• Hill v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Family Law | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Hill, Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garnett Harrison, (Garnett Harrison P.C.), Kingsland, for other party.

    Case Number: A21A0285

    Court affirms denial of litigant's motion to recuse an entire court from presiding over his ex-wife's contempt action in a child support payment matter

  • Hall et al. v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2021-08-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Trent Speckhals, (Speckhals Law, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Willingham, (Law Offices of Thomas P. Willingham PC), Birmingham, William Norwood, (Pope McGlamry Kilpatrick Morrison & Norwood P.C.), Atlanta, Yehuda Smolar, (Yes Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; John Smith, William Purvis, (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, Richard Hines, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough), Atlanta for other party.

    Case Number: A21A0111

    Court affirms majority of orders addressing procedure regarding estate conservator's exclusive right to represent minor children in a wrongful death action

  • Durham v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-05
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erica Durham, Opelika, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Strickland, Nelofar Agharahimi, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0624

    Trial Court Erred by Issuing an Incomplete Jury Instruction on Apportionment in Premises Liability Action; Denial of Motion for New Trial Remanded

  • Bellin v. Zucker

    Publication Date: 2021-08-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Rosalind Bellin: Nina Keilin, Law Office of Nina Keilin, New York, NY, on the brief, Aytan Y. Bellin, Bellin & Associates LLC, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: for Defendant-Appellee Howard A. Zucker: Caroline A. Olsen, Assistant Solicitor General of Counsel, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, New York State Office of the Attorney General, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee ElderServe Health, Inc., DBA RiverSpring at Home: Mara R. Lieber, on the brief, Brian T. McGovern, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY. For National Health Law Program, Center for Medicare Advocacy, and Justice in Aging, Amici Curiae in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Rosalind Bellin: Martha Jane Perkins and Sarah Somers, National Health Law Program, Chapel Hill, NC; Alice Bers, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Willimantic, CT. For Empire Justice Center and New York Legal Assistance Group, Amici Curiae in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Rosalind Bellin: Benjamin W. Taylor, New York Legal Assistance Group, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-1463

    Medicaid Beneficiary Shows MLTC Personal Care Hours Channeled by Contract, Regulation

  • Appellate Division, First Department: July 29, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-08-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: July 29, 2021

  • Appeals List &Motions List released on: July 29, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: July 29, 2021

  • Allen v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
    Judge: Judge Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: PD-0203-19

    A jury found appellant guilty of committing continuous sexual abuse of a young child, indecency with a child by exposure, and indecency with a child by contact.

  • Moon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirby Clements, Jr., (The Clements Law Group, LLC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Bradley Robert Thompson, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0454

    Trial Court's Removal of Holdout Juror During Deliberation Without Sufficient Cause Was Prejudicial Error

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: July 28, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-07-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down List
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: July 28, 2021

  • July 29, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

    As Accusations of Bad Faith Fly, Phila.'s First Talc Trial Is Removed to Federal Court for Third Time

    Johnson & Johnson, which has been hit with multibillion-dollar verdicts over its talc products, removed the case from the state trial court to the Philadelphia federal court.

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