• Lyle et al. v. Fulcrum Loan Holdings, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-05
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Brazier, Steven Hall, (Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry Quillian, Donald Boyle, John Richard, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Ronald Leventhal, (One Midtown Plaza Suite 750), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1702

    Trial Court Erred in Dismissing Judgment Creditors' Challenge to Prior Consent Judgment

  • U.S. v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2020-04-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Sarah K. Eddy, Catherine E. Ghosh, Assistant United States Attorneys, Won S. Shin, Assistant United States Attorney, for Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Matthew B. Larsen, Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY.

    Case Number: 18-163

    New York First-Degree Manslaughter Not Predicate Crime of Violence for ACCA Purposes

  • CaseMetrix LLC v. Sherpa Web Studios, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-19
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Leonard, (Taylor, Busch, Slipakoff & Duma), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allan Levin, (Cozen and O'Connor), Atlanta, Christopher York, (York Gaskill, LLC), Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2072

    Court Determines Settlement Offer Invalid as it Was Unclear and Ambiguous About Claims to Which it Applied; Attorneys' Fees Award Reversed

  • Giddens v. The Medical Center of Central Georgia

    Publication Date: 2020-03-11
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Shamp, Joshua Silk, (Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy Meeks, Amanda Speier, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Bailey, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A2439

    Nurses Had a Duty to Assure That Patient Received Antibiotic Before Surgery; Court Reverses Grant of Summary Judgment to Medical Center on Professional Negligence Claim

  • Subsea 7 Port Isabel v. Port Isabel Logistical

    Publication Date: 2020-01-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Contreras
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-17-00144-CV

    Appellee, Port Isabel Logistical Offshore Terminal, leased land at the Port of Isabel from the Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District in 2007.

  • Hernandez et al. v. Schumacher Group Healthcare Consulting, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Shamp, Joshua Silk, (Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, Bailey Sabulis, Lindsey Costakos, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Kevin Spainhour, (Bendin, Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Donald Lee, (Drew Eckl Farnham, LLP), Albany, Gregory Sewell, (Bouhan Falligant LLP), Savannah, Darrell Thaw, (Boyd & Jenerette PA), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A1535

    Healthcare Consulting Firm Cannot Be Held Vicariously Liable for Doctor's Negligence

  • U.S. v. Pugh

    Publication Date: 2019-12-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: District Judge Stefan Underhill
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Jo Ann M. Navickas, Samuel P. Nitze, Mark E. Bini, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Susan G. Kellman, Sarah Kunstler, Brooklyn, New York.

    Case Number: 17-1889

    No Error in Finding Draft Letter Not Proven a Privileged Marital Communication

  • Handberry et al. v. Manning Forestry Services, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caleb Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Katherine McArthur, (McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Britton White, G. White, (Brennan, Harris & Rominger LLP), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1321

    Circumstantial evidence was insufficient to create an issue of fact as to knowledge of the existence of an open well in a survivor's negligence action against a contractor

  • Woodard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Tarleton, (The Appellate Division - GPDC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, John Fowler, Tracy Lawson, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1039

    Court Remands for Resentencing as Aggravated Battery Convictions Should Have Merged with Kidnapping with Bodily Injury Conviction

  • In Re Crocker

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Southwick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-20254

    A debtor from Texas and another from Virginia separately obtained loans from the same lender to pay education expenses.