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  • 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

  • Johnson v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-04-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-16-00658-CR

    The grand jury for the 209th District Court of Harris County returned an indictment against appellant for aggravated robbery and the district clerk assigned the case to the 263rd District Court of Harris County.

  • Armour Pipe v. Sandel Energy

    Publication Date: 2018-04-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-16-00490-CV

    In 1999 and again in 2000, Armour executed an assignment of certain rights to Sandel, with reservations, including to royalty interests.

  • Legacy Academy, Inc. v. Doles-Smith Enterprises, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-03
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Bachman (Gregory Doyle Calhoun & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cary Ichter (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; William Davis (Ichter Davis, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A2102

    Res Judicata Barred Francisor From Seeking Remedies It Could Have Pursued Against Franchisee in Prior Action

  • Lohan v. Take-Two

    Publication Date: 2018-03-30
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Software
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Eugene M. Fahey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank A. Delle Donne, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeremy Feigelson, for respondents.
    Case Number: No. 24

    Lindsay Lohan, Appellant, v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., et al., Respondents.

  • Frye v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Overocker (Office of the Public Defender Coweta Judicial Circuit), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anne Allen (Assistant District Attorney), Carrollton; Peter Skandalakis (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1554

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding certain evidence defendant sought to admit in his trial for child molestation and aggravated sexual battery of his minor granddaughter because the proposed evidence did not comport with the narrow exception to Georgias Rape Shield statute.

  • Gonzalez v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-03-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-16-00257-CR

    A trial court found appellant, an indigent person, guilty of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury and assessed punishment at ten years but suspended the sentence and placed him on community supervision.

  • City Of El Cenizo v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-03-26
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-50762

    Various Texas cities, counties and local officials challenged Senate Bill 4, which prohibited sanctuary city policies throughout the state.

  • Winn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-26
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Clark (Andy Clark Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amelia Pray (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta; D. Reynolds (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1550

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Establish Defendant's Constructive Possession of Gun and Drugs Found in His Room