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  • Joseph H. King Jr. PC v. Lessinger

    Publication Date: 2005-10-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis R. Feingold Northcutt, Edwards & Feingold and Joseph H. King Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Y. Kevin Williams, Stephen R. Kane and Allison M. Richardson Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1255

    When a attorney is discharged before the contingency in a contingency fee contract occurs, the discharged attorney is limited to pursuing the equitable remedy of quantum meruit against his c

  • Oswell v. Nixon

    Publication Date: 2005-09-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Wise, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward H. Wasmuth Jr. Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A1410

    Georgia law does not recognize a private cause of action for the alleged unauthorized practice o

  • Bhindi Bros. v. Patel

    Publication Date: 2005-09-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grover C. Bailey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles A. Ratz and Andrea Bennett Gilliland, Ratz & Browning PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0996

    Res judicata did not bar the plaintiff's claims for past due rent and other damages in its suit for breach of a lease, because the plaintiff raised those claims in its prior dispossessory suit and t

  • SRM Realty Servs. Group LLC v. Capital Flooring Enters. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2005-07-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry C. Oldham and Brent S. Reece, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen C. Whicker, Woodstock, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0099; A05A0100

    The plaintiff's suit seeking to recover an $11,272.57 cash bond automatically slipped into de when the defendant failed to file a timely answer or seek relief from the de

  • Clough v. Richelo

    Publication Date: 2005-07-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael S. Rosenthal Wagner, Johnston & Rosenthal and Angelo T. Merolla, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johannes S. Kingma and Eric F. Barton Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A05A0181

    State Bar Rule 3.7 does not preclude a lawyer from representing a client prior to even if the lawyer is likely to be a necessary witness at the

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  • Dorsey v. State

    Publication Date: 2005-07-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel The Steel Law Firm PC, and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn R. Keyes, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, and John E. Floyd Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S05A0897

    The state was entitled to theorize to the jurors that former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey killed Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown in order to prevent Brown from investigating and uncovering evidenc

  • American Computer Tech. Inc. v. Hardwick

    Publication Date: 2005-07-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne B. Kendall, Fairburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin A. Ross, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A05A0144

    The defendant ratified a fee agreement contract to pay the plaintiff 4-percent of its $2.9 million recovery against the city of Atlanta when it paid the full amount as set forth in the contract, wit

  • Lewis v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2005-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Lewis, Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glenville Haldi, Roswell, for appellee. Other party representation: Robert F. Dangle Price, Pyles, Dangle, Parmer & Rooks, Carrollton.
    Case Number: A05A0624

    An attorney whose client prevents him from recovering under a contingency contract has a remedy in quantum m

  • Kahlig v. Martinez

    Publication Date: 2005-04-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart A. Kurtz, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James W. Hays Hays & Potter PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A04A2361

    Because the plaintiff's foreign motion for confirmation of a ju did not constitute a new suit, her failure to serve the defendant with the motion did not entitle him to have the domesticated j

  • Rowen v. Estate of Jerry Bernard Hughley Jr.

    Publication Date: 2005-03-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon W. Rowen Rowen & Klonoski PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret C. Courtright, Decatur, for appellees. Other party representation: Derrick A. Pope, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A04A1985

    The probate court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting the guardian ad litem's contingency fee agreement, since a probate court has a specific responsibility in matters involving the settlement