• Lawrence v. Direct Mortgage Lenders Corp.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-26
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexander P. LeVorse, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George L. Kimel and S. Robert Hahn, Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2313

    Trial court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to continue trial to allow defendant to commence discovery since defendant made no effort to conduct discovery after the filing of the complaint,

  • Henry v. Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, McGhee & Hiers LLP

    Publication Date: 2002-04-19
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, and Regina M. Quick, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: in case number A01A2304. Kristine B. Morain, H. Lane Young II, Debra E. LeVorse and Carl H. Anderson Jr. Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellees in A01A2304. H. Lane Young II and Debra E. LeVorse Hawkins & Parnell, Atlanta, for appellant in case number A02A0450. Wade K. Copeland Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Atlanta, Christopher L. Casey J. Hue Henry PC, and Regina M. Quick, Athens, for appellee in case number A02A0450.

    Case Number: A01A2304; A02A0450

    Attorney's memorandum summarizing conversations he had with opposing counsel that allegedly demonstrated that a personal animus towards the attorney's client motivated opposing counsel to seek attor

  • Gamlins, Solicitors & Notaries v. A. E. Roberts and Assocs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-04-05
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Sakas, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark L. Golder and Lynn Carroll Siegel & Golder PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2544

    The statute of limitation for a suit on account expired without proper service where plaintiff's first attempt at service was defective and plaintiff's later attempt to serve the defendant under O.C

  • Joel v. Chastain

    Publication Date: 2002-03-29
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin H. Rubin and David C. Joel, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren R. Hinds, Roswell, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2501

    Evidence that defendant's inadequately supervised employee falsely represented himself to be an attorney and settled plaintiff's case without her consent supported the jury's award of mental distres

  • Hipes & Norton PC v. Pye Auto. Sales of Chattanooga Inc.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jere C. Smith and Bart W. Reed Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory H. Kinnamon McDonald, Kinnamon & Thames, Dalton, for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A0290

    Plaintiff was entitled to summary judgment in its suit to recover outstanding legal fees and costs under the parties' retainer agreement since plaintiff provided the signed retainer agreement and d

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  • Dikeman v. Mary A. Stearns PC

    Publication Date: 2002-03-01
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent D. Sowerby, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary A. Stearns and Christy E. Draper, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A01A2455

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to compel plaintiff to comply with defendant's overbroad and oppressive discovery request which invaded the privacy expectations of plaintiff

  • Abellera v. Williamson

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel S. Reinhardt and William M. Droze Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James L. Ford Sr. Ford & Barnhart LLP and Carl A. Crowley III Crowley, Appel, Starkey & Holdbrook, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: S00G1957

    In reversing the grant of summary judgment to defendants, the Court of Appeals failed to looked at other grounds raised by the defendants to determine if the trial court's judgment was right for any

  • Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Ivey

    Publication Date: 2001-06-01
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard W. Gerakitis Troutman Sanders LLP, Robert D. Howell Lord, Bissell & Brook, and Thomas E. O'Connor Jr. Georgia-Pacific Corp., Atlanta, for Georgia-Pacific. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Susan L. Rutherford and Kimberly B. Lewis, Assistant Attorneys General, for Georgia Dep't of Labor. Todd C. Hughes Georgia Legal Services, Augusta, Mary I. Dickerson Georgia Legal Services, Lisa J. Krisher and Phyllis J. Holmen, Atlanta, for Ivey.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A01A0158; A01A0230

    Denial of unemployment compensation reinstated because the employee's admitted violation of his employer's anti-drug policy justified his disc

  • Friedrich v. Fidelity Nat'l Bank

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles C. Murphy Jr. and Patricia A. Chandler Vaughan & Murphy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James T. White Stites & Harbison, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A00A1970

    In a case of first impression, the Court of Appeals adopted the percentage of the fund rule for awarding attorneys' fees following the settlement of class action law

  • Kodadek v. Lieberman

    Publication Date: 2001-02-09
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal H. Howard, Joann B. Williams and William D. James Neal H. Howard PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Elaine W. Whitehurst, Cumming, for appellees. Other party representation: Alan M. Maxwell Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A00A2550

    The plaintiffs were not entitled to a new trial based on hearsay testimony that the jury bet on the outcome of the