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  • Garcia v. USA

    Publication Date: 2021-02-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-40718

    While patrolling the Brownsville Ship Channel around midnight, a United States Coast Guard vessel struck and killed Cervantes, a Mexican citizen who was attempted to enter the United States illegally by swimming across the channel.

  • In the Interest of K. G. V., a child.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darice Good, (Darice M. Good, LLC d.b.a Good Legal Firm, LLC), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Yari Lawson, (Lawson Raines, LLP), Lawrenceville, Cynthia Lain, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Tyler Vandenberg, Christina Bridger, (Bridger Law Firm), Duluth, for appellee. LeAnne Hicks, (The Chancey Law Firm, PC), Braselton, Linda McKinley, Rachel Patton, (Attorney at Law), Winder, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0033

    Court reverses dismissal of a permanent guardian's petition for adoption, ruling that permanent guardianship does not foreclose the guardian from seeking adoption

  • Reed v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-01-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 07-19-00372-CR

    Appellant was convicted for official oppression and aggravated perjury.

  • Barbara Cantrell et al. v. AU Medical Center, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-21
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Bush, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Floyd Taylor, James Painter, Amanda Lynde, (Brennan, Wasden & Painter LLC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2101

    Court reverses dismissal of medical negligence complaint after determining that the affidavit attached to the plaintiff's complaint met statutory requirements

  • Allen v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-19-00898-CR

    Appellant pled guilty to attempted theft in 2012.

  • USA v. Morton

    Publication Date: 2021-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-10842

    The issue presented to the court was whether the good-faith exception to the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule allowed officers to search photographs on a defendant's cellphones for evidence of drug possession when the affidavits supporting the search warrants were based only on evidence of personal drug possession and an officer's generalized allegations about the behavior of drug traffickers not drug users.

  • Aquatic Care v. Cooper

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-18-01108-CV

    Appellee's doctor referred her to appellant for aquatic therapy to treat pain and numbness in her legs.

  • Brown v. Tarbert

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Consumer Protection | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-18-00388-CV

    Appellants leased a house from appellee Tarbert in 2015.

  • Isaac v. Burnside

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-18-01096-CV

    Following a bench trial, the trial court rendered judgment in favor of a decedent's widow on her breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims against the independent executor of the decedent's estate for failing to give her one-half of the money in the decedent's bank accounts and by failing to reimburse her for expenses she incurred for the decedent's funeral.

  • Rice et al. v. Fulton County, Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-06
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham, (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Palmer, (Knight Palmer, LLC), Atlanta, Ranse Partin, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, Lindsey Hillis, Delia Williams-Carroll, (The Hillis Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Colin Delaney, Anthony Rollins, Edward Wasmuth, Leah Sears, Robin Burnette, (Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Cheryl Ringer, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Burwell, (Fulton County Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Jeffrey Haymore, (Dillard Sellers, LLC), Atlanta, Anamaria Hazard, Reginald Martin, (City of Atlanta, Law Department), Atlanta, C. Thomas, Michael Stacy, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, Ken Jarrard, Gregory Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Patrick Stough, E. Cox, Dennis Davenport, (McNally, Fox, Grant & Davenport, P.C.), Fayetteville, Richard Lindsey, (Lindsey Law Firm PC), Peachtree City, Winston Denmark, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Emilia Walker, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, John O'Neal, (Clayton County Boad of Commisioners), Jonesboro, Valorri Jones, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Christa Freeman, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Huening, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, Meredith Germain, (Turner Ross Germain, LLC), Marietta, William Turner, (Turner & Ross, LLC), Marietta, Daniel Lee, (Attorney For The City of Sandy Springs), Sandy Springs, Matthew Weiss, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, Brad Bowman, Decatur, Chad Alexis, (Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, Ernest Bennett, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Richard Carothers, (Attorney at Law), Buford, David Davidson, Robert Hulsey, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Lajuana Ransaw, Andrew Welch, Priya Patel, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1898

    Taxpayers Stated Class Action Claim Under Tax Refund Statute For Allegedly Illegal Assessments