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  • Nelson v. SCI Texas Funeral Services, Inc., 11-13-00334-CV (Tex.App. Dist.11 01/29/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-01-29
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    Date Filed: 2016-01-29
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Eleventh District
    Judge: JOHN M. BAILEY JUSTICE
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    Case Number: 11-13-00334-CV

    On Appeal from the 35th District Court Brown County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. CV 08 10347 Panel consists of: Wright, C.J., Willson, J., and Bailey, J. Major

  • Coon v. The Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Houser Pugh, Columbus, and Archie Grubb Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis Miles PC, Montgomery, AL, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hall, W. Scott Henwood, Hall, Booth, Smith Slover PC, Atlanta, Paul Ivey, Mark Wortham, and Lauren Dimitri Hall, Booth, Smith PC, Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0884

    The plaintiff's emotional distress claims arising from the defendant hospital's mislabeling of her stillborn baby's remains, resulting in the funeral and burial of the wrong child, failed as a matte

  • United States v. Garcia-Lopez, 14-41392 (5th Cir. 01/11/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-01-20
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    Date Filed: 2016-01-11
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Judge: JAMES E. GRAVES, JR., Circuit Judge:
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    Case Number: 14-41392

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Before OWEN, GRAVES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Ju

  • Paschal v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Conklin and Erin Pinder Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Robert Mooradian District Attorney's Office, Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1239

    Although the trial court abused its discretion in admitting evidence of the defendant's prior convictions for armed robbery and aggravated assault for the limited purpose of showing his course of c

  • Cesari v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Kondritzer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1389

    After the defendant voluntarily absented himself from the courtroom and then returned and asked to be let inside, the trial court denied him his right to be present during a critical stage of the pr

  • May v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Williams and Philip Clark Public Defender's Office, Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, District Attorney, Covington, and Ronald McNease, Assistant District Attorney, Cuthbert, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0887

    The trial court properly denied the defendant's motion to suppress the less than one gram of methamphetamine an officer discovered during a pat-down for weapons, as the pat-down was justified and th

  • Robisheaux v. State, 03-14-00329-CR (Tex.App. Dist.3 01/07/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-01-07
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    Date Filed: 2016-01-07
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, Austin
    Judge: David Puryear, Justice
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    Case Number: 03-14-00329-CR

    FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY, 207TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. CR2012-042, HONORABLE R. BRUCE BOYER, JUDGE PRESIDING Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin, and Bourl

  • In re S.T., 02-15-00203-CV (Tex.App. Dist.2 12/17/2015)

    Publication Date: 2016-01-07
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    Date Filed: 2015-12-17
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Second District, Fort Worth
    Judge: BONNIE SUDDERTH JUSTICE.
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    Case Number: 02-15-00203-CV

    FROM THE 323RD DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY TRIAL COURT NO. 323-99427J-13 PANEL: DAUPHINOT, GARDNER, and SUDDERTH, JJ. OPINION/maj

  • Piedmont Hosp. Inc. v. D. M.

    Publication Date: 2016-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Hotchkiss, Charles Smith, and Paul Weathington Weathington Smith PC, Atlanta, for Piedmont Hospital. Hunter Allen, Joscelyn Hughes Allen, McCain O'Mahoney PC, Jennifer Jordan Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward, and Frank Ilardi Warshauer Law Group PC, Atlanta, for D. M. in Case No. A15A1572. Simuel Doster, Hunter Allen, and Joscelyn Hughes Allen, McCain O'Mahoney PC, Atlanta, for Colquitt in Case No. A15A1573. Jennifer Jordan Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward, and Frank Ilardi Warshauer Law Group PC, Atlanta, for D. M. in Case No. A15A1573.
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    Case Number: A15A1572; A15A1573

    The plaintiff's negligence and fraud claims were subject to the 5-year statute of repose because they arose out of the breach of a professional duty to inform the plaintiff that a blood test indicat

  • Watts v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Fitzpatrick, Kennesaw, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shannon Wallace, District Attorney, Wallace Rogers, and Cliff Head, Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0796

    A 4-minute extension of a traffic stop for the purpose of allowing a drug dog to perform a free-air sniff around the vehicle in which the defendant was riding as a passenger impermissibly prolonged