• In the Matter of Don Smart

    Publication Date: 2020-08-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry D. Dixon, (Donnie Dixon Attorney at Law, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20Y0957

    Court accepts attorney's voluntary petition to surrender his law license following his guilty plea to theft by conversion

  • Cheng v. Yang

    Publication Date: 2020-08-06
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Leonard Livote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 701690/12

    Parties' Ownership Percentages in Company, Constructive Dividend Payments Determined

  • Kimso Apts LLC v. Rivera

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Richmond
    Judge: Justice Judith McMahon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 151044-2017

    Court Grants Defendants' Dismissal of Counterclaim Under Anti-SLAPP Statute

  • Summercourt LLC v. John Hancock Assignment Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-04
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Carolyn Wade
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 507939/2020

    Transfer of Proposed Structured Settlement Payments Approved, Found Fair and Reasonable

  • Barboza v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David D. Marshall, (Law Office of David D. Marshall), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joyette Marie Holmes, Amelia Greeson Pray, D. Victor Reynolds, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20A0404

    No Error in Trial Court's Detailed Explanation to Prospective Jurors of Prosecution Witness's Plea Deal

  • Bd. of Managers v. Continental Residential Holdings LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-08-04
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Kelly O'Neill Levy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 154764/2012

    CoR Did Not Contain Erroneous Fact on Status of Discovery, Vacating Note of Issue Denied

  • Strong v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Rene Strickland, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joyette Marie Holmes, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20A0270

    Admission of Voluminous Other-Acts Evidence of Defendant's Past Violent Acts Was Prejudicial Error

  • Murfey v. WHC Ventures LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl D. Neff and E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John J. Tumilty, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C., Waltham, MA; Raymond J. DiCamillo and John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69067

    The chancery court erred by reading a "necessary and essential" requirement into a partnership books and records request.

  • Bd. of Managers v. Veloz

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Margaret Chan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 154573/2019

    Condo Board Found Entitled to Default Judgment Against Unit Owner, Foreclosure on Unit

  • Davis v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2020-07-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Cortland
    Judge: Justice Mark Masler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff by: Terry J. Kirwan, Jr., Esq., Kirwan Law Firm, P.C., Syracuse, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant Timothy P. Phillips by: Robert B. Liddell, Esq., Barclay Damon, LLP, Syracuse, New York. Attorneys for Defendant Travco Insurance Company by: Judith Treger Shelton, Esq., Matthew C. Ronan, Esq., Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak, LLP, Buffalo, New York. Attorneys for Defendant Bailey Place Insurance Inc. by: Donald S. DiBenedetto, Esq., Costello Cooney & Fearon PLLC, Syracuse, New York.

    Case Number: EF18-195

    Significant Other a Named Insured on Homeowners' Policy not Entitled to Recover for Injury