• Phagan v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-06-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Kaufman, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, and Charles K. Higgins, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1022

    The evidence showed that the burglar entered the automobile dealership through a broken window and that the defendant was arrested inside the dealership with a bleeding

  • Hedquist v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-06-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William E. Sumner Sumner & Anderson, and Rosemary S. Armstrong The Armstrong Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Brett A. Rogers and Richard H. Sinkfield Rodgers & Hardin, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Linda A. Klein, Michelle M. Kenyon Gambrell & Stolz, Taylor W. Jones and Linda R. Greer Jones, Copeland, Lefkowitz & Greer, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A98A1766

    The Court of Appeals adopted the Supreme Court's judgment that a plaintiff's voluntary dismissal with prejudice of an allegedly negligent employee does not constitute an adjudication on the merits o

  • Rahman v. Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust

    Publication Date: 2000-05-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harold L. Kennedy III and Harvey L. Kennedy Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy & Kennedy, Winston-Salem, N.C., and Victor A. McLemore, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nancy K. Deming and Carmie L. McCurry Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Elizabeth Honeywell and Paul D. Barker Jr. Venable, Baetjer & Howard LLP, Baltimore, Md., for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0685

    Since plaintiff did not pay her appeal costs or file an affidavit of indigency, the state court properly dismissed her appeal on the ground that the delay in transmitting the record was unreasonable

  • Rayborn v. Long

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas L. Lehman Porter, Lehman & Chason, Cairo, for appellant.
    for defendant: David A. Kendrick Kirbo & Kendrick, Bainbridge, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A0056

    The seller's real estate agent did not create a fiduciary relationship with the prospective buyer when he gave him a sales contract offering a sales price that he believed the seller would a

  • Heard v. Sexton

    Publication Date: 2000-05-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. McCaffery, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glenn S. Bass and Matthew P. Lazarus Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A00A0491

    A jury question remains as to whether insurance agent is liable for negligent misrepresentation since the insured relied on the agent's statement that only rheumatic heart conditions were excluded f

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  • JarAllah v. Schoen

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A00A0521

    Although the plaintiff claimed that one of the defense attorneys called him a liar and accused him of abusing the legal system, he presented no evidence that anyone else heard the attorney's re

  • Anatek Inc. v. CSX Realty Dev. LLC

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Armbruster Cushing, Morris, Armbruster & Jones, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher W. Phillips Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn PC, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0562

    The plaintiff's contract with the defendant's lessee for improvements to the leased premises did not subject the defendant's property to an enforceable lien because there was no contractual relation

  • Dunn v. Royal Maccabees Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2000-05-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen H. Debaun, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel W. Wethern Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine, Sherri M. Graves and Nancy K. Deming Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0702

    Since the insured did not designate his deceased partner as the owner of his life insurance policy, the deceased partner's wife was not entitled to the proceeds when the insured

  • Bullard v. Elgin Fed. Savs. & Loan Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2000-04-21
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Froman and Jeffrey L. Sakas, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Abraham A. Sharony Culbreth & Sharony, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: John L. Taylor Jr. Vincent, Chorey, Taylor & Feil, and Jeffrey W. Kelley Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A00A0789

    Evidence that the defendant approved the co-defendant's decision to foreclose the plaintiff's mortgage created a genuine issue as to whether the defendant was vicariously libel for the allegedly wro

  • Southeastern Security Ins. Co. v. Lowe

    Publication Date: 2000-04-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMurray, William Leroy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mason White and James D. Kreyenbuhl Brennan, Harris & Rominger, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph M. Hall, Statesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A0635

    Trial court did not acquire in personam jurisdiction over defendant through service by publication, so in personam judgment against defendant could not be recovered from defendant's liability ca