• General Motors, LLC v. Buchanan et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection | Products Liability | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Cari Katrice Dawson, Jamie S. George, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Charles B. Marsh, Myrece R. Johnson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Brian Patrick Kappel, Michael Lester Bell, Rachel McCulley Lary, Christopher Cameron Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Alan Dawson, Lance Alan Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, James Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Cross Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Richard B. North, Jr., Christopher Shaun Polston, Steven H. Campbell, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Nicole A. Saharsky, Minh Nguyen-Dang, (Mayer Brown LLP), Washington, Charles Haake, David Edward Bright, (Alliance Of Automobile Manufacturers), Washington, Alexander Bunnen Feinberg, Mary Kathryn Mangan, John Cowles Neiman, Jr., (Maynard Cooper & Gale P.C.), Birmingham, Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, Lee Alexander Peifer, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Philip S. Goldberg, Anna Sumner Pieschel, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Thomas Bayman, Chilton D. Varner, Billie Barker Pritchard, Paul Alessio Mezzina, (King & Spalding LLP), Washington, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (American Association for Justice), Washington, Christopher Dean Glover, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.), Atlanta, Lindsay Alexandra Forlines, (Forlines Law, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Roberts Chance, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S21G1147

    Corporate Defendant Had Burden of Persuasion to Show High-Ranking Executive Was Entitled to Protection From Deposition

  • Gotham Equip. & Rigging LLC v. Mhany Cortelyou LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Leon Ruchelsman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 527028/2021

    Construction Materials Supplier Has No Lien Law Claims Against General Contractor

  • M&B Bldg. Owners I, LLC v. Artglass Intl., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Nancy Bannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 656464/2021

    Landlord Not Entitled Recover Amount that Exceeds Demand in Complaint in Default Judgment

  • Fire Protection v. Survitec Survival

    Publication Date: 2022-06-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Huddle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-1088

    Appellee, a life-raft supplier, entered into an oral agreement with appellant, a dealer, allowing appellant to sell and service the life rafts.

  • Perez v. Bobcar Media LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-06-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Lillian Wan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 509339/2018

    Summary Judgment Denied When Competing Medical Reports Raise Triable Issue of Fact

  • Xiangyang Luo v. Tessler

    Publication Date: 2022-06-17
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Arlene Bluth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 654707/2020

    Court Cannot Vacate Rational Arbitration Award in Contract Dispute

  • King v. Board of Educ. of the City Sch. Dist. of N.Y. City

    Publication Date: 2022-06-15
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Judy Kim
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 162034/2019

    Former Teacher's Untimely Retaliation Claims Barred By Statute of Limitations

  • People v. Washington

    Publication Date: 2022-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Lester Adler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 00338/2021

    Evidence Suppressed When Cops Rely on Improperly Obtained Consent In Lieu of Warrant

  • In the Interest of JW

    Publication Date: 2022-06-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Lehrmann
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1069

    Mother and father were married in 2016.

  • Irma C. Pollack LLC v. OP Dev. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-10
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Andrea Masley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 155868/2019

    Court Dismissed Violations of Navigation Law Claim as Time-Barred