanta, for appellants. Jimmy T. Howell Jr. and Steven J. Flynn McCalla Raymer LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1394

    The Court vacated the judgments below and remanded the case, directing the trial court to require the plaintiffs to provide a more definite statement of their claims before passing on the defendants

  • Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church in Savannah v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil A. Creasy Simpson & Creasy PC, and Paul W. Painter Jr. Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, Savannah, for appellants. James L. Elliott Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding PC, Valdosta, Thomas A. Withers Gillen, Withers & Lake LLC, Savannah, and Mary E. Kostel The Episcopal Church/Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Hugh B. McNatt McNatt, Greene & Peterson, Vidalia, David H. Gambrell, John Hinton IV Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, John E. Tomlinson, Loganville, and Joshua D. Hawley The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C. Amicus Appellee: Jon V. Forehand Allen, Forehand & Adams LLP, Moultrie, Brenda C. Youmas Edwards & Youmas LLC, W. Warren Plowden Jr. Jones Cork & Miller LLP, Macon, William B. Marianes McGuireWoods LLP, and Nicholas C. Moraitakis Moraitakis, Kushel, Pearson & Gardner LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S10G1909

    Neutral principles of law established that the c property at issue was held in trust for the benefit of the parent c

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  • Yamaha Motor Corp. USA v. McTaggart

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David M. Monde, Atlanta, for appellants. C. Andrew Childers Childers, Schlueter & Smith LLC, Atlanta, Troy A. Rafferty and Kimberly R. Lambert Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner, Pensacola, Fla., for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1022

    The Court reversed the jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in their personal injury action involving an open-air, off-road vehicle and remanded the case for entry of a judgment granting the defe

  • Novare Group Inc. v. Sarif

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Reilly, Brian P. Watt and Williams N. Withrow Jr. Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellants. James R. Fletcher II The Geheren Firm PC, Dunwoody, Michael Weinstock Weinstock & Scavo PC, Atlanta, and Wallace H. Ehrenclou Ehrenclou & Grover LLC, Lawrenceville, for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Ned Blumenthal and Seth G. Weissman Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11G0478

    The plaintiffs' contemporaneously served rescission letter could not satisfy the necessary prerequisite of electing recission before filing

  • Lynx Real Estate Inc. v. F.A.L. Investments LLC

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jefferson M. Allen Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Allen LLC, Atlanta, for appellant. Timothy W. Haley Smith Welch Webb & White LLC, Jackson, for appellee.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1255

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant because genuine issues of material fact remained as to whether the plaintiff was entitled to a commission on the sale of commercia

  • Gospel Tabernacle Deliverance Church Inc. v. From the Heart Church Ministries Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emory A. Schwall and Robert S. Wayne, Atlanta, for appellants. Stephen D. Apolinsky and Patrick J. Stubbs Apolinsky & Assocs. LLC, Decatur, for appellees.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A11A1122

    The evidence did not support the verdict for the plaintiffs in their negligent misrepresentation action arising from the purchase of certain property, as the plaintiffs plainly and indisputably fail

  • In the Matter of Paul T. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2011-11-18
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and A. M. Christina Petrig State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Paul T. Robinson, Atlanta. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S11Y1383

    An attorney, who real estate client in March 2009, while he was ineligible to practice for failure to pay his bar dues, and who failed to respond to the Investigative Panel, was disb