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  • Fortner v. Town of Register

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark F. Dehler, Michael E. Perez Mark F. Dehler LLC, Decatur, Wilson R. Smith and Robert L. Jenkins Smith & Jenkins PC, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . G. Mason White, James D. Kreyenbuhl Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, Matthew D. Williams and Robert S. McEvoy Casey, Gilson, Leibel PC, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: John M. Hyatt Hyatt & Hyatt PC, and A. Thomas Stubbs, Decatur. Amicus appellee: J. Steven Stewart and F. Kennedy Hall Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, Macon. Other party representation: R. Krannert Riddle Callaway, Braun, Riddle & Hughes PC, Savannah, in S03G1782.
    Case Number: S03G1782; S03G1788

    The defendants were not entitled to summary judgment in an action for failure to maintain a railroad right-of-way because the Georgia Code of Public Transportation did not pre-empt a common law duty

  • Gay v. Georgia Dept. of Corrections

    Publication Date: 2004-10-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Wycliffe Orr Sr. Orr & Orr, Gainesville, and Ralph S. Goldberg, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, and Bryan F. Dorsey, Marietta, for appellees. Other party representation: Carrie L. Christie and Laura V. Benesh Rutherford & Christie LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A04A0749

    Plaintiff's failure to comply with the ante litem notice requirement under O.C.G.A. § 50-21-21 was fatal to his injury claim against the Stone Mountain Memorial Associ

  • Quarterman v. Douglas County Bd. of Comm'rs

    Publication Date: 2004-09-24
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Quarterman, Douglasville, proceeded pro se. Joseph H. Fowler Hartley, Rowe & Fowler and Julie K. Livingston, Douglasville, for appellees.
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    Case Number: S04A1339

    The pro se appellant could not collaterally attack the final judgment in a revenue bond validation proce

  • Hicks v. Florida State Bd. of Admin.

    Publication Date: 2004-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Warren R. Calvert, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Deputy Attorney General, and Michele M. Young, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jackie L. Volk Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A0562

    An out-of-state public board and its for-profit foreign corporation were not exempt from paying Georgia's real estate transfer fax under O.C.G.A. § 48-6-2 a 3, following the purchase of a $114.8 mil

  • Brooks-Powers v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth.

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Starks Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter B. McClelland Mabry & McClelland LLP, and Robert J. Routman, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2448

    The exclusive remedy provision of the Workers' Compensation Act barred the plaintiff's suit arising out of her husband's death at work, while inspecting a segment of MARTA