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  • Goodrum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-26
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew K. Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill (Department of Law), Atlanta; Monique Lynn Kirby, Edward Andrew Case III (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaGrange; Peter J. Skandalakis (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1748

    Defendant Had No Constitutional Right to Be Present When Attorneys Met in Chambers With Judge to Discuss Juror's Qualification

  • Graves v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-04-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Long Dai Vo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, S. Taylor Johnston (Department of Law), Atlanta; Anna Green Cross, Sherry Boston, Gerald Mason, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1709

    Any error in the trial court's decision to exclude alibi testimony based on the defense's failure to give notice under O.C.G.A. §17-16-5 (a) was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of guilt in defendant's trial for murder and related crimes.

  • Baines v. Daily News LP

    Publication Date: 2018-04-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Carmen St. George
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff: Pro Se
    for defendant: Defendants: Daily News, Jamon Fisher, Tracy Connor, Shayna Jacobs, and John Does 1-4: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Laura R. Handman & Geoffrey Brounell, Daily News, LP, Matthew A. Leish, Deputy General Counsel.
    Case Number: 401845/2013

    Claims Statements in Article on Victim Not of Public Concern Denied in Defamation Suit

  • Silverio v. Howard Beach Apartments LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-04-26
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Lizbeth Gonzalez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: John J. Nonnenmacher, Esq., Bader Yakaitis & Nonnemacher, LLP
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendants: Kathleen M. Mulholland, Esq., Camacho Mauro Mulholland, LLP
    Case Number: 21047/13E

    Worker's Accident a Trip, Fall and Not Elevation-Related; Labor Law §240(1) Inapplicable

  • Matter of Cardinale v. N.Y.C. Dep't of Ed.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-26
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Richmond
    Judge: Justice Desmond Green
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Jonathan Behrins and Jason Katz.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Laura Williams and Kerrin A. Bowers.
    Case Number: 85165/2017

    Hearing Officer's Decision and Award Against Tenured Teacher Irrational, Vacated

  • Chrysler Group LLC n/k/a FCA US LLC v. Walden et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-25
    Practice Area: Damages | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Otho Brantley, Mary Diane Owens, Bradley S. Wolff (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta; Thomas H. Dupree Jr., Rajiv Mohan (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karsten Bicknese, Robert Howard Betts (Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese, LLP), Atlanta; James E. Butler Jr. (Butler, Wooten Cheely & Peak LLP), Atlanta; James Edward Butler III (Butler Tobin LLC), Atlanta; Cathy Cox (Mercer Law School), Macon; George C. Floyd (Floyd & Kendrick LLC), Bainbridge; Leigh Martin May (Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer), Atlanta; Michael Brian Terry, Frank Mitchell Lowrey IV (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta; David Thomas Rohwedder (Butler Wooten & Peak LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Roger Boorman (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta; Brian David Boone, Kyle G.A. Wallace, Caroline M. Rawls, William Herman Jordan (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta; Christopher Randall Jordan (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn), Brunswick; Martin Adam Levinson (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta; Garret Warrington Meader (Drew ECKL & Farnham LLP), Brunswick; James Randolph Evans, Anthony Wyatt Morris (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for amicus appellant. Matthew Britt Stoddard (The Stoddard Firm), Atlanta, for amicus appellee. Therese S. Barnes (Georgia Supreme Court), Atlanta, for other party. Ashby K. Fox, Louis G. Fiorilla (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta; Forrest S. Latta (Burr & Forman LLP), Mobile; D. Victor Reynolds, John Stuart Melvin, Michael Scott Carlson, John Richard Edwards, Amelia Greeson Pray (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for neutral amicus.
    Case Number: S17G0832

    The Court of Appeals did not err in affirming the trial court's decision finding that the compensation of the CEO of a car manufacturing company was admissible in a wrongful death suit because the prejudicial effect of the evidence did not outweigh its probative value pursuant to Rule 403.

  • Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. Koch et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Evidence | Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Webb Daniel (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta; Reed Thomas Warburton, (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP), Birmingham; George R. Neuhauser (Nall & Miller LLP), Atlanta; Scott Burnett Smith (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP), Huntsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Katherine Lee McArthur, Caleb Frank Walker, Laura K. Hinson Penn (Katherine L. McArthur LLC), Macon; Tracey Lynn Dellacona (Dellaconna Law Firm), Macon, for appellee. Ashby K. Fox, Louis G. Fiorilla (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta; Forrest S. Latta (Burr & Forman LLP), Mobile; Brian David Boone (Alston & Bird LLP), Charlotte; Leonard Searcy II (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.), Kansas City; Philip S. Goldberg (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Washington, for amicus appellant. Stephen Christopher Collier (Hawkins & Parnell, LLP), Atlanta; Michael Atkinson Arndt (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta; George Lee Welborn (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S17G0654

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion to dismiss, or alternatively, to bar certain evidence as a sanction for spoliation of evidence, as the record supported the trial court's conclusion that litigation was not reasonably foreseeable when plaintiff destroyed the evidence.

  • In the Interest of C.K.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Albin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: (A-15-16) (077672)

    Defendant appealed from the appellate division's affirmance of the denial of his PCR petition.

  • Endeavor v. Discovery

    Publication Date: 2018-04-23
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 15-0155

    Endeavor acquired mineral leases involving two adjoining tracts.

  • Allen v. Faulkner

    Publication Date: 2018-04-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Mary Ann Brigantti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiffs: Christopher Marengo, Esq.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants: Sophie Wang, Esq., Muchmore & Assoc., PLLC.
    Case Number: 20843/2012E

    Defendants Granted Vacatur of Default Judgment, But Fail to Show Entitlement to Dismissal