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  • Olevik v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance Warren Tyler (Tyler Law Firm, LLC), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosanna M. Szabo, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, Joelle M. Nazaire (Office of the Gwinnett County Solicitor General), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0738

    The Georgia Constitution's protection against compelled self-incrimination prohibits law enforcement from compelling a person suspected of DUI to blow their deep lung air into a breathalyzer.

  • Patton v. Vanterpool

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Allen Sanders, Jr. (Andrews & Sanders Law Offices), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Benton Purvis, Michael Eric Manely (The Manely Firm, PC.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0767

    The Court reversed the grant of summary judgment to mother on the issue of paternity in a divorce action, finding that O.C.G.A. 19-7-21, which creates an irrebuttable presumption of legitimacy with respect to children conceived by means of artificial insemination does not extend to children conceived by in-vitro fertilization treatment.

  • State_Elrod

    Publication Date: 2017-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
    Judge: Judge RICHARDSON
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: PD-0704-16

    Elrods wife, Marshal Stovall, was arrested after she tried to cash a fraudulent check. She told officers where she was staying (in a motel), that Elrod and her children were in the same room, and that the room was being used to print counterfeit checks, drivers licenses and social security cards

  • Sanchez v. Carter et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-03
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Hendrix (Attorney at Law), Columbus; Todd Maziar (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Julian, Gary Hurst (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Shannon Rolen (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A17A1135

    Claimant was not entitled to workers' compensation dependency benefits after her live-in boyfriend, whom she was dependent on due to her own inability to work, was fatally injured at work because the two were not married, either ceremonially or by common law.

  • November 2, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Plaintiffs Ask Appeals Court to Revive $72M Talc Verdict in Mo. Court

    Plaintiffs lawyers have asked a Missouri court of appeals to reconsider its reversal of a $72 million talcum powder verdict as more cases are sent to a multidistrict litigation docket in New Jersey federal court.

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  • Letom Management Inc. v. Gaming, 17 Civ. 3793

    Publication Date: 2017-11-02
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Paul Engelmayer
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    Case Number: 17 Civ. 3793

    Breach Suit's Dismissal for Lack of Jurisdiction Under CPLR §§301, 302 Exp

  • The People v. Gee

    Publication Date: 2017-11-01
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    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx County
    Judge: Justice April Newbauer
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    Case Number: [Index Number Redacted by Court]

    Juror's Personal Insight Into Key Aspect Prejudicial Where Other Jurors Held

  • Matter of State of N.Y. v. Frederick M., 5188/2016

    Publication Date: 2017-10-31
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    Court: Supreme Court, Kings County
    Judge: Justice Dineen Riviezzo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the petitioner: Jeffrey Jackson, Esq., Office of the Attorney General, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For the respondent: Alison Kuhlman, Esq., Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Brooklyn, New York.
    Case Number: 5188/2016

    Unspecified Mental Diagnosis Passed Frye Where Used to Indicate Lack of Spe

  • Austin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-10-27
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Barr (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Brannon Burroughs (Law Office of Bob Barr), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anne Allen (Assistant District Attorney Coweta Judicial Circuit), Carrollton; Peter Skandalakis (District Attorney Coweta County District Attorney's Office), Lagrange; Ashley Hurley (Okelley & Sorohan LLC), Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1151

    The trial court did not err in denying defendant's petition to seal records pursuant to O.C.G.A. 42-8-62.1, Georgia's statute limiting public access to first offender records in the custody of the clerk of court, because defendant's guilty plea to repeated violations of public trust in connection with his dental profession authorized the trial court to conclude that defendant's interest in having the documents sealed was far outweighed by the public's interest in having the records available.

  • THE COURT ANNOUNCES THE FOLLOWING MOTION ORDERS:

    Publication Date: 2017-10-26
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    Court: First Judicial Department, Appellate Division
    Judge: Acosta, J.P., Tom, Friedman, Sweeny, Jr., Renwick, JJ.
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    Case Number:

    M-5240. PEOPLE, res, v. JOSE CONCEPCION, def-ap — An appeal having been taken from a judgment of the Supreme Court, New York County, rendered on or about January 3,