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  • Thomas v. O'Neill

    Publication Date: 2019-05-09
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Melissa Crane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 151785/2018

    Respondents' Decision Revoking Handgun Licenses Sustained, Article 78 Challenge Dismissed

  • Housing Authority of the City of Augusta v. Gould

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Appeals | Government
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Aaron Cosper, (Hull Barrett, P.C.), Augusta, Christopher Randall Jordan, (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ira L. Foster, Kenneth Jonathan Jones, Lisa Jane Krisher, Susan Alice Reif, (Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G0524

    City Housing Authority Hearing Officer's Decision Was Not Quasi-Judicial Decision Under Georgia Certiorari Law

  • Wells Fargo Bank v. Sandoval

    Publication Date: 2019-05-01
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice William Rebolini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys of record for Plaintiff: (Under Index No.: 18260/2006): Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC, Rochester, NY.
    for defendant: RAS Boriskin, Westbury, NY. Attorneys of record for Erick Forgione: (Under Related Action — Index No.: 611533/2017): Peter T. Roach & Associates, Syosset, NY. Michael J. Bode, Esq., Huntington, NY. Referee: Robert Weiner, Esq., Lindenhurst, NY.
    Case Number: 18260/2006

    Non-Party Denied Joining Actions as Unwarranted; Foreclosure Sale Canceled

  • Robles v. Wiser

    Publication Date: 2019-04-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester
    Judge: Justice Terry Jane Ruderman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Jeffrey M. Weiskopf, Esq., Halperin & Halperin, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants Amy and Philip Wiser: David Manson, Esq., Goergen, Manson & McCarthy, Middletown, NY.; For Defendants Patrick and Neala Martin: Maureen A. Sockett, Esq., Morrison Law Firm, P.C., White Plains, NY.
    Case Number: 60005/2017

    Court Unable to Conclude if Manner 'Skupboard' Used Rendered it Dangerous Instrument

  • Nietupski v. Tonnessen

    Publication Date: 2019-04-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Carmen St. George
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Frank Russell, Lite & Russell, PLLC.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Seth D. Rosmarin, Westermann Sheehy Keenan Samaan & Aydelott LLP.
    Case Number: 620682/16

    Common-Law Duty to Provide Safe Place to Work Did Not Extend to Hazards Part of Job

  • Rogers v. Morgan

    Publication Date: 2019-04-24
    Practice Area: Privacy
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen P. Norman of The Norman Law Firm, Dagsboro, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael F. McTaggart and Carla A.K. Jarosz of the Delaware Dept' of Justice, Wilmington, DE for de-fendants.
    Case Number: D68537

    Collateral estoppel applied to the questions of consent and revocation in this civil matter, because the court already decided those issues in the context of an earlier criminal proceeding.

  • In the Matter of Neil Larson

    Publication Date: 2019-04-24
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: Neil Larson, (The Larson Firm P.C.), Lithia Springs, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Y0337

    Court Orders Disbarment of Attorney Who Abandoned Clients and Failed to Contest Allegations After Deeming Allegations True Based on Default

  • Goldfeder v. Cenpark Realty

    Publication Date: 2019-04-24
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Tanya Kennedy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 155687/16

    Court Finds No Fraud, or Overcharge by Landlord; Dismissal of Tenant's Complaint Granted

  • In the Matter of Donald Edward Smart

    Publication Date: 2019-04-23
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Edward Smart, (The Smart Law Firm), Stratford, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0511

    Court Orders Reprimand Via Certified Mail Where Lawyer Had Relocated and Was Unable to Travel to Georgia to Receive Reprimand Due to Inability to Pay Travel Costs

  • Licata v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Woodrow Scott Smith, (W. Scott Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Matthew K. Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Aubrey Finch, Adam Eugene Keller, (Forsyth County Solicitor General's Office), Cumming, for appellee. Jimmonique R. S. Rodgersm Brandon A. Bullard, James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, Andrew Santos Fleischman, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, for Amicus Appellant. Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, Paula Khristian Smith, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Tina Michelle Piper, David Scott McLaughlin, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., Gilbert Alexander Crosby, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, George Herbert Hartwig, III, (Houston County District Attorney's Office), Perry, Lee Darragh, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gainesville, Matthew Carl Krull, (Douglas County Solicitor General's Office), Douglasville, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S18G0563

    Court Rejects Challenge to Admissibility of Roadside Sobriety Test Results Upon Concluding That Suspect Was Not in Custody but Reaffirms Commitment to Rule Against Presenting Refusal to Submit to a Breath Test and Orders Suppression of Refusal Evidence