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  • Smith v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Trotter
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    Case Number: 11-19-00222-CR

    A criminal defendant, who was found guilty of solicitation, was unable to prove that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a video of an officer who was unable to testify at trial.

  • Turner v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pedersen
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    Case Number: 05-19-01328-CR

    A jury found appellant guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen years of age, and the trial court assessed his punishment at fifty years' confinement and a $1,000 fine.

  • Caruthers et al. v. City of Rochelle, Georgia

    Publication Date: 2021-06-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Ford, (James Lee Ford, P.C.), Atlanta, Mitchell McGough, (Mitchel E. McGough Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sara Brochstein, Dana Maine, Kevin Stone, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0038

    Court affirmed jury verdict for City in a negligence and nuisance case where a decedent fell into a hole dug by City employees on private property

  • Primera v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alley
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    Case Number: 08-19-00135-CR

    A jury convicted appellant of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, enhanced by a prior felony drug conviction, and sentenced him to 70 years' imprisonment.

  • General Motors LLC v. Buchanan et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-02
    Practice Area: Diversity | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Jonathan Spital, (Holland & Knight), Atlanta, Charles Marsh, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, Brian Kappel, Michael Bell, Rachel Lary, Christopyer Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Myrece Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Richard North, Richard North, (Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Dawson, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Lance Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Leah Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William Custer, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Glover, (Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis Miles), Montgomery, Darren Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: A21A0043

    Court affirms denial of a protective order that sought to preclude a deposition of GM's CEO and declines to adopt the apex doctrine in Georgia

  • In the interest of CJC

    Publication Date: 2021-05-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Williams
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    Case Number: 11-20-00260-CV

    A father, who claimed that the trial court erred in relation to his child-support matter, failed to prove that the trial court did not have the authorization to order post-termination child support.

  • White v. US Corrections

    Publication Date: 2021-05-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wilson
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    Case Number: 19-51074

    Appellant filed suit on behalf of herself and other employees against U.S. Corrections, her former employer and two other entities, alleging an overtime-pay claim and a recordkeeping claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

  • Apache v. Castex Offshore

    Publication Date: 2021-05-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Christopher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-19-00605-CV

    The parties entered into several joint operating agreements, one of which involved the expansion of a natural gas processing facility and another involved drilling a well.

  • Smith v. Tibbits, Executor et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-20
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Donald Defoor, (Don F. Defor, P.C.), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Carlson, Harry MacDougald, Christine Buckler, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & DeLoach, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1987

    Court reverses summary judgment in favor of an estate executor when genuine issue of material fact existed as to whether certain real and other property had been transferred

  • Osorio Lopez v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Stevens
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    Case Number: 06-18-00197-CR

    After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of evading arrest or detention with a vehicle and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.