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June 19, 2003 |

Securities Attorney Breaks Out on His Own

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April 27, 2007 |

Suit: Silence was dangerous

FEARS OF BEING SUED have led ex-bosses to hesitate before speaking badly of former employees when prospective employers seek references.But a case argued Thursday at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals showed that staying quiet has its risks, too-especially if the employer was a public school official who did not warn a colleague at another school that a former teacher had left amid allegations he touched female students inappropriately.
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October 12, 2011 |

City may have to pay in death suit

The state Court of Appeals has ruled that the city of Atlanta and a group of construction companies may be on the hook for $4.47 million in a wrongful death case-simply based on their failure to force another company found liable at trial to procure adequate insurance coverage.The Oct. 5 decision was the result of a creative attempt by plaintiffs' lawyers to collect on a $5.
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July 28, 2011 |

Deal appoints his lawyer to Fulton seat

Like his three predecessors, Gov. Nathan Deal on Wednesday named his executive counsel to a judgeship-in this case tapping D. Todd Markle to be the next judge on the Fulton County Superior Court. Markle's appointment was noteworthy because he didn't apply for the job until about a month after the deadline for nominations to be made to Deal's Judicial Nominating Commission.
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June 12, 2003 |

Merger Gives Local Lawyers Sweet Chance in Alabama

Julia D. [email protected], Donelson, Bearman Caldwell's recent merger with Berkowitz, Lefkovits, Isom Kushner will give the six Baker, Donelson lawyers here a chance to sell work in Alabama. Last week, after 10 months of negotiations, Memphis, Tenn.-based Baker, Donelson merged with Berkowitz, Lefkovits, a 65-lawyer business and commercial law firm in Birmingham, Ala.
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March 06, 2006 |

DaimlerChrysler to Appeal $3.4M Awarded in Minivan Accident

DaimlerChrysler has announced it will appeal a $3.4 million award won by the mother of a 2-year-old girl who died in an accident caused when the child dislodged the automatic transmission lever of the parked minivan in which she was sitting. A company press release stated that the judgment by a federal jury in Atlanta could be reduced because the jury found the child's mother 49 percent responsible. Counsel for the girl's mother said the case was the first of its kind that DaimlerChrysler let go to trial.
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September 27, 2011 |

Man wins $2M for faulty supplements

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April 30, 2007 |

11th Circuit Weighs School District's Liability for Professional Reference

Fears of being sued have led ex-bosses to hesitate before speaking badly of former employees when prospective employers seek references. But a case argued Thursday at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals showed that staying quiet has its risks, too -- especially if the employer was a public school official who did not warn a colleague at another school that a former teacher had left amid allegations he touched female students inappropriately.
7 minute read
June 18, 2010 |

Kia defends against wrongful death suit

6 minute read
September 25, 2009 |

Incoming Cobb chief judge grew out of military experience

Cobb County State Court Judge Toby B. Prodgers, who will become chief judge on Oct. 1, grew up moving around the country and the world with a military family. His father was an Army pilot who flew missions in World War II and a lawyer who tried cases as a judge advocate general. They lived in Japan and Germany as well as Alabama, California, Massachusetts, Ohio and Washington.
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