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  • Texas Health Harris v. Featherly

    Publication Date: 2022-04-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Birdwell
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    Case Number: 02-19-00199-CV

    A hospital, that placed a statutory lien against an emergency room patient's personal injury case, successfully proved on appeal that the trial court erred in its deliberations.

  • Villages of Cascade Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Edwards

    Publication Date: 2022-04-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Daly, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Smith, (Law Offices of Michael Smith, LLC), Decatur, Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1336

    Court reverses denial of Homeowners Association's motion for summary judgment on injured resident's claims for premises liability, nuisance, and punitive damages

  • Hughes v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2022-04-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Hassan
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    Case Number: 14-20-00628-CR

    A criminal defendant, who was convicted of tampering with a government record, successfully proved on appeal that the trial court erred in its deliberations.

  • Thompson v. Dekalb County, Georgia

    Publication Date: 2022-03-31
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Government | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eleanor Attwood, (Legare Attwood & Wolfe LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randy Gepp, Ann Schildhammer, Marc Taylor, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1754

    Whistleblower Law Claimant Failed to Rebut Employer's Direct Evidence He Was Terminated For Stated Reasons

  • Shuler v. Akpan

    Publication Date: 2022-03-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond Humphrey, (The Law Office of Raymond C. Humphrey, Esq.), Dunwoody, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Tallant, Jonah Howell, (Miles Patterson Hansford Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1475

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motion to set aside a default judgment because plaintiff failed to show diligence in serving defendant before service by publication

  • Duarte v. Mayorkas

    Publication Date: 2022-03-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis
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    Case Number: 18-20784

    Appellants, Honduran immigrants who were ordered deported but then granted temporary protected status after the Attorney General determined they could not be safely returned to Honduras in the aftermath of a 1999 hurricane, brought suit challenging a subsequent decision by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service administratively closing their cases, finding that it lacked jurisdiction because, notwithstanding their recent readmittance following temporary travel abroad, they were not "arriving aliens."

  • Texas Petroleum v. McMillan

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Energy and Natural Resources | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Williams
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    Case Number: 11-19-00341-CV

    A group of individuals, who claimed that they were the rightful owners of a mineral estate but lost on summary judgment, failed to show on appeal how the court erred in its decisions.

  • Wood et al. v. Wade et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Wood, (L. Lin Wood, P.C.), Atlanta, Ibrahim Reyes, (Reyes Lawyers, P.A.), Coral Gables, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Beal, Milinda Brown, (Buckley Beal LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0558

    Court affirms interlocutory injunction to enforce a non-disparagement clause in a settlement agreement between attorneys that were formerly in business together

  • ET v. Paxton

    Publication Date: 2021-12-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wilson
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    Case Number: 21-51083

    The Texas attorney general, who sought to stay an order pending the appeal to mask mandate lawsuits, successfully proved to the appellate court why it should be granted.

  • Bene v. State of Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Woodham, (Woodham Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Daniel McRae, (Seyfarth Shaw LLP), Atlanta, Sandra Zayac, Henry Chalmers, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Craig Pendergrast, (Taylor English), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A1143

    Superior Court Properly Validated and Confirmed Bonds and Bond Security Related to the Financing of Four Development Projects in Fulton County