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  • Stembridge v. Pride Utility Construction Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-10-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Rice, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Broughton, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, Bret Moore, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, Timothy Peacock, (Swift, Curie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0720

    Court affirms summary judgment for an employer in an auto accident case because its employee was no acting in the scope of employment at the time of the accident

  • Finley v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2022-10-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-21-00112-CR

    Appellant went to trial for misdemeanor assault causing bodily injury to his ex-girlfriend, who testified at trial wearing a mask.

  • Shircliff v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2022-10-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 10-18-00206-CR

    A criminal defendant, who pleaded guilty to unlawful possession and was sentenced to fifteen months imprisonment, failed to prove on appeal any reversible error.

  • McKinney v. City of Middletown

    Publication Date: 2022-09-30
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Steven J. Menashi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Noam Biale, Heather Yu Han, on the brief, Alexandra Elenowitz-Hess, Sher Tremonte LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Beatrice S. Jordan, on the brief, Thomas R. Gerarde, Howd & Ludorf, LLC, Hartford, CT.
    Case Number: 19-1765-cv

    Officers Could Disagree Whether Use of Baton, Dog, Taser to Subdue Prisoner Was Lawful

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dewaymon Harris, (Jenkins Correctional Facility), Millen, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Doupe, Terry Lloyd, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0736

    Court affirms denial of motion to vacate or correct a void sentence because that sentence was within statutory guidelines, regardless of improper recidivist enhancement

  • Scott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Pilgrim, (The Pilgrim Law Group, LLC), Villa Rica, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Ciccarelli, (Office of the District Attorney, Stone Mountain Circuit Office of the District Attrorney, Stone Mountan Judicial Circuit), Decatur, Sherry Boston, Heather Waters, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0989

    Defendant Failed to Show Prosecution Intentionally Goaded Him Into Moving for Mistrial

  • Gardei v. Conway et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mimi Duong, (The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associate), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuwanda Williams, Murray Weed, (Gwinnett County Department of Law), Lawrenceville, Andrew Pinson, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Tina Piper, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Rebecca Dobras, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0818

    Cause of action for declaratory and injunctive relief against enforcement of the Georgia Sex Offender Act is not time-barred when action has not yet accrued

  • Env TX Citizen Lobby v. Exxon Mobil

    Publication Date: 2022-09-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Costa
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-20545

    Appellant, ExxonMobil, owns a complex in Baytown, Texas which encompasses a refinery, a chemical plant and an olefins plant, all of which are heavily regulated by federal permits.

  • Lopez v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2022-09-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Judge: Judge Choe-Groves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-16606

    Trial counsel's failure to present testimony of firearms acoustics expert at murder trial not shown to be prejudicial

  • Court of Appeals: September 15, 2022

    Publication Date: 2022-09-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

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