• Riggi v. Charlie Rose Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-15
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Verna Saunders
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 159167/2019

    Make-Up Artist Denied Leave to Amend Complaint to Include Contract Breach, Estoppel Claims

  • In Re KL Auto

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Discovery | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1022

    Defendants in this personal injury suit argued that the trial court abused its discretion by quashing their discovery requests, including those for information regarding the plaintiff's medical providers' negotiated rates and costs, and by denying their motion for reconsideration.

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Alexander Fitzner, Jessica Black Wilson, (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lyons, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0035

    Victim's Diary Entries Admissible at Murder Trial Under Residual Exception to Hearsay Rule

  • Rolnitzky v. Tyrnauer

    Publication Date: 2021-06-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Leon Ruchelsman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 517715/19

    Disqualification of Plaintiff's Counsel Denied; Defendants to Respond to Interrogatories

  • Waller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater, William Donald Kelly, Jr., (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0276

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and vacates armed robbery conviction due to merger error.

  • Dukes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Lynn Tyo, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Atlanta for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David K. Getachew-Smith, Sr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0399

    Sentences on Two Separate Firearm-Possession Counts Should Have Merged

  • St. Germain v. Seaman

    Publication Date: 2021-06-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Suzanne Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 158114/2015

    Evidence Shows NYCTA, Not Moving Defendants Responsible for Maintaining Subject Area

  • Redding v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Ashutosh S. Joshi, (Joshi Law Firm, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Darius T. Pattillo, Sharon Lee Hopkins, (Flint Circuit District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0331

    Evidence Did Not Support Shooter's Self-Defense Claim

  • Iacovacci v. Brevet Holdings LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-06-02
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Alexander Tisch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 158735/2016

    Motion to Strike Answer of Corporate Defendants Denied for Failure to Show Harm

  • In Re USAA General Indemnity

    Publication Date: 2021-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Guzman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0075

    The insurer declined to participate in a jury trial to establish a motorist's liability and demanded a separate trial on its liability under an underinsured motorist policy.