• Dodd v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-12-09
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Barrow, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, District Attorney, and Cathy Cox-Brakefield, Assistant District Attorney, Blairsville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1254

    The trial court's jury charge on similar transaction evidence constituted reversible error because it improperly expanded the scope for which such might be considered to include "the crimes charged

  • Nebo Ventures LLC v. NovaPro Risk Solutions LP

    Publication Date: 2013-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Martin McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, and Bruce Brown, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Standard Hall Booth Smith PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1324

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant on the plaintiff's fraud claim arising from the parties' contract, as issues of remained for the trier of

  • Inkaholiks Luxury Tattoos Georgia LLC v. Parton

    Publication Date: 2013-11-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Mihill and Cynthia Gunnemann Cannon, Mihill & Winkles LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Daniel Parr Weaver Law Firm, Gainesville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A13A1528

    The trial court abused its discretion to the extent its interlocutory injunction protecting the plaintiffs' trade name extended beyond the metropolitan area in which the plaintiffs established that

  • Lapolla Indus. Inc. v. Hess

    Publication Date: 2013-11-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather Sharp Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Collin Freer, Neal Weinrich, Benjamin Fink, and Kristin Zielmanski Berman Fink Van Horn PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A13A1097

    Covenants in employment agreements restricting solicitation and hiring of the defendant's current employees and restricting disclosure of the defendant's trade secrets and confidential information w

  • Shaw v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia Provost Public Defender's Office, Royston, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, District Attorney, Hartwell, Robert Lavender, District Attorney, and Leon Jourolmon, Assistant District Attorney, Elberton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1332

    The State failed to establish that the impoundment of the defendant's vehicle was valid and that the inevitable discovery rule was applicable to the denial of his motion to sup

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  • Aquanaut Diving & Eng'g Inc. v. Guitar Ctr. Stores Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Krasle, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kimyatta McClary Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A1559

    The plaintiff had an easement running with the land because the defendant's predecessor-in-interest granted the plaintiff a license to maintain a sign on its property, the plaintiff spent over $34K

  • City of Atlanta v. Durham

    Publication Date: 2013-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Haymore, Jin Kim, Cathy Hampton, and Laura Burton City of Atlanta, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean Gill Fain Major & Brennan PC, and Eugene Felton The Chestnut Firm, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A13A1344

    The defendant city was entitled to sovereign immunity on the plaintiffs' negligence claims because it was exercising a governmental function when it demolished an abandoned

  • Danes v. Rogers

    Publication Date: 2013-11-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene Butt Ninfo & Associates PC, Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Cole Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP, and Kevin Doyle Lokey, Mobley & Doyle LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A13A1201

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to an insurance agent and her employer in the plaintiff's suit for negligence, breach of contract and promissory estoppel, since the plaintiff could

  • Gowen Oil Co. v. Streat

    Publication Date: 2013-11-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Savage and Brent Savage Jr. Savage, Turner, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, G. Michael Banick, Assistant Attorney General, and Sharon Horne Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0961

    An inspector for the Georgia Department of Agriculture was immune from an oil company's tort suit seeking to hold him individually liable for over $1M in da

  • Davidson v. A. G. Edwards & Sons Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-09-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Patrick, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marcus Calhoun and Travis Hargrove Page Scranton Sprouse Tucker & Ford, Columbus, for appellees.

    Case Number: A13A1115

    The Federal Arbitration Act preempts state law and policy with respect to the signature requirement of O.C.G.A. § 9-9-2 subsection c 9 and the exemption from arbitration of "personal bodily injury"