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State v. Springer

Publication Date: 2015-07-06
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, LaGrange, and Anne C. Allen, Assistant District Attorney, Carrollton, for appellant.
for defendant: Margaret E. Flynt Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, and Maryellen Simmons Public Defender's Office, Carrollton, for appellee. Amicus Appellant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, and Gary D. Bergman Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia, Morrow.
Case Number: S14G1539

The Court overruled Jackson v. State and its progeny in holding that the defendant's convictions for aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter based on reckless conduct were not mutually excl

Phillips v. Harmon

Publication Date: 2015-07-06
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hines, P. Harris
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly W. Grant, Wayne Grant Grant Law Office, and Jonathan A. Parrish The Parrish Law Firm LLC, Atlanta, for Phillips. Michael S. Bailey and Anna B. Fretwell Huff, Powell Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for Harmon. John E. Hall Jr., W. Scott Henwood, Nathan A. Gaffney Hall Booth Smith PC, Atlanta, and Mark W. Wortham Hall Booth Smith PC, Columbus, for Henry Med. Ctr. Inc.. Amicus Appellant in Case No. S14G1868: Charles M. Cork III, Macon.
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Case Number: S14G1868; S14G1893; S14G1895

The medical malpractice plaintiffs were entitled to a new trial following a verdict in favor of the hospital defendants, because the trial court responded to a note from the jury during deliberation

Valley Crest Landscape Development, Inc. v. Mission Pools of Escondido, Inc.

Publication Date: 2015-07-06
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Date Filed: 2015-06-26
Court: C.A. 4th
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman, Kevin D. Smith, Yvette M. Dumas and Nicholas M. Gedo for Cross complainant and Respondent and for Intervener and Respondent.
for defendant: Murchison & Cumming and Edmund G. Farrell III for Cross defendant and Appellant.
Case Number: No. G049060

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 7412 VALLEY CREST LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT, INC., Cross‑complainant and Respondent, v.p class

July 6, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

BP to Settle Oil Spill Claims for $18.7B, Payout Over 18 Years

After five long litigious years in the wake of the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the oil giant BP recently reached an agreement in principle to settle for up to $18.7

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HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, PETITIONERS, v. EDWARD A. AND NORMA KERR, ET AL., RESPONDENTS

Publication Date: 2015-07-06
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Date Filed: 2015-06-12
Court: SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
Judge: John P. Devine
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Case Number: 13-0303

SUPREME COURT OF TEXASHARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT AND HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, PETITIONERS, v. EDWARD A. AND NORMA K

July 6, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

BP to Settle Oil Spill Claims for $18.7B, Payout Over 18 Years

After five long litigious years in the wake of the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the oil giant BP recently reached an agreement in principle to settle for up to $18.7 billion all federal, state and local claims arising from the 2010 event.

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ALBERT WOODFOX, PetitionerAppellee, v. BURL CAIN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary; James Caldwell, RespondentsAppellants.

Publication Date: 2015-07-03
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Date Filed: 2015-06-12
Court: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
Judge: JERRY E. SMITH
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Case Number: 15-30506

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUITALBERT WOODFOX, PetitionerAppellee, versus BURL CAIN, Warden, Louisian

Santos v. Brown

Publication Date: 2015-07-02
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Date Filed: 2015-06-02
Court: C.A. 3rd
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashford & Strasser, Laura Bean Strasser and Nina Salarno Ashford for Plaintiffs and Appellants Frederico and Kathy Santos. Bonnie M. Dumanis, District Attorney and Laura E. Tanney, Deputy District Attorney for Plaintiff and Appellant Bonnie M. Dumanis.
for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Constance L. LeLouis and Ward A. Campbell, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, Seth E. Goldstein, Deputy Attorney General for Defendants and Respondents.
Case Number: No. C072785

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 7334 FREDERICO SANTOS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. EDMUND G

Mitchell v. Valenzuela

Publication Date: 2015-07-01
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Date Filed: 2015-07-01
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding Before: Harry Pregerson, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, Michael David Weinstein (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender, and Mark Raymond Drozdowski, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles, California for Petitioner-Appellant.
for defendant: Kamala Harris, Attorney General, Dane Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Michael Johnsen, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Kim Aarons (argued) and Ana Duarte, Deputy Attorneys General, Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, California for Respondent-Appellee.
Case Number: No. 12-55041

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 7201 KEITH ANDREW MITCHELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. ELVIN VALENZU

July 1, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Court Strikes $3 Million Transfer in Family Beef

A millionaire's wife came out on the winning end of an appellate ruling Wednesday in a twisted family dispute case pitting her against her grown stepchildren.The Fourth District Court

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