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  • Savannah Hospitality Services, LLC. v. Scriven et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Hunter, Inman Hodges, Robert Lingle, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lloyd Murray, (Lloyd D. Murray, Sr., Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, Brent Savage, Samuel Mikell, (Savage, Turner, Durham, Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellee. Eugene Hatcher, (Jones Cork, LLP), Macon, Richard Foster, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Wiley Wasden, Travis Windsor, (Brennan & Wasden, LLP), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0250

    Workers' Compensation Act is an employee's sole remedy for exacerbation of injuries that occurred in the course of employment.

  • Law Funder v. Munoz

    Publication Date: 2019-06-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-40320

    Appellee, a litigation-financing firm, held rights to portions of the proceeds of 21 lawsuits litigated by Mexican law firm SLM.

  • Masel v. Villarreal

    Publication Date: 2019-06-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge King
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-40499

    Appellees entered into an agreement with appellant physician to manage neuromonitoring procedures through their signature billing practice with the goal of making a substantial profit.

  • Galperin v. Smith Protective

    Publication Date: 2019-06-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Litigation | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Lloyd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 01-18-00427-CV

    Appellant, Galperin, challenged the dismissal of his negligence claim against Smith Protective Services, Inc. under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 91a.

  • Ex Parte Pasquale Gualtier

    Publication Date: 2019-06-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alvarez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 04-18-00539-CV

    Petitto was arrested in 2015 for driving while intoxicated and possession of marijuana.

  • Donald J. Terwilliger, &c., Appellant, v. Beazer East, Inc., &c., et al., Defendants, Honeywell International, Inc., &c., Respondent.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-12
    Practice Area: Products Liability | Toxic Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Associate Judge Paul G. Feinman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John N. Lipsitz, for appellant
    for defendant: Victoria A. Graffeo, for respondent.
    Case Number: No. 36

    In the Matter of the Eighth Judicial District Asbestos Litigation

  • Kidd v. Thomson Reuters Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-05
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Employment Compliance
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Christopher Droney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: James A. Francis, Francis & Mailman, Philadelphia, PA.
    for defendant: For Appellee: Eric C. Bosset & Neil K. Roman, on the brief, Kevin King, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C
    Case Number: 17-3550

    Firm Not 'Consumer Reporting Agency' Subject to FCRA; CLEAR Report Not 'Consumer Report'

  • Charles v. Orange County

    Publication Date: 2019-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants Michelet Charles and Carol Small: Thomas C. Rice, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on the brief, Daniel J. Stujenske, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY, Laura F. Redman, Antony P. F. Gemmell, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Orange County, State of New York, Orange County Sheriff's Department, Orange County Department of Mental Health and Carmen Elizondo, Former Clinic Director, Orange County Correctional Facility, in her individual capacity: Anthony Cardoso, Orange County Attorney's Office, Goshen, NY. For Amici Curiae American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, American Psychological Association, American Medical Association, National Association of Social Workers, American Public Health Association, and Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Ira A. Burnim, Judge David C. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, DC, on the brief, Aaron M. Panner, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae The Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement, Detention Watch Network, The Florida Justice Institute, Inc., Human Rights First, Immigrant Defense Project, The Immigrant Rights Clinic of Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., at NYU Law School, the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, The Legal Aid Society of New York, The Prison Law Office, Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, and the Urban Justice Center Mental Health Project, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants: Jamie A. Levitt, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae New York State Sheriffs' Association, in support of Defendants-Appellees: Alexander M. Wilson, New York State Sheriffs' Association, Albany, NY.
    Case Number: 17-3506-pr

    Civil Detainees Alleged Discharge Planning an Essential Part of Their In-Custody Care

  • The Law Funder v. Munoz

    Publication Date: 2019-05-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-40320

    Appellee, a litigation-financing firm, held rights to portions of the proceeds of 21 lawsuits litigated by Mexican law firm SLM.

  • Dekalb County Board of Tax Assessors v. Astor Atl, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-05-20
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jermaine Walker, Laura Johnson, (Chief Assistant County Attorney), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sara Sorenson, (Sorenson Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0516

    Property value assessments are limited to the purchase price paid in a foreclosure sale