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  • Alamo Heights v. Clark

    Publication Date: 2018-04-16
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Guzman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16-0244

    After Alamo Heights terminated the employment of Clark, a coach and physical education teacher, she sued, asserting sexual-harassment and retaliation claims under the Texas Commission of Human Rights Act.

  • Eller et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Aimee F. Sobhani, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Rosemary M. Greene, Sharon Moyer Fox, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Marian York (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1549

    The evidence sufficiently supported a brother and sister's convictions for killing the sister's boyfriend and leaving his body in the back of his abandoned truck and although the trial court erred in allowing the alternate jurors to retire with the other jurors during deliberations, defendants failed to show that the error harmed them.

  • Kemp v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konrad Gerhard Waldemar Ziegler, Christopher Ryan Lee (Lee & Ziegler, LLP), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Michael Scott Carlson, John Stuart Melvin, D. Victor Reynolds, John Richard Edwards (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1646

    The evidence supported defendants' convictions for malice murder and other crimes in connection with a planned robbery that turned fatal and the trial court properly admitted a former police informant's testimony about statements one of the defendants made to him while they were in jail together, as the former informant was not acting as a government agent at that time.

  • Saunders Ventures Inc. v. Morrow

    Publication Date: 2018-03-15
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk County
    Judge: Justice James Hudson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: Anthony T. Conforti, Esq., Southampton, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants: By Dennis Valet, Esq., Lieb at Law, Center Moriches, NY.
    Case Number: 033638/2011

    Plaintiff Real Estate Broker Entitled to Half Commission When Efforts Critical to Sale

  • Morrison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Morrison, Pelham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Tracy K. Chapman, Bradfield M. Shealy, Michelle Thomas Harrison (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta.
    Case Number: S17A1750

    The evidence supported defendant's malice murder conviction in connection with the death of his girlfriend and defendant failed to prove his several prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

  • Miller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric J Taylor (Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Marc A. Mallon (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1578

    The jury was authorized to find that the evidence, although circumstantial, was sufficient to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of guilt in defendant's trial for malice murder and concealing the death of another in connection with the death of her ex-girlfriend.

  • New York DisasterInterfaith Servs. Inc. v. Council of People Org., Inc

    Publication Date: 2018-02-21
    Practice Area: Business Torts | White Collar Crime
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Supreme Court, New York County
    Judge: Justice Robert Reed
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 152338/2017

    Employee's Fraud During Employment Could Form Basis of Employers Vicarious Liability

  • P.N. v. Hightower

    Publication Date: 2017-11-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Joseph Santorelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Palermo Touhy Bruno, PLLC, Hauppauge, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants-Hightower: Thomas M. Bona, P.C., White Plains, NY.; Attorneys for Defendant-Town of Islip Housing Authority: Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C., Albany, NY.; Attorneys for Defendant-Town of Islip: Jakubowski, Robertson, Maffei, Goldsmith & Tartaglia, LLP, Saint James, NY.; Attorneys for Defendant-County of Suffolk: Dennis M. Brown, Esq., Suffolk County Attorney, Hauppauge, NY.
    Case Number: 605664/2017

    Failure to Show Special Duty Exists Between TOIHA, County and Plaintiffs Dismisses Action

  • Brown v. The City of N.Y., 303170/13

    Publication Date: 2017-09-25
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx County
    Judge: Justice Ben Barbato
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Nazrali Law Firm.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants: New York City-Law Department.
    Case Number: 303170/13

    §1983 Claims Failed Where Evidence Found in Legal Search Supported Probable

  • Kubera v. Bartholomew, K1-2010-1582

    Publication Date: 2017-07-11
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Chautauqua County
    Judge: Justice Frank Sedita III
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Joyce Ellen Miserndino, Esq., appearing of Counsel, The Miserndino Law Firm.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants Bartholomew, Bishop, Landis and Brooks Memorial Hospital: Katherine V. Markel, Esq., of Counsel, Ricotta & Visco. Attorneys for Defendant Wlodarek: Charles L. Notaro, Esq., of Counsel, Notaro & Laing. Attorneys for Defendant Burns: Lauren A. Heimer, Esq., of Counsel, Feldman, Kieffer, LLP. Attorneys for Defendant Medicor Associates: Thomas M. Lent, Esq., of Counsel, Marshall, Dennehy, Warner, Coleman & Giggin.
    Case Number: K1-2010-1582

    Patient Fails to Raise Fact Issues in Medical Malpractice Suit; Providers Granted Dis