• Taylor v. Mercado

    Publication Date: 2024-01-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pro Se: Steven R. Widom of counsel, The Yankowitz Law Firm, P.C., Great Neck.
    for defendant: For Defendants Juan Mercado and Nahman Lichtenstein: Peter F. DiSilvio of counsel, Law Offices of John Trop, Garden City.

    Case Number: 524483/2022

    Withdrawn Counsel Must Make Deadline Plan for Plaintiff

  • Medley v. 540 W. 146th Street Hous. Dev. Fund Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-16
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Nancy M. Bannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 651261/2023

    Claims Deemed as Derivative, Plaintiff Failed to Meet Legal Burden

  • Sumter County et al. v. Morris et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-16
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raleigh Willis Rollins, H. Thomas Shaw, (Alexander & Vann, LLP), Thomasville, Hayden Hooks Hooks, (Arnold & Hooks LLC), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph F. Simpson, (Simpson Mediation Services), Cobb, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23G0169

    Court clarifies county's obligation in road maintenance, emphasizing the need for county authority to accept the dedication of a road for public use before the county is obligated to maintain it

  • Mason v. Pembroke NY LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-01-11
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Debra Silber
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 534783/2022

    Summary Judgment Granted; Plaintiff Failed to Comply with Contingency Clause

  • Cedar Development East, LLC v. Town of Hurley

    Publication Date: 2024-01-10
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Ulster
    Judge: Justice Richard Mott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Petitioner: James Bacon, Esq., New Paltz, NY.
    for defendant: Respondents: John F. Lyons, Esq., Kimberly A. Garrison, Esq., Grant & Lyons, LLP, Rhinecliff, NY.

    Case Number: EF2023-2505

    Questions as to Whether Respondent Complied with Stipulation Grants Petition

  • Waters v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wendell Rocky Adams, (Office of the Public Defender), Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Brandon Faircloth, Louie Craig Fraser, (Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0893

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's claims of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel as top a potential insanity defense

  • Prizzi v. Lee

    Publication Date: 2024-01-09
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Ellen M. Spodek
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 510688/2017

    Summary Judgment Granted, Motion Unopposed in Medical Malpractice Suit

  • Blackwell v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2024-01-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Judy H. Kim
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 450986/2019

    Summary Judgment Denied, Both Defendants Failed to Meet Prima Facie Burden

  • Scott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Joseph Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Allison Thatcher Mauldin, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, Jeff Preston Burks, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Madison, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0861

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's claims of improper admission of a custodial interview and hearsay evidence, and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Daly v. Amchem Prods., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Adam Silvera
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 190297/2019

    Defendant's Lack of Involvement in Asbestos Gaskets Grants Summary Judgment