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  • Bransten v. NYS

    Publication Date: 2017-11-22
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Per Curiam Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan M. Klinger, for respondents.
    for defendant: Judith N. Vale, for appellant.
    Case Number: No. 67

    Eileen Bransten, &c., et al., Respondent v. State of New York, Appellant

  • Carlson v. AIG

    Publication Date: 2017-11-22
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Judge Rowan D. Wilson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward J. Markarian, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin D. Szczepanski, for respondents American International Group, Inc., et al. Paul Kovner, for respondent American Alternative Insurance Co. Patrick J. Lawless, for respondent DHL Express (USA), Inc.
    Case Number: No. 47

    Michael J. Carlson, Sr., &c., Appellant, v. American International Group, Inc., et al., Re

  • Chauca v. Abraham

    Publication Date: 2017-11-22
    Practice Area: Damages | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Judge Michael J. Garcia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Bergstein, for appellant.
    for defendant: Arthur H. Forman, for respondents. Anti-Discrimination Center, Inc.; City of New York; National Employment Lawyers Association/New York (NELA/NY), amici curiae.
    Case Number: No. 113

    Veronika Chauca, Appellant, v. Jamil Abraham, et al., Respondents.

  • LVP Assocs. LLC v. Bank of China, New York Branch

    Publication Date: 2017-11-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Sidney Stein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-cv-5274

    Borrowers May Repay Loans and Have Repayment Proceeds Strictly Applied to Such Loans

  • The State v. Licata

    Publication Date: 2017-11-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Keller (Sr. Assistant Solicitor General), Cumming; William Finch (Solicitor General of Forsyth County), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Woodrow Smith (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Matthew Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1200

    The trial court erred in granting DUI defendant's motion to suppress the results field sobriety tests and evidence of his refusal to take a breath test because he was sufficiently warned of his right not to incriminate himself before the field sobriety tests and he was not entitled to counsel when deciding whether to submit to the state-requested breath test.

  • Smith v. Found et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Smith (Young Thagard Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta; William Purvis (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James King (Hudson King), Tifton; Joseph Hudson (Sims, Fleming, Hudson & Crosby), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1312

    Defendant was entitled to summary judgment in plaintiff's negligence action arising after her husband, a farm employee, died when he was pinned under a tractor tire while trying to remove it by himself, because the employee assumed the risk of injury as a matter of law and had equal or greater knowledge of the hazardous condition.

  • Fulton County, Georgia v. Soco Contracting Company, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Freeman, Cathy Nash, Bethany White (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City; Cheryl Ringer (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta; Denval Stewart (Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Roberts (Roberts Construction Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Larry Ramsey (ACCG), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A17A1001

    The trial court erred in denying county's motion for summary judgment in construction company's suit arising out of a contract for the construction of a cultural center because county was entitled to sovereign immunity on causes of action related to unwritten change orders.

  • USA v. Gibson

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 15-20323

    A jury convicted defendants of participating in three conspiracies: one to defraud Medicare, one to pay unlawful kickbacks and a third to launder money.

  • In the Interest of B.H.R.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Moseley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 06-17-00081-CV

    Texas brought suit to terminate the parental rights of Della to her daughter Brie. Following a jury trial, Dellas parental rights were terminated.

  • Hare v. Longstreet

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Hoyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 12-17-00062-CV

    In 1988, L. D. Hare opened a checking account at Austin Bank; two years later he added Sherry A. Longstreet to the account. In 2015, Hare added his son, appellant, to the same account; Hare died later that year.