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  • Union Carbide Corporation v. Brannan et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Payne, William Massey, Philip Sandick, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Buck, (Buck Law Firm), Peachtree Corners, Brian Kinsley, Greensboro, for Appellee
    Case Number: A21A0143

    Court affirms denial of motion to dismiss personal injury claims of a decedent's estate where prior pending claims doctrine did not bar the refiling

  • Shepherd v. Unknown Party

    Publication Date: 2021-07-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-15834

    Inmate may claim actual innocence of career offender enhancement only if subjected to mandatory sentence under mandatory sentencing scheme

  • Rose v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula Free, (Law Office of Paula O'Neal Stewart), Winder, David Thomson, (Beisswenger & Thomson P.A.), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0172

    Court affirms contempt finding as to child support payments in a divorce proceeding but vacates an attorney fee award that was not supported by findings of fact or statute

  • Douglas R. Wilson et al v. Redmond Construction, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-09
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Evidence
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lovett, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Evans, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0506

    Bona Fide Controversy Precluded Attorney Fees Award For Stubborn Litigiousness or Unnecessary Trouble and Expense

  • Landrum v. Three Aces Towing

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Premises Liability | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Poissant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-19-00409-CV

    Appellant argued that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to appellee and was able to show to that there were still genuine issues of material facts as to a breach of duty.

  • Thompson v. Microsoft

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginbotham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-50218

    Appellant, John Thompson, challenged the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of his employer, Microsoft, on his claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act for failure to accommodate, discrimination, and creation of a hostile work environment.

  • Doxey v. Crissey et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hylton Dupree, Blake Carl, (Dupree & Kimbrough, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Beard, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Richard Calhoun, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0203

    Court vacates amended order and remands case for the trial court to conduct proceedings and to consider evidence on the changed use of an easement

  • In Re Ragas

    Publication Date: 2021-07-01
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Morgan, (Attorney at Law), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Erik Pirozzi, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0237

    Court reverses order of criminal attempt that had been issued against an attorney due to insufficient evidence to show violation of any order directed at the attorney

  • U.S. v. Eldridge

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Katherine A. Gregory, Assistant United States Attorney, for James P. Kennedy, Jr., United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Thamud Eldridg: Devin McLaughlin, Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP, Middlebury, VT. For Defendant-Appellant Kevin Allen: Cheryl M. Buth, Meyers Buth Law Group, Orchard Park, NY.
    Case Number: 18-3294-cr

    Curtain Around Tables Did Not Deprive Defendants of Fair Trial; FSA §403 Inapplicable

  • Ray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Luttrell, (Attorney at Law), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sonya Chachere-Compton, (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, Ryan Leonard, (District Attorney), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0338

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Denying Child Cruelty Defendant's Motion to Withdraw Based on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel