• The State v. Lane

    Publication Date: 2020-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Sherry Boston, Destiny H. Bryant, Jason Matthew Rea, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Franklin Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A1424

    Georgia Courts Considering Whether a Criminal Defendant Is Entitled to a New Trial Should Consider the Prejudicial Effect of Trial Court Errors and Deficient Counsel Performance

  • Hernndez v. Mesa

    Publication Date: 2020-02-25
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Alito
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-1678

    Bivens does not apply to claims based on cross-border shooting

  • Zic v. City of N.Y.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Arlene Bluth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 159201/2012

    NYC, MTA and NYCTA Granted Dismissal of Personal Injury Claim by Worker With Lung Cancer

  • Scarincio v. Cerillo

    Publication Date: 2020-02-25
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Warren
    Judge: Justice Robert Muller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: James A. Lombardo of counsel, Brian Lee Law Firm, PLLC, Saratoga Springs.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Brian M. Webb of counsel, Hurwitz & Fine, P.C., Buffalo.

    Case Number: EF2019-66534

    Court Grantes Dismissal of Personal Injury Suit Finding No 'Serious Injury'

  • Astoria Bank v. Ocasio

    Publication Date: 2020-02-25
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Thomas Whelan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Davidson, Fink, Cook, Rochester, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Juan Ocasio, Newark, NJ. For Defendant: Alicia Ocasio, Brentwood, NY.

    Case Number: 610164/16E

    Court Finds Interests of Justice Warrant Vacating Default Judgment, Order of Reference

  • Warshaw v. Warshaw

    Publication Date: 2020-02-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Douglas Hoffman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Yonatan Levoritz of counsel, Law Office of Yonatan Levoritz, New York.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant: Sophie Jacobi-Parisi of counsel, Warshaw Burstein, LLP, New York.

    Case Number: 302489/2017

    Updated Pendente Lite Order Issued After Wife, Children Move Out of Marital Residence

  • Crocker C. v. Anne R.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Judge Jeffrey Sunshine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff Pro Se: Crocker C.
    for defendant: For Defendant By: Raoul Felder, Raoul Felder and Partners, New York, New York.

    Case Number:

    Hearing to Consider Sanctions Against Wife, Who Allegedly Knew of Husband's Spyware Use

  • TD Bank NA v. Request Model Mgmt Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-20
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Melissa Crane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 650455/2019

    Bank Granted Summary Judgment Against Defendants on a Loan, Entitled to Collateral

  • Leak v. RBI Assoc. Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-18
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Pamela Fisher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: Jacqueline McMickens, Esq., Jacqueline McMickens & Associates, PLLC, Brooklyn, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant Grover & Fensterstock, P.C.: Simon Landsberg, Esq., Meredith D. Gray, Esq., Grover & Fensterstock, P.C. (self-represented), New York, New York. Attorneys for Defendant Amalgamated Bank: Aaron Weissberg, Esq., Kristen D. Romano. Esq., Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelmman & Dicker, LLP, White Plains, New York. Attorneys for Defendant Champion Mortgage: David K. Fiveson, Esq., Mark J. Krueger, Esq., Butler, Fitzgerald, Fiveson & McCarthy, P.C, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 7861/2011

    Negligence Action Against Law Firm Dismissed for Lack of Privity or Special Relationship

  • Copano Energy v. Bujnoch

    Publication Date: 2020-02-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blacklock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-0044

    In the absence of a formal written agreement, plaintiff-landowners sued for breach of contract and tortious interference with contract and argued that the various emails, taken together, amounted to an enforceable written contract that satisfied the statute of frauds.