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Georgia Lawyer Search - Listings for Atkins H Samuel Jr Atty
Name: Atkins H Samuel Jr Atty
Address: 105 E Hall St Thomson, GA 30824
Phone Number: 706-597-8880
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Discrimination & Civil Rights Law
Criminal Trial
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Cases related to this attorney's specialties:
ROSE ACRE FARMS INC. v. U.S. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit &n 1000 bsp; 03-5103 ROSE ACRE FARMS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant. Robert R. Clark, Sommer Barnard Ackerson, PC, of Indianapolis, Indiana, argued for plaintiff-appellee. Of counsel were Thomas A. Barnard, Michael D. Chambers and Geoffrey Slaughter. Sheryl L. Floyd, Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellant. With her on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director, and Claudia Burke, Attorney. Of counsel on the brief was Margaret Breinholt, Attorney, United States Department of Agriculture, Office of General Counsel, of Washington, DC. Timothy J. Dowling, Community Rights Counsel, of Washington, DC, for amici curiae Center for Science in the Public Interest, et al. With him on the brief was Jason C. Rylander. Appealed from: United States Court of Federal Claims Senior Judge Bohdan A. Futey United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 03-5103 ROSE ACRE FARMS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant. _ DECIDED: June 30, 2004 _ Before NEWMAN, MICHEL, and RADER, Circuit Judges. MICHEL, Circuit Judge. Rose Acre Farms, Inc. ("Rose Acre") filed the present action in the United States Court of Federal Claims in 1992, claiming that United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA") regulations that restricted egg sales from and imposed other requirements on farms that tested positive for the presence of salmonella bacteria effected a taking requiring compensation under the Fifth Amendment. The trial court held that Rose Acre was entitled to compensation for a taking of the eggs affected by the regulations, Rose Acre Farms, Inc. v. United States, 55 Fed. Cl. 643, 660 (2003), a...
AHRENS v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY FILED United States Court of Appeals 1000 Tenth Circuit AUG 19 2003 PATRICK FISHER Clerk PUBLISH UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS TENTH CIRCUIT ROSE MARY AHRENS, Administrator of the Estate of Lawrence P. Ahrens, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. No. 02-6284 FORD MOTOR COMPANY and NEW HOLLAND NORTH AMERICA, INC., Defendants - Appellees. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA (D.C. No. 01-CV-398-HE) John Gehlhausen, Lamar, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Joseph Walters (Amy T. Kranenburg with him on the brief) of McAfee & Taft, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees. Before SEYMOUR, McKAY and LUCERO, Circuit Judges. McKAY, Circuit Judge. In this diversity action, Appellant Rose Mary Ahrens brought suit against Appellees Ford Motor Company and New Holland North America, Inc., for the wrongful death of her husband, Lawrence P. Ahrens. In her complaint, Appellant alleged strict liability for a design defect, failure to warn of defects, and inadequate post-sale warnings. The district court, after reviewing the pleadings, affidavits, and depositions of expert and lay witnesses and other discovery, determined that the undisputed facts established that the tractor was not defective or unreasonably dangerous beyond the expectations of the ordinary consumer. Therefore, the district court granted Appellees' motion for summary judgment, and Appellant has appealed. The facts, construed in favor of Appellant for purposes of reviewing a grant of summary judgment, indicate that on October 11, 2000, Mr. Ahrens was driving a Ford Model 5000D tractor on a country road near Welch, Oklahoma, pulling a folded rake. An unidentified motorist crashed into the rake from behind, throwing Mr. Ahrens from the tractor. The tractor ran over Mr. Ahrens, crushing and killing him. The tractor was manufactured on July 23, 1967. The tractor was never equipped with a rollover protection system (ROPS), which i...
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