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  • Barnhill et al. v. Alford

    Publication Date: 2023-01-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Neil Marple, (Marple Rubin Family Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Davis Strickland, Malone Williams Allen, (Buckhead Family Law), Atlanta, Barry Phillip Schwarz, (Barry Phillip Schwarz, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1075

    Court affirms grandmother's standing to file a petition for visitation rights with a grandchild and agrees that grandparent visitation statute is constitutional

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Aaron Loudon-Brown, Whitney Knox Lee, (Southern Center For Human Rights), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher Mark DeNeve, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, Brenda Lopez Romero, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1051

    Court vacates denial of extraordinary motion for a new trial on a murder charge and remands for a hearing on the defendant's new trial motion.

  • Turner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keri Foster Thompson, Hardwick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John H. Cranford, Jr., Jessica L. Williams-Vickery, (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1022

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and firearm possession over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence.

  • Brown v. NYC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-12
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice John J. Kelley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 150757/2019

    Labor Law Claims Dismissed; NYC Had No Control Over How Plaintiff's Work Was Performed

  • LRD Funding LLC v. Wolk

    Publication Date: 2023-01-11
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice John J. Kelley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 160033/2020

    Defendant's Consolidation Mortgage Is Subordinate to Plaintiff's Mortgage

  • Allen v. Zizzi Constr. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-29
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Joel M. Cohen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 654345/2015

    Construction Company Was Unjustly Enriched After Misappropriating Funds

  • Alvarado v. Bermuda Realty No. 2 LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-12-16
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Real Estate | Retail
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Richard J. Montelione
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 520046/2019

    Injured Laborer Fails to Show Location of Accident Was 'Subject to Falling Objects'

  • Platovsky v. Bernstein

    Publication Date: 2022-12-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Fidel E. Gomez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 25292/17E

    Defendants' Discovery Sanction Motion Denied; Plaintiffs Complied With Conditional Order

  • Roberts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Kay Jefferson, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0420

    Physical Evidence Found at Crime Scene Was Intrinsic to Charged Crime That Occurred Nine Days Later

  • Winslow v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Rust Knox, (Towaliga Judicial Circuit Public Defenders Office), Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Lang Adams, Dorothy Vinson Hull, Leslie Ann Tilson, Carolee Reed Jordan, (Towalinga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0498

    Defendant Consented to Search of Laptop, And Consent Was Never Withdrawn