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  • Conn. Gen. Life Ins. Co. v. BioHealth Labs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury | White Collar Crime
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs Appellants: Emily S. Costin, on the brief, Edward T. Kang, Alston & Bird LLP, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Todd M. Brooks, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP, Baltimore, MD, on the brief, Scott M. Hare, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP, Pittsburgh, PA.
    Case Number: 20-2312-cv

    ERISA, Equitable Claims Governed by Laches Not Limitation; Legal Claims' Dismissal Upheld

  • Accelerated Claims, Inc. v. Howell & Johnson, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-01-26
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Bogan, Curtis Garrett, Jeffrey Fisher, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Johnson, (Howell & Johnson, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Samuel Rutherford, Michael Barry, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Carl Anderson, Thomas Mock, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Colin Moriarty, (Moriarty Law, PC), Athens, Kevin Elwell, (K.M. Elwell, P.C.), Athens, William Stone, (William S. Stone, P.C.), Blakely, Ryals Stone, (Boone & Stone), Atlanta, for Other party.
    Case Number: A20A1860

    Court vacates an award that enforced a prior judgment of fees to a non-party because the trial court lacked jurisdiction, and vacates a separate additional award

  • In Re Estate of George Thomas Cornett, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-24
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Diffley, Marguerite Miller, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Theodore Welch, Theodore Welch, (Stillman Welch LLC), Atlanta, Spence Johnson, (Johnson Marlowe LLP), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0856

    Court affirms removal of successor executor of an estate following probate court findings of mismanagement and dissipation of estate assets

  • Pneumo Abex, LLC, et al. v. Sheila Long, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-12
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Hempel, Gregory O'Neil, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Valentin Leppert, (King & Spalding LLP), Frances Spinelli, Ivan Gustafson, (Evert Weathersby Houff), Atlanta, Robyn Richards, Andrew Davenport, Paul Williams, (Kasowitz Benson Torress, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Sharon Zinns, (Zinns Law, LLC), Smyrna, S. Tate, (Akin & Tate), Cartersville, for appellee. Laura Shamp, Joshua Silk, (Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1442

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Granting Partial Summary Judgment to Deceased's Wife as to Companies' Non-Party Fault Defense and on 'Alternative Carcinogens'

  • Hagan et al. v. Hagan

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hagan, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Renee Neary, (Mayoue Gray Eittreim, PC), Atlanta, John Collar, (Boyd, Collar Nolen & Tuggle, LLC), Atlanta, Douglas Scribner, William Repko, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eugene Chambers, Paul Duckworth, (Eugene P. Chambers, III, P.C.), Atlanta, Joseph Sullivan, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1480

    Evidence Established Transfer of Ownership of Life Insurance Policy

  • Coen v. Aptean, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Timothy Coen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Ames, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, Steven Collins, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Rachel Gage, Richard Robbins, Alexa Ross, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0522

    Statutory Abusive Litigation Claim Asserted in Renewal Suit Was Not Time-Barred; Derivative Request for Punitive Damages Also Not Time-Barred

  • A20A0768. Dockery et al. v. Haedong Industries Corp., Ltd. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darren Penn, Alexandra Cole, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Eric Ripper, (Ripper Law Firm PC), Atlanta, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Diffley, Lara Tumeh, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0767

    Court in Wrongful Death Suit Incorrectly Granted Defendants' Motion to Set Aside Default Judgment; Remanded for Specification as to Basis for Decision

  • Aliera Healthcare, Inc. v. Anabaptist Healthshare et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Health Care Law | Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronan Doherty, Kamal Ghali, Robert Ashe, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Joseph Letzer, Gregory Harley, Elizabeth Shirley, Jacob Burchfield, (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kyle Wallace, Gavin Reinke, Andrew Brown, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0435

    Health Plan Administrator's Commingling of Its Own Funds With Funds Belonging to Separate Entity Warranted Injunctive Relief

  • Alston & Bird, LLP v. Hatcher Management Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-06-24
    Practice Area: Damages | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A20A0217

    Court affirms legal malpractice verdict, reverses award of prejudgment interest, and reverses erroneous reduction in award

  • Jackson v. Abernathy

    Publication Date: 2020-06-02
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Jeremy A. Lieberman, Marc I. Gross, on the brief, Tamar A. Weinrib, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY; Patrick V. Dahlstrom, Pomerantz LLP, Chicago, IL
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Thomas J. Falk, and Mark A. Buthman: Francesca E. Brody, on the brief, Eamon P. Joyce, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Christopher Y. Lee, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL For Defendants-Appellees Avanos Medical, Inc., Robert E. Abernathy, and Steven E. Voskuil: Brett D. Jaffe, Elizabeth Gingold Clark, on the brief, John A. Jordak, Jr., Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 19-1300-cv

    Inference of Collective Corporate Scienter Not Raised in Suit Over Defective Surgery Gown