Cowart v. Widener

Decided July 12, 2010. David E. Nahmias wrote the opinion for the court.

697 S.E.2d 779 · Cited 430 times

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• Gilbert v. R. J. Taylor Memorial Hospital, Inc. · 458 S.E.2d 341
• Allstate Insurance v. Sutton · 658 S.E.2d 909
• Self v. Executive Committee of Georgia Baptist Convention of Georgia, Inc. · 259 S.E.2d 695
• Kaplan v. City of Sandy Springs · 690 S.E.2d 395
• Holmes v. Achor Center, Inc. · 547 S.E.2d 332
• Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins · 405 S.E.2d 474
• Cherokee County Hospital Authority v. Beaver · 345 S.E.2d 904
• Cox Enterprises, Inc. v. Nix · 560 S.E.2d 650
• Cowart v. Widener · 675 S.E.2d 591
• Zwiren v. Thompson · 578 S.E.2d 862
• Atlanta Obstetrics & Gynecology Group, P. A. v. Coleman · 398 S.E.2d 16
• American Multi-Cinema, Inc. v. Brown · 679 S.E.2d 25
• Shadburn v. Whitlow · 533 S.E.2d 765
• Merlino v. City of Atlanta · 657 S.E.2d 859
• Eberhart v. Morris Brown College · 352 S.E.2d 832
• Montgomery v. Barrow · 692 S.E.2d 351
• General Motors Corp. v. Davis · 233 S.E.2d 825
• CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Belcher · 579 S.E.2d 737
• Jordan v. Smoot · 380 S.E.2d 714
• Berry v. Hamilton · 541 S.E.2d 428
• Blakely v. Johnson · 140 S.E.2d 857
• Butler v. Huckabee · 434 S.E.2d 576
• At Systems Southeast, Inc. v. Carnes · 613 S.E.2d 150
• Coleman v. Atlanta Obstetrics & Gynecology Group, P.A. · 390 S.E.2d 856

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