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  • September 25, 2013 | FC&S Insurance

    Using Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Statutes To Challenge Reinsurer Delays In Claims Payment

    Although the viability of a claim for violation of an unfair and deceptive acts and practices statute in the reinsurance context is still in its infancy,…

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  • Cushing v. Cohen

    Publication Date: 2013-08-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
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    Case Number: A13A0736; A13A0820

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs in their action seeking the return of money they invested in financial instruments related to three real estate development loans,

  • Norton v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica R. Towne Clark & Towne PC, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine T. Parvis, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Christa L. Kirk The Ryczek Firm PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0301

    The fact that the defendant may have been somewhat intoxicated at the time of his custodial interview did not automatically render the evidence thereof inadmissible and some evidence showed that he

  • Boothe v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-07-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft III Public Defender's Office, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy G. Lawson, District Attorney, Frances C. Kuo, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Kathryn L. Powers, Jason B. Green, Assistant District Attorneys, Jonesboro, Elizabeth A. Baker, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Andrew G. Sims, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S13A0042

    Any potential error in the admission of photocopies of police sketches, rather than the original sketches, was harmless in light of the other evidence of the defendant's

  • State v. Able

    Publication Date: 2013-04-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rosemary Greene, Thomas Campbell, District Attorneys, and Sharon Fox, Deputy District Attorney, Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry White, Cartersville, for appellees.
    Case Number: A13A0653

    The trial court failed to state any findings of fact or conclusions of law as to whether the defendants gave police officers valid and voluntary consent to enter their apartment, resulting in the of

  • Jackson v. State

    Publication Date: 2013-03-28
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy Assistant District Attorney, Christopher M. Quinn, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A2083

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions arising from the shooting of his girlfriend and the burning of her body inside her vehicle to conceal her

  • March 8, 2013 |

    Television’s 13 greatest fictional lawyers

    Other than doctors, and possibly media workers with unreasonably large New York apartments, few professions are quite as attractive to scriptwriters as lawyers.

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  • November 19, 2012 |

    Innocent Coinsured Spouse Cannot Recover for Fire Loss Due to Intentional Loss Exclusion, Iowa Supreme Court Now Holds

    The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a coinsured who set fire to an insured dwelling to commit suicide had the requisite intent to “cause a loss”…

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  • King v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Hicks and Amanda Gaddis Law Office of Gregory Hicks, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Cannon, Solicitor General, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A12A1151

    The evidence did not support the defendant's conviction for tampering with evidence, after she allegedly swallowed marijuana during a struggle with off

  • Muhammad v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-05-04
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles M. Evans, Morrow, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Roberta A. Earnhardt, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Conyers, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S12A0180

    In the defendant's trial for the murder of his estranged wife, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting similar transaction evidence of the defendant's prior arson conviction for bu