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West et al. v. Bowser et al.

Publication Date: 2022-09-09
Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Industry: Health Care
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Brown
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance McCoy, (The McCoy Law Firm), Cartersville, Robert Walker, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert Luskin, Robert Noble, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, David Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kathleen Simcoe, (Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A21A0055

Court affirms order compelling arbitration in a wrongful death matter and determines that the underlying arbitration agreement is enforceable.

U.S. v. Ragonese

Publication Date: 2022-09-07
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Robert Sack
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Christine I. Magdo, Won S. Shin, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Daniel H. Wolf, Assistant United States Attorney, for Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Colleen P. Cassidy, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY.
Case Number: 20-3371-cr

Prior State Conviction Is Held Categorically Related to Sexual Abuse of a Minor

September 6, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Hill & Stout, PLLC v. Mut. of Enumclaw Ins. Co.

The Washington Supreme Court has become the fifth state supreme court to rule in insurers' favor in COVID-19 business interruption litigation.

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Rath v. Jo-Ann Stores LLC

Publication Date: 2022-09-06
Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Employment Litigation
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Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, U.S. - WDNY
Judge: District Judge William Skretny
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Case Number: 21-CV-791

'Harm' From Being Paid Biweekly Inadequately Alleged for Article III Standing Purposes

August 30, 2022 | The American Lawyer

Dentons' Latest Malpractice Appeal Bid Rejected by Court

The firm is on the hook for a $32 million malpractice verdict. The latest ruling lets stand wider questions about Swiss vereins and law firm conflict checks.

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Griffith v. Reyes

Publication Date: 2022-08-29
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Rodriguez
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Case Number: 04-21-00289-CV

In 2009, appellant, Kenneth Griffith, and appellee, Martha Reyes were divorced via a final decree signed by a judge in the Medina County Court of Law.

August 26, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Swift Transportation Co. v. Carman

The Arizona Supreme Court has reversed a ruling that allowed the family of a victim of a fatal car crash to pursue punitive damages against a trucking company, reasserting its holding in a 1986 decision that negligent acts alone are not sufficient to tack on extra damages.

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Belya v. Kapral

Publication Date: 2022-08-23
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Richard B. Katskee, on the brief, Bradley Girard, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, and Oleg Rivkin, Rivkin Law Group PLLC, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Daniel H. Blomberg, Lori H. Windham, Daniel D. Benson, on the brief, Diana Verm Thomson, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, and Donald J. Feerick, Jr., Feerick Nugent MacCartney, PLLC, South Nyack, NY. For Amici Curiae Professor Michael W. McConnell and Professor Douglas Laycock: Thomas G. Hungar, Andrew G.I. Kilberg, John Matthew Butler, Jason Manion, Macey L. Olave, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, and San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Assemblies of God (USA), Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy of the Anglican Church in North America, General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Gordon D. Todd, Daniel J. Hay, John L. Gibbons, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Ryan Paulsen, Ryan N. Gardner, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX. For Amici Curiae Constitutional Law Scholars, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Matthew T. Nelson, Warner Norcross + Judd LLP, Grand Rapids, MI. James A. Campbell, Solicitor General of Nebraska; Douglas J. Peterson, Attorney General of Nebraska; David T. Bydalek, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Nebraska; Steve Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama; Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona; Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas; Chris Carr, Attorney General of Georgia; Derek Schmidt, Attorney General of Kansas; Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky; Jeff Landry, Attorney General of Louisiana; Lynn Fitch, Attorney General of Mississippi; Eric S. Schmitt, Attorney General of Missouri; Austin Knudsen, Attorney General of Montana; John M. O'Connor, Attorney General of Oklahoma; Alan Wilson, Attorney General of South Carolina; and Sean D. Reyes, Attorney General of Utah, for Amici Curiae States of Nebraska, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah, in support of Defendants-Appellants.
Case Number: 21-1498

Church Autonomy, Collateral Order Doctrines Discussed in Defamation Appeal's Dismissal

U.S. Bank, N.A. v. Marcia

Publication Date: 2022-08-23
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
Judge: Justice David P. Sullivan
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Case Number: 1132/2017

Foreclosure Precluded by Predecessor's Untimely Discontinuance of Prior Foreclosure Action

Texas Fair Plan v. Ahmed

Publication Date: 2022-08-22
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Litigation
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Spain
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Case Number: 14-20-00585-CV

Appellee, Adil Ahmed, had his home insured by appellant Texas FAIR Plan Association and sustained hail damage in spring 2015.