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  • Kane v. Mount Pleasant Cent. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Christopher Kane: Kevin T. Mulhearn, P.C., Orangeburg, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Mount Pleasant Central School District, Susan Guiney, Frank Viteritti, Bruce Ferguson, Nicole Schimpf, and Richard Hennessy: Gary Intoccia, on the brief, Joseph Gallo, McGivney Kluger Clark & Intoccia, P.C., New York, NY. For Plaintiff-Appellant Jane Coe: John Ray, John Ray & Associates, Miller Place, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Eastport Union Free School District, South Manor Union Free School District, Eastport-South Manor Central High School District, and Eastport-South Manor Central School District as successor in interest, Joseph P. Gagliano, Peter C. Scordo, Edward Broderick, Gary H. Schneider, Benedict Merendino, B. Allen Mannella, William Burger, Bruce Kronman, Charles Testa, Richard Schmidt, Marilyn Dorsa, Marion Diener, Neil Miranda, and all the superintendents, administrators, principals, and their employees and/or agents, from 1997 through 2002: Joshua S. Shteierman, Volz & Vigliotta, PLLC, Nesconset, NY.
    Case Number: 21-2995-cv

    Child Victims Act Does Not Revive or Toll an Otherwise Time-Barred Federal Claim

  • Tarpon Bay Partners LLC v. Zerez Holdings Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert A. Katzmann
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant and Counterclaim Defendants-Appellants: George O. Richardson, III, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Cross-Appellant: Evan K. Buchberger, on the brief, Jonathan M. Shapiro, Aeton Law Partners, Middletown, CT.
    Case Number: 21-1916-cv

    Signing Fee Note Not Established as Unconscionable at Summary Judgment Stage

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Malone, (Appellate Division, Georgia Pubic Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Jackson, Frederick Lewis, Veronica Hansis, (Chattahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0367

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation over defendant's multiple contentions of error, but vacates defendant's sentence and remands for resentencing

  • McArthur et al. v. Beech Haven Baptist Church of Athens et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Giovinazzo, Michael Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Darren Penn, Alexandra Cole, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kevin Ketner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Cochran, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, M. Heath, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Kevin Hudson, Mary Walker, Zachary Hall, (Hudson Parrott Walker, LLC), Atlanta, Robert Martin, Mark Silver, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Moseley, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Edward Tolley, (Attorney at Law), Athens, Kathryn Whitlock, (McAngus, Goudelock, & Courie LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Rothring, (Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0898

    Court reverses dismissal of multiple claims related to sexual abuse brought by plaintiffs against churches that sponsored boy scout troops

  • Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Henry County Board of Commissioners

    Publication Date: 2023-08-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Chandler, Peachtree City, Timothy King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Megan Martin, Patrick Jaugstetter, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Mawuli Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm PC), Decatur, Maryum Jordan, (Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law), Washington, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A0734

    Court affirms trial court holding that an individual's lawsuit for injunctive relief over removal of a Confederate monument is barred by sovereign immunity.

  • Green et al. v. Pinnix et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, Lindsey Costakos, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, for appellee; Georgia Hospital Association, Inc. et al., Atlanta, Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A0547

    Court reverses an order finding that a defendant had violated HIPAA, concluding that the transmission of medical records to a treating doctor was not a HIPAA violation

  • Lewis v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-21-00691-CR

    Defendant's stepdaughter complained to her mother that defendant sexually had abused her for three years.

  • Wright v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 10-21-00297-CV

    Appellant Lewis Wright challenged a judgment involving a property in Navarro County.

  • Stephenson v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Sudderth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-22-00101-CR

    Appellant sexually abused four of his wife's children and a jury convicted him of two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a young child under the age of 14, three counts of sexual assault of a child under the age of 17, and one count of indecency with a child under the age of 17.

  • LeBlanc v. LeBlanc

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-22-00218-CV

    The parties' final decree of divorce awarded the marital home to appellee contingent on appellant refinancing the promissory note securing the home and paying appellant $75,000 within 15 days of the refinancing.