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  • Swanzy v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Horton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 09-22-00136-CR

    A jury found appellant guilty of Driving While Intoxicated 3rd or More.

  • Humphrey et al. v. The Emory Clinic, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-03
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Alderman, Darren Summerville, Meghan Hatfield Yanacek, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Alison Currie, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, John Mabrey, (The Mabrey Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Marcovitch, Anna Pieschel, Caroline Gieser, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP), Atlanta, Paul Weathington, Carter Weathington, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, Spencer Bomar, Wayne McGrew, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0735

    Court affirms exclusion of expert opinions as to standard of care and causation against physician specialists because those opinions did not satisfy OCGA § 24-7-702.

  • Connecticut ex rel. Tong v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-03
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | Mining and Resources | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee State of Connecticut: Matthew I. Levine, Deputy Associate Attorney General; Daniel M. Salton, Jonathan E. Harding, Assistant Attorneys General, on the brief, Benjamin W. Cheney, Assistant Attorney General, for William M. Tong, Attorney General of Connecticut, Hartford, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Exxon Mobil Corporation: Justin Anderson, Kyle Smith, William T. Marks, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC; Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Daniel J. Toal, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Kevin M. Smith, Tadhg Dooley, Wiggin & Dana LLP, New Haven, CT; Robert M. Langer, Wiggin & Dana, LLP, Hartford, CT; Patrick J. Conlon, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Spring, TX, on the brief, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 21-1446-CV

    CUTPA Claims Did Not Raise Transboundary Pollution as Needed Element for Liability

  • Johnson v. Kimbrough

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Baker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 03-22-00100-CV

    A prior court order appointed appellant, the maternal great-grandmother of the child who is the subject of the suit, as joint managing conservator with the child's mother.

  • The State v. Small

    Publication Date: 2023-09-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ruth Pawlak, Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, (Assistant District Attorney Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1140

    Court reverses order granting defendant's new trial motion, finding there was no basis to conclude that his trial counsel performed deficiently as to a jury charge request

  • Elisa W. v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Antony L. Ryan, Justin C. Clarke, Nicole M. Peles, on the brief, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, Marcia Robinson Lowry, A Better Childhood, Inc., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee City of New York: Claude S. Platton & Richard Dearing, on the brief, Jamison Davies, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York for Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Sheila J. Poole: Ester Murdukhayeva, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Elizabeth A. Brody, Assistant Solicitor General, for Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, New York State Office of the Attorney General, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 22-7

    Court Erred in Analyzing FRCP 23(a) Requirements in Class Suit Over NYC Foster Care System

  • In the Interest of C.J.B.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wilson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-23-00186/00208-CV

    In September 2021, T.A.B., a four-year-old minor, was sent to the school nurse for a four-inch laceration on his arm.

  • Saldivar-Lopez v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Contreras
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 13-22-00242-CR

    Appellant was convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a young child, a first-degree felony, and he was sentenced to twenty-five years' imprisonment.

  • Court of Appeals: September 21, 2023

    Publication Date: 2023-09-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

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  • In The Matter of K.H.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Hightower
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 01-22-00816-CR

    A criminal defendant, who was committed to the juvenile justice department for twenty years for felony murder, failed to prove on appeal that he was entitled to relief.