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  • Cuffaro v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of the Vill. Of Bellport

    Publication Date: 2023-05-23
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Carmen Victoria St. George
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 620453/2021

    Zoning Board of Appeals Must Consider Property History, 1977 Minutes, Over Subject Lot

  • Session v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. Syrop, Allen Rust Knox, (Paulding Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Dallas, Hunter Joseph Rodgers, (J. Ryan Brown Law LLC), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0022

    Court affirms conviction for failing to register as a sex offender based on acts conducted in another state

  • McCalop v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. M. Raffauf, (J. M. Raffauf P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0210

    Defense Witness Opened Door to Presenting Evidence of Defendant's Bad Character

  • W.H. v. L.H.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Ariel D. Chesler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff By: Kenneth S. Glasser, Esq., Gallet Dryer & Berkey, LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant By: Allen E. Mayefsky, Esq. and Liza S. Camellerie, Esq., Aronson Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP, New York, New York. By: Marcy H. Katz, Esq., McLaughlin & Stern LLP, New York, New York. By: Marcy H. Katz, Esq., New York, New York. Attorney for the Child By: Rosemary Rivieccio, Esq., Ariel D. Chesler, J., New York, New York. Attorney for the Child By: Rosemary Rivieccio, Esq., New York, New York.
    Case Number: 307163/16

    Mother's Quest to Relocate Son to Pennsylvania Is Not In the Child's Best Interests

  • American National Insurance v. Arce

    Publication Date: 2023-05-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Class Actions | Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0843

    An insurance company, that argued that it was not required to pay an insurance policy to a beneficiary, failed to prove on appeal that it was entitled to relief

  • Priester v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Snyder Adams, (The Snyder Adams Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., Leslie Anna Coots, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0109

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other offenses over defendant's challenge to admission of evidence and jury instructions

  • Quintero V. 333 w. 46TH St. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-27
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lori S. Sattler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 159849/2018

    Court Grants Summary Judgment on §240(1) Claim to Worker Who Lost Balance on Ladder

  • Premusch v. ASA Beverages LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Veronica G. Hummel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 31049/2018E

    New Cross-Claims Cannot Be Brought Against Dead Person, Only an Estate Administrator

  • Nundra v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Dwayne C. Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0043

    No Error in Allowing Prosecutor to Compare Defendant With Sociopaths and Serial Killers During Closing Argument

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucy Dodd Roth, Lydia Martell Schlitt, (Augusta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Bradley Smith, Jared Tolton Williams, (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee; Jill Anderson Travis, Mazie Lynn Guertin, Natalie Katherine Glaser, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Jason B. Sheffield, (Peters, Rubin, Sheffield & Hodges), Decatur, Kenneth Wayne Sheppard, Smyrna, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, Ross Warren Bergethon, Stephen John Petrany, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Drew F. Waldbeser, (Lehotsky Keller LLP), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S22A0964

    Pro Se Filing Made by Defendant Actually or Presumptively Represented by Counsel Not Necessarily a Nullity