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  • Perez v. Cunningham

    Publication Date: 2020-07-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brad Macdonald, (Hill/MacDonald, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christina Cunningham, Woodstock, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0601

    Court Erred in Retroactively Modifying Father's Child Support Obligation and Improperly Applying Upward Deviation Based on His Lack of Parenting Time

  • Georgia Department of Transportation v. Mixon

    Publication Date: 2020-07-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Gibson, (Gibson & Associates, PC), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0690

    Sovereign Immunity Was Waived for Nuisance Claim; Inverse Condemnation Claim Arose Out of Alleged Nuisance to Which Sovereign Immunity Is Inapplicable

  • Morris v. Real Estate Expert Advisors, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Discovery
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Rafi, (Rafi Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Arthur York, (Swift Currie Mcghee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Leland Kynes, (Kynes Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Barnes, (Barnes Firm LLP), Atlanta, Tyler Walker, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, Adam Joffe, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Robert Noble, (Goodman McGuffey LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Lloyd Hedrick, (Hedrick Law LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0038

    Court reverses summary judgment grant that was based on the defendants' responses to requests to admit, which responses were not binding on the plaintiff

  • In re Kherkher

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Zimmerer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-20-00310-CV

    Relator filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting the court compel Lillie Schechter, Chair of the Harris County Democratic Party, to declare Bittanye Lashay Morris ineligible to be on the November 3, 2020 general election ballot for the position of judge.

  • West v. City of Houston Texas

    Publication Date: 2020-06-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-20294

    Appellant challenged an adverse summary judgment entered on her claims against her former employer, the City of Houston, for discrimination and creating a hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Lewis, (JCTL Law LLC), Colorado Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Majeska, Henry Syms, (District Attorney, Augusta Jud. Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0299

    Court Did Not Err in Denying Defendant's Motion for a Mistrial; Inadvertent Publication of Part of Witness Interview Did Not Infringe on Defendant's Right to a Fair Trial

  • Court of Appeals:June 11, 2020

    Publication Date: 2020-06-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Court of Appeals:June 11, 2020

  • Lamb v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas White, (Attorney at Law), Warner Robbins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karl Cooke, Cara Fiore, (Macon Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0685

    Throwing Lighter Fluid Without Showing Lighter Was Sufficient to Establish its Use as an Offensive Weapon; Armed Robbery Conviction Affirmed

  • In re Grand Jury Proceeding

    Publication Date: 2020-06-09
    Practice Area: Discovery | Information Governance and Compliance
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Justice Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick M. Oberlander, Esq., pro se, Montauk, New York.
    for defendant: For Movant-Appellee United States of America: Stephen C. Green, on the brief, Richard D. Belliss, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Grant C. Jaquith, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Albany, New York.
    Case Number: 18-3485

    As Second Grand Jury Issued Identical Subpoena Circuit Had Jurisdiction Over Quash Motion

  • Allen v. CFYC Construction, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-06-02
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Beal, Nicholas Smith, (Buckley Beal LLP), Atlanta, Hugh Wood, (Wood & Meredith, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hugh Wood, (Wood & Meredith, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0534

    Court reverses summary judgment grant for land purchaser that did not establish a reasonable time for performance of a contract