Filter This View

  • Clowers v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-10-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Hughes Hughes & Manning LLP, and F. Renee Regard Rockwell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Ballard, District Attorney, Robert Smith, Assistant District Attorney, Fayetteville, and Adam Younker, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A1625

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions for selling marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and obstructing law enforcement officers arising from his participation in

  • October 21, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Associates Class of 2013

    Things just keep looking up for associate hiring at New Jersey’s larger firms. Since 2010, there’s been a steady rise in staffing rates, and it continued this year. Though weR

    1 minute read

  • October 1, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Recent Action

    Following is a listing of legislative and executive action for the week of September 23. The General Assembly was set to return to session September 30. Healt

    1 minute read

  • Norfolk S. Ry. Co. v. Zeagler

    Publication Date: 2013-09-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Stewart and Amanda R. Smith Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer LLP, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Christopher R. Jordan and Randall A. Jordan The Jordan Firm, St. Simons Island. Darl H. Champion Jr., Michael J. Warshauer, Douglas C. Dumont, and Lyle G. Warshauer Warshauer Law Group PC, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: John A. Harp, Jefferson C. Callier Harp & Callier LLP, Columbus, and Jeffrey R. White Center for Constitutional Litigation PC, Washington, District of Columbia.
    Case Number: S12G2031

    A railway company was not entitled to summary judgment in a conductor's suit for injuries arising from a grade-crossing coll

  • September 25, 2013 | FC&S Insurance

    Using Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Statutes To Challenge Reinsurer Delays In Claims Payment

    Although the viability of a claim for violation of an unfair and deceptive acts and practices statute in the reinsurance context is still in its infancy,…

    1 minute read

  • Cushing v. Cohen

    Publication Date: 2013-08-12
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A13A0736; A13A0820

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs in their action seeking the return of money they invested in financial instruments related to three real estate development loans,

  • Norton v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica R. Towne Clark & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Christa L. Kirk The Ryczek Firm PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0301

    The fact that the defendant may have been somewhat intoxicated at the time of his custodial interview did not automatically render the evidence thereof inadmissible and some evidence showed that he

  • Boothe v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III Public Defender's Office, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Frances C. Kuo, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kathryn L. Powers, Jason B. Green, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Andrew G. Sims, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0042

    Any potential error in the admission of photocopies of police sketches, rather than the original sketches, was harmless in light of the other evidence of the defendant's

  • July 2, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Condo Association Gets Verdict Against Developer, Engineer

    Date of Verdict: June 19. Court and Case No.: C.P. Philadelphia No. 100500946. Judge: Patricia A. McInerney. Type of Action: Violations of the Uniform Condominium

    1 minute read

  • State v. Able

    Publication Date: 2013-04-30
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rosemary Greene, Thomas Campbell, District Attorneys, and Sharon Fox, Deputy District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry White, Cartersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A13A0653

    The trial court failed to state any findings of fact or conclusions of law as to whether the defendants gave police officers valid and voluntary consent to enter their apartment, resulting in the of