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  • Schuman v. Georgia Department of Human Services

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James McIlvaine, (Williams Litigation Group, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta Jennifer Mock, (The Mock Law Firm, LLC), Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Elizabeth Penland, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1924

    Court reverses dismissal of petition seeking review of including a petitioner's name on a child abuse registry

  • Harvey et al. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2020-05-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Roger Harris, Douglas Clayton, (Swift, Currie, Mcghee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Bruce Kirbo, (Attorney at Law), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Erwin, Alfred Powell, (Powell & Erwin, P.C.), Camilla, W. McCall, Henry Williams, (Mccall WILLIAMS, LLC), Albany, Gregory Williams, (The Law Offices of Gregory Terrell Williams LLC), Camilla, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2217

    Plaintiff's Closing Argument Violated Trial Court's Admonition Not to Enflame Jurors' Emotions

  • Albright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2022

    Defendant Lacked Standing to Seek to Suppress Location Information Derived From Girlfriend's Cell Phone

  • Loran LP v. Cruz

    Publication Date: 2020-05-07
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Civil Court, Bronx County
    Judge: Judge Steven Weissman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Petitioner was Represented By: Jeffrey M. Hulbert, Esq., Horing, Welikson & Rosen, P.C.
    for defendant: Respondent was Represented By: Emilio Paesano, Esq., Mobilization for Justice, Inc.
    Case Number: L&T 021642/19

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  • May 6, 2020 | New York Law Journal

    The Top 10 Labor Law Rulings of the Past 10 (Really, 11) Years: Part II

    In his Construction Accident Litigation, Brian J. Shoot analyzes the remainder of his "Top 10" list of Court of Appeals' decisions involving §§240, 241(6) or 200 of the Labor Law, giving consideration to not only the importance of the determination in each case, but also its novelty.

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  • Department of Transportation v. Szenczi et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Keilani Parker, Mary Volkert, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Warren Power, (Power & Jaugstetter, P.C.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Grant McBride, William White, Warren Tillery, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1905

    Motion to Set Aside Does Not Save Property Owner's Failure to Plead Improper Service of Petition for Condemnation and Declaration of Taking in Untimely Notice of Appeal

  • Loran LP v. Cruz

    Publication Date: 2020-05-06
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Civil Court, Bronx
    Judge: Judge Steven Weissman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner: Jeffrey M. Hulbert, Esq., Horing Welikson Rosen & Digrugilliers, P.C.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Emilio Paesano, of counsel to Jeanette Zelhof, Esq., Mobilization for Justice, Inc.
    Case Number: 021642/19

    Rent Demand Not Good Faith Estimate of Rent Owed, Rendering Predicate Notice Defective

  • Scarlett v. Barr

    Publication Date: 2020-05-05
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Reena Raggi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Vilia B. Hayes, on the brief, Hannah Miller, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Benjamin C. Mizer, Andrew N. O'Malley, on the brief, Lindsay M. Murphy, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, District of Columbia.
    Case Number: 16-940

    Jamaican Officer's Case Remanded; Entitlement to Relief Due to Gang Violence Correct

  • Valentine v. Collier

    Publication Date: 2020-05-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Class Actions | Government
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-20207

    In this class action case brought by prisoners that implicated the State of Texas' response to COVID-19, the district court issued a reticulated preliminary injunction against the executive director of the Texas prison system and the warden of one of its prisons for the elderly and infirm.

  • Hewitt v. Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation | Legislation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Ho
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-20023

    Appellant was an employee of Helix for over two years, working as a Tool Pusher.