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    Excess Insurer May Pursue Primary Insurer for Bad Faith Failure to Settle Within Its Policy Limits, Missouri Appeals Court Rules

    In a case of first impression, a Missouri appellate court has ruled that an excess insurance carrier can recover from a primary insurer on a theory of…

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  • Red Zone LLC v. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, 650318/11

    Publication Date: 2013-09-05
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Part 45
    Judge: Justice Melvin L. Schweitzer.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 650318/11

    Cite as: Red Zone LLC v. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, 650318/11, NYLJ 1202617988423, at *1 (Sup. NY, Decided August 27, 2013) 650318/11

  • Rajagopalan v. NoteWorld, LLC

    Publication Date: 2013-05-20
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    Date Filed: 2013-05-20
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Benjamin H. Settle, District Judge, Presiding Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Sidney R. Thomas, and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Loeser (argued) and Steve W. Berman, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Stuart M. Paynter, Jennifer L. Murray, and Celeste H.G. Boyd, The Paynter Law Firm PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff­-Appellee.
    for defendant: C. Allen Garrett Jr. (argued) and Aaron J. Ross, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Pamela M. Andrews and Jennifer Lauren, Andrews Skinner, P.S., Seattle, Washington, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 12-35205

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 4993AMRISH RAJAGOPALAN, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appel

  • Warbington v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wystan B. Getz, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, and Roberta A. Earnhardt, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A0242

    A defendant cannot challenge on appeal a ruling allowing his prior convictions to be admitted for impeachment purposes if he did not testify at

  • Clay v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-03-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph W. Vigneri, Atlanta, and Jason R. Clark, Georgia Capital Defender, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn L. Johnson, District Attorney, Woodbine, Jonathan R. Miller III, Assistant District Attorney, Brunswick, Andrew J. Ekonomou The Lambros Firm LLC, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S11A1956

    The trial court erred in concluding that the defendant's audio-recorded custodial interview was admissible in the state's case-in-chief even though it was obtained in violation of Mi

  • DB50 2007-1 Trust v. Dixon

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kyle S. Kotake Morris, Schneider & Prior LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . James E. Carter Hurt, Stolz & Cromwell LLC, Athens, and Peter J. Rice Jr., Greensboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A11A1726

    The trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter a permanent injunction after the defendants filed a notice of removal to federal district court and before the district court remanded the

  • Hyperdynamics Corp. v. Southridge Capital Management LLC

    Publication Date: 2010-08-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles M. Cork III, Macon, Mark F. Dehler, Michael E. Perez Mark F. Dehler LLC, Decatur, Edwin J. Schklar Schklar, Ney & Heim LLC, Atlanta, Richard L. Tate, Richmond, Texas, John M. O'Quinn The O'Quinn Law Firm, James W. Christian Christian Smith & Jewell LLP, Kent Watts, Mike Watts and Harry Briers Hyperdynamics Corp., Houston, Texas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey R. Joyce, Laura J. Geissler Joyce, Thrasher, Kaiser & Liss LLC, Mark E. Grantham DLA Piper US LLP, Atlanta, Caryn G. Schechtman, Howard Schrader DLA Piper US LLP, New York, NY, Lonnie Simpson DLA Piper US LLP, Tampa, Fla., Perrie M. Weiner, Edward D. Totino DLA Piper US LLP, Michael S. Rosenblum and Amy M. Caves Law Offices of Michael S. Rosenblum, Los Angeles, Calif., for appellees. Other party representation: Robert E. Whitley Whitley & Associates, Donald A. Loft, Leslie A. Allen Morris, Manning & Martin, Otto F. Feil III, John L. Taylor Jr., Cheralynn M. Gregoire Chorey, Taylor & Feil, Atlanta, Michael J. Dell Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: A10A0362

    The were subject to personal jurisdiction in Georgia pursuant to the concept of conspiracy jurisdiction, which attributes the acts of one conspirator in furtherance e conspiracy to other member

  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-07-23
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert L. Persse, Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard A. Mallard, District Attorney, and Daphne H. Jarriel, Assistant District Attorney, Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S09G1927

    The presumption of vindictiveness in North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U. S. 711 1969, whenever more a severe sentence is imposed, after a new trial, is not triggered, unless the new aggregate sentence

  • Turner Broadcasting System Inc. v. David McDavid

    Publication Date: 2010-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Lamberth Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, and Thomas G. Hungar Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven J. Rosenwasser, Joshua F. Thorpe and Jill Pryor Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Hugh B. McNatt Balch & Bingham and Jeffrey J. Swart Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A09A2314

    There was sufficient evidence for the jury to find an enforceable oral contract, since the defendant made many objective manifestations of intent to be bound, including statements such as we have a

  • Bd. of Regents of the Univ. System of Georgia v. Casey

    Publication Date: 2009-12-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Joan G. Crumpler, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Brian F. Dorsey, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . George D. Bush and Martin C. Puetz, Augusta, for appellee. Other party representation: James S. V. Weston Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley PC, Augusta.
    Case Number: A09A0797

    A medical expert's opinion derived from applying his medical knowledge and experience with previous cases to plaintiff's medical records and deposition testimony was admis