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  • In the Matter of Jason Lee Van Dyke.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-28
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Lee Van Dyke, (The Van Dyke Law Firm), Decatur, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Daniel S. Reinhardt, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y0631

    Court rejects attorney's second petition for voluntary discipline due to inadequate and incomplete findings of fact in that petition

  • In the Matter of Joseph Harold Turner, Jr. (two cases).

    Publication Date: 2021-04-28
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Harold Turner, Jr., (Joseph H. Turner Jr., P. C.), Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0947

    Disbarment Appropriate Discipline Following Attorney's Misappropriation of Client Funds And Failure to Respond to Investigation

  • In the Matter of Edward Shuff Cook.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-28
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morri, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathryn S. Whitlock, (Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Anthony B. Askew, (Chair, Review Panel), Atlanta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta, Bryan Andrew Downs, (Wilson, Morton & Downs, LLC), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y1501

    Public Reprimand Appropriate Discipline For Attorney Who Repeatedly Withdrew Trust Funds Before Settlement Funds Were Deposited

  • Hager v. M&K Constr.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance
    Industry: Construction
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Solomon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Gitterman (Biancamano & DiStefano, attorneys; James E. Santomauro, on the brief)
    for defendant: Victor B. Matthews (Victor B. Matthews, on the brief)
    Case Number: A-64-19 (084045)

    Employer Was Not Exempted by Federal Law from Providing Workers' Comp for Medical Marijuana Treatment

  • 98 Gates Ave. Corp. v. Bryan Jr.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Debra Silber
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 504940/2020

    Doctrine of Caveat Emptor Bars Plaintiff From Maintaining Contract Breach, Fraud Action

  • Farmers Group v. Geter

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Law | Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blacklock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0996

    An insurance company, that was being sued for refusing to renew a policy in 2001, successfully appealed rulings that the decision to non-renew the policy was tortious.

  • Fordan v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Adam Silvera
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 190450/2018

    Court Grants Plaintiff Vacatur of Orders, Restores Defendants to Asbestos Action

  • Los Compadres v. Valdez

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0643

    This case involved a property owner's liability for injuries its contractor's employees sustained while working on the property.

  • Carter v. Sweeney

    Publication Date: 2021-04-23
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice James d'Auguste
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 151067/2019

    Lil Wayne's Complaint Against Former Attorney Alleging Legal Malpractice Dismissed

  • In re: Estate of W. McAleer

    Publication Date: 2021-04-19
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0422

    The high court split on whether the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine protect communications between a trustee and counsel from discovery by beneficiaries when the communications arose in the context of adversarial proceedings between those parties, but found that disclosure would nevertheless result from the competing positions set forth by a majority of justices. The high court affirmed the lower court's alternative ruling.