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  • Statham v. Quang et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Horner, (Middle Georgia Access to Justice Council, Inc.), Atlanta, W. Reynolds, Bradley Survant, (Reynolds, Horne & Survant), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julye Johns, (Huff Powell & Bailey, L.L.C.), Atlanta, David Nelson, Norman Pearson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1419

    Court affirms order that surgeons are not vicariously liable for medical student's errors during surgery, but notes that surgeons may bear direct liability for negligent supervision

  • Conservatorship of the Person of K.Y.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
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    Court: Court of Appeal, 1st District
    Judge: Justice Goldman
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    Case Number: A166825

    Requests for extensions of time on appeal from one-year civil commitment order may compromise appellate court's ability to adjudicate appeal before it becomes moot

  • N.M. v. W.K.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 1st District
    Judge: Presiding Justice Tucher
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    Case Number: A168081

    Relevant statutes did not entitle respondent to continuance of DVRO hearing

  • Fidelity Auto Group, LLC v. Hargroder

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Golemon
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    Case Number: 09-23-00098-CV

    Appellee sued appellant after she purchased a "new" truck that she later learned was used and that the previous owner had returned as defective.

  • In re Texas Med. Liab. Trust

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alvarez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 04-23-00779-CV

    In an underlying dispute, relator Texas Medical Liability Trust declined to defend its insured physician against claims brought by a former patient because it concluded the patient's claims alleged financial exploitation, not deficiencies in the physician's care.

  • Clapper v. Am. Realty Investors, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: 21-10805

    Plaintiff David Clapper, alongside Atlantic Midwest, L.L.C. and Atlantic XIII, L.L.C., appealed a jury verdict favoring defendant American Realty Investors, Inc. and other defendants in a case alleging asset transfers to avoid a judgment payment under the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act and alter ego liability.

  • Cruz v. Cervantez

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wilson
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    Case Number: 22-10483

    Plaintiff, a pre-trial detainee at Lubbock County Detention Center, sued defendant, a correctional officer, under 42 U.S.C. §1983 claiming that defendant demonstrated deliberate indifference to plaintiff's constitutional rights when defendant failed to protect him from two assaults by his cellmate.

  • Mintvest Capital, LTD. v. Coinmint, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Corporate Governance
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wilson
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    Case Number: 14-22-00633-CV

    Soniant and Leary, principals of appellant Mintvest Capital and appellee Coinmint, agreed to create a Bitcoin mining firm with their companies being equal 50% owners.

  • Gespa Nicaragua, S.A. v. Recom AG

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
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    Case Number: 08-22-00244-CV

    In a complex legal dispute involving appellant Gespa Nicaragua, S.A. (Gespa) and appellees Flextronics International USA, Inc., Flextronics Automotive USA (Texas), LLC, collectively, Flextronics, Recom AG, and Expeditors International of Washington, Inc., the court addressed multiple issues stemming from a contract for the purchase of solar panels for a project in Nicaragua.

  • F.K. v. Superior Court

    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 2nd District
    Judge: Justice Baltodano
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    Case Number: B333788

    Dependency court errs prejudicially in applying 12-month review standards at six-month review hearing