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  • DOnofrio v. Vacation Publications

    Publication Date: 2018-05-07
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wiener
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16-20628

    Karen DOnofrio worked for Vacation Publications, the worlds largest seller of ocean-going cruises, as a sales representative.

  • Canelas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford (Crawford and Boyle LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosanna Szabo (Solicitor-General), Lawrenceville; Samuel D'Entremont (Gwinnett County Solicitor-General's Office), Lawrenceville; Nicole Wong (Gwinnett County Solicitor's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0764

    The Court affirmed defendant's convictions for DUI-less safe and DUI per se following a single-vehicle motorcycle crash but reversed his conviction for driving without a valid license, as the evidence did not support that conviction.

  • E.J. Brooks v. Cambridge Security Seals

    Publication Date: 2018-05-04
    Practice Area: Trade Secrets
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Associate Judge Paul G. Feinman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel B. Goldman, for appellant-respondent.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Fetterman, for respondent-appellant.
    Case Number: No. 26

    E.J. Brooks Company, &c., App.-Res., v. Cambridge Security Seals, Res.-App.

  • Rosales v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Busby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-16-00764-CR

    Rosales was convicted on two counts of super-aggravated sexual assault of a child.

  • The State v. Andre Plaines

    Publication Date: 2018-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Heap (District Attorney), Savannah; Kristjan Whiteway (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial District), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amy Ihrig (Public Defenders Office EJC), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1433

    The trial court abused its discretion in denying State's motion of its intention to introduce other-act evidence in defendant's trial, as the trial court erred in finding that the other-acts evidence was not relevant under O.C.G.A. § 24-4-404 (b).

  • People v. Britton

    Publication Date: 2018-04-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Unsigned Memorandum
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Submitted by Denise A. Corsi, for appellant.
    for defendant: Submitted by Julian Joiris, for respondent.
    Case Number: No. 86 SSM 42

    The People &c., Respondent, v. Quinn Britton, Appellant.

  • Qualls v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-04-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pittman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-16-00214-CR

    A man and woman identified as appellant and his wife went into a GameStop and the woman attempted to purchase two Xbox consoles with fifteen $50 bills along with seven dollars and some coins.

  • The State v. Orr

    Publication Date: 2018-04-18
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily Johnson (District Attorney's Office Rome Judicial Circuit), Rome; Leigh Patterson (District Attorney), Rome; Luke Martin (Floyd County District Attorney), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Pierman (McCurdy & Candler LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A2096

    The trial court did not err in granting defendant's motion for new trial following his convictions for family violence battery and cruelty to children in the third degree because the prosecutor impermissibly commented on defendant's pre-arrest silence in her closing argument and the error was not harmless.

  • Murray v. Community Health Systems Professional Corp. et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Brown (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Cathey, George Hall (Hull Barrett PC), Augusta; Richard Sheinis (Hall Booth Smith P.C.), Charlotte; Sean Cox (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A2112

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to defendants on plaintiff's retaliation claim because she failed to establish a prima facie case of retaliation but partially erred in granting defendants' motion for summary judgment on plaintiff's defamation claims, as a genuine issue of material fact remained with respect to one of the claims.

  • Clark v. AII Acquisitions LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-04-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Robert E. Shuttlesworth, Shrader & Associates, LLP, Houston, TX, on the brief, Alani Golanski, Alani Golanski, Esq., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee The Boeing Company: Brian D. Gross, Matthew T. Giardina, Jr., Manion Gaynor & Manning LLP, Providence, RI, Amaryah K. Bocchino, Stephan D. Dargitz, Manion Gaynor & Manning LLP, Wilmington, DE, on the brief, Martin F. Gaynor III, Manion Gaynor & Manning LLP, Boston, MA.2; For Defendant-Appellee Prysmian Communications Cables & Systems USA, LLC: Abbie Eliasberg Fuchs, on the brief, Bradley M. Wanner, Harris Beach, PLLC, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 17-1727-cv

    Court Abused Discretion in Invoking Judicial Estoppel in Asbestos Exposure Action