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November 14, 2013 |

E-Discovery 3.0—Slaying the Multiheaded Beast Through Reform

As lawmakers, judges and attorneys began to wrap up a two-hour discussion on the details of an e-discovery reform bill for Georgia, Thomas S. Carlock started getting frustrated. He wanted to talk about the "multiheaded beast" that made the bill necessary.
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November 13, 2013 |

ON THE MOVE: Emory 3L Wins Award for Vets Legal Clinic

An Emory University law school student, J. Martin Bunt, has received a national pro bono award for starting a free legal clinic for veterans. Bunt, a 3L, received the annual Pro Bono Publico Award from the Public Services Jobs Directory, an initiative of the National Association for Legal Career Professionals (NALP) for his work creating the Volunteer Clinic for Veterans (VCV) at Emory Law School.
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November 07, 2013 |

A Pizza in the Face Leads to a Fistfight, and $1.8M Verdict

A Fulton County jury awarded $1.8 million to a man for injuries he suffered during a sauce-splattering fistfight with a cheesed-off Pizza Hut manager following a profanity-laced exchange over bad service.
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November 06, 2013 |

Justices Let Stand $9M Alarm Verdict

A security company has nearly run out of options for appealing a $9 million verdict won by a customer who was raped and held captive when she returned home not knowing her alarm had been ringing all day while she was at work.
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Atlanta Indep. Sch. Sys. v. Atlanta Neighborhood Charter Sch. Inc.
Publication Date: 2013-09-25
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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For plaintiff: Thomas A. Cox and Christopher J. Hoffman Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: . Rocco E. Testani and Lee A. Peifer Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: John J. Park Jr., Atlanta, Mariem L. Hubbard, Joshua P. Thompson, and Lana Harfoush Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Calif.
Case number: S13A0987

The plain language of the statutory funding formula set out in the Charter Schools Act of 1998, O.C.G.A. § 20-2-2068.1 subsection c, does not authorize a school system to deduct its unfunded pension

Miller v. City Views at Rosa Burney Park GP LLC
Publication Date: 2013-08-13
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
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For plaintiff: Hezekiah Sistrunk, Shean Williams, M. Gino Brogdon Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Sistrunk PC, Atlanta, Robert Bozeman, and Mawuli Davis The Davis Bozeman Law Firm PC, Decatur, for appellant.
For defendant: James Standard, John Hall, Duane Cochenour Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Chad Jacobs, Douglas Burrell, and Bruce Taylor Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Hugh Ruppersburg The Simon Law Firm, Lynn Roberson Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, and David Root Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta.
Case number: A12A2331

The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant apartment complex and defendant management company on the plaintiff's vicarious liability claim arising from an incident in which

Harris v. Tenet Healthsystem Spalding Inc.
Publication Date: 2013-07-31
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Ray, William M.
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For plaintiff: Thomas Trask Parks, Chesin, Walbert & Miller PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: . Scott Commander, Lori Jolly Commander Pound LLP, Anna Fretwell, Taylor Tribble Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Brian Mathis, Kevin Race Insley & Race LLC, Wayne McGrew, and Heather Miller Carlock Copeland & Stair, Atlanta, for appellees.
Case number: A13A0535

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting the medical malpractice defendants' joint motion for a qualified protective order seeking permission to conduct ex parte interviews with the

Ferrell v. Young
Publication Date: 2013-07-24
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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For plaintiff: Adam Appel Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: Michael Harper, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, and Devon Orland, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta.
Case number: A13A0560

The superior court erred in denying the defendant's motion to open default, as it improperly found that he failed to comply with two of the four necessary conditions and thus that it lacked discreti

Shekhawat v. Jones
Publication Date: 2013-07-17
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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For plaintiff: Adam L. Appel, Kim M. Ruder Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Annarita M. Busbee, and Derrick L. Bingham Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: . Amicus Appellant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Claude M. Sitton, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Floyd M. Taylor, David E. Hudson, James V. Painter Hull Barrett PC, and James S. V. Weston Trotter Jones LLP, Augusta. Vincent A. Toreno Ken David & Associates LLC, Atlanta, Gary B. Blasingame, Andrew J. Hill III, and Josh B. Wages Blasingame Burch Garrard & Ashley PC, Athens, for appellees.
Case number: S12G0552

The sole issue in determining whether an individual state employee may be liable as a defendant in a tort suit is whether the employee was acting within the scope of his employment with the state in

Coffee Iron Works v. QORE Inc.
Publication Date: 2013-06-12
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
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For plaintiff: Brent Savage and Kathryn Pinckney Savage & Turner PC, Savannah, for appellant.
For defendant: . Joseph Staak Smith, Currie & Hancock, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Kent Stair and Cheryl Shaw Carlock Copeland Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta.
Case number: A13A0613; A13A0616; A13A0617

The doctrine of collateral estoppel supported the trial court's grants of summary judgment to the defendant in the plaintiffs' actions for damages the defendant's erroneous analytical work allegedly

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