Deep Six, Inc. v. Abernathy

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• trial court must first decide whether contract language is ambiguous; if it is ambiguous, court must then apply applicable rules of construction
• a construction that renders portions of the contract language meaningless should be avoided

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

63 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Woody's Steaks, LLC v. Pastoria
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-19· cited 53×
• American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance v. Hathaway Development Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-07· cited 41×
• Horwitz v. Weil
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-09-16· cited 39×
• Walker v. Gwinnett Hospital System, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-09-18· cited 36×
• Holcim (US), Inc. v. AMDG, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-24· cited 35×
• ULQ, LLC v. Meder
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-07-18· cited 32×
• VATACS Group, Inc. v. HomeSide Lending, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-10-31· cited 30×
• SCHOENBAUM LTD., LLC v. Lenox Pines, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-25· cited 25×
• Kaesemeyer v. Angiogenix, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-07· cited 24×
• Donchi, Inc. v. ROBDOL, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-01-03· cited 23×
• Atlanta Development, Inc. v. Emerald Capital Investment, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-11-19· cited 23×
• RLI Insurance v. Highlands on Ponce, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-07-05· cited 22×
• Tachdjian v. Phillips
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-06-12· cited 22×
• GEICO General Insurance Co. v. Wright
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-07-17· cited 20×
• Savannah Yacht Corp. v. Thunderbolt Marine, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-02· cited 19×
• Lifestyle Family, L.P. v. Lawyers Title Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-07-02· cited 19×
• Crowell v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-06-15· cited 18×
• Citrus Tower Boulevard Imaging Center, LLC v. Owens
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-20· cited 18×
• Northen v. Tobin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-07-15· cited 17×
• Saturna v. Bickley Construction Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-10-24· cited 17×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Holloman v. D. R. Horton, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-09· cited 54×
• Versico, Inc. v. Engineered Fabrics Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-07-07· cited 34×
• Travelers Insurance Company v. Blakey
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-09-15· cited 25×
• Bullock v. City of Dallas
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-09-17· cited 24×
• Richard Haney Ford, Inc. v. Ford Dealer Computer Services
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-08-03· cited 22×
• Rizk v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-04-05· cited 18×
• Thornton v. Kumar
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-18· cited 16×
• Jones v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1963-12-05· cited 10×
• Bulloch County Bank v. Dodd
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-10-08· cited 8×
• Mashburn v. Valley Coaches, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1965-09-21· cited 1×