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April 29, 2024 | Law.com

Another Roundup Trial Kicks Off in Missouri. Monsanto Faces 3 Plaintiffs

Jury selection began Monday in St. Louis in a case brought by two Ohio women and one woman in Oklahoma.

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State v. Allen

Publication Date: 2024-04-29
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Wharton
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda D. Buckworth, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice for plaintiff.
for defendant: Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 1510018545A

Court ruled evidentiary hearings were necessary to resolve postconviction relief claims alleging trial counsel's ineffectiveness for failing to call witnesses who would contradict the complaining witness and whether the state committed a Brady violation by concealing knowledge of an alleged non-prosecution promise to the complaining witness.

April 24, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Longtime Litigation Law Firm Closes as Partners Head to Separate Practices

Mabry & McClelland defended clients against several high-profile personal injury lawsuits in recent years.

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April 22, 2024 | Law.com

'We Fight': The Dallas Firm That Won $45M Talc Verdict Refused Johnson & Johnson's Settlement Offer

Friday's verdict against Johnson & Johnson, in Chicago's Cook County Circuit Court, is the first for a mesothelioma victim since two failed talc bankruptcies last year—and a groundbreaking win for Dallas-based Dean Omar Branham Shirley.

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April 19, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Florida Jury Sides With Johnson & Johnson in First Post-Bankruptcy Talc Verdict

Thursday's verdict comes in the second ovarian cancer trial since Johnson & Johnson's failed talc bankruptcies last year.

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Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation v. Georgia Public Service Commission

Publication Date: 2024-04-19
Practice Area: Public Utilities
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Eckrote, Griffin Ingraham, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Lee Peifer, James Orr, Benjamin Reed, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jeffrey Stump, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Thomas Reilly, Thomas Bailey, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Robert Highsmith, Allen Hendrick, Talis Trevino, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for other party; Richard Tisinger, (Tisinger, Vance P.C.), Carrollton, for AM.
Case Number: A23A1381

Court affirms Public Service Commission's decision allowing Georgia Power to service Electric Vehicle charging station and rejects challenge based on interpretation of the Electric Service Act

April 16, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Give Contract Amendments Their Own Integration-Plus Clauses

The incorporation of an integration clause into an amendment merely preserves the original integration clause and precludes evidence of oral or written representations that occurred prior to or contemporaneous with the execution of the original contract. The mere incorporation of the original integration clause into an amendment does not cover the time period between the execution of the original contract and the amendment.

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Hassan v. The State

Publication Date: 2024-04-16
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Ellington
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bruce Steven Harvey, (Law Offices of Bruce S. Harvey), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Pareesa Hanna Amjadi, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S24A0026

Court affirms convictions in a gang-related drive-by shooting case over defendant's challenge to admission of evidence about another related murder and alleged jury instruction error.

The People of the State of New York v. Kenneth Weber

Publication Date: 2024-04-12
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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Court: Appellate Division, Third Department
Judge: Unsigned Garry, P.J., Pritzker, Lynch, Fisher and Powers, JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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Case Number: 113051

New York v. Kenneth Weber

Rutherford v. The State

Publication Date: 2024-04-11
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Watkins
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Hewitt, (Appellate Attorney GPDC), Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: John Fitzner, (Middle Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, Jessica Wilson, (District Attorney’s Office, Middle Judicial Circuit), Lyons, for appellee.
Case Number: A23A1516

Court affirms multiple convictions against defendant for assault and rape against his estranged wife, citing substantial evidence and rejecting claims of error and ineffective counsel