• Frometa v. Mar-Can Transp. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-25
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Veronica Hummel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21476/2018E

    Decedent's Estate Administrator Has Standing to Pursue Wrongful Death, Survival Actions

  • Allen v. Cape May County

    Publication Date: 2021-05-24
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Patterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer B. Barr (Cooper Levenson, attorneys; Jennifer B. Barr and Russell L. Lichtenstein, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Sebastian B. Ionno (Ionno & Higbee, attorneys; Sebastian B. Ionno and D. Rebecca Higbee, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-49-19 (083295)

    Trial Court Erred in Granting Defendants Summary Judgment Where Unclear Which Provision of CEPA Plaintiff was Basing Her Claims On

  • Edwards v. Vannoy

    Publication Date: 2021-05-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Kavanaugh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-5807

    Ramos jury-unanimity rule does not apply retroactively on federal collateral review

  • Murphy v. Metrikin

    Publication Date: 2021-05-18
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice John Kelley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 805387/2018

    Motion to Compel Completion of Deposition, Cross-Motion to Limit Deposition Both Granted

  • Kinder Morgan v. Scurry County

    Publication Date: 2021-05-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Guzman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-1122

    A company that owns oil and gas interests in a county that were allegedly incorrectly appraised was able to prove that the trial court erred in ruling that its motion for dismissal was untimely.

  • In The Matter Of Cynthia Ann Lain (five cases).

    Publication Date: 2021-05-14
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cynthia Ann Lain, (The Lain Law Firm LLC), Duluth, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Michael J Blakely, Jr., (Pope McGlamry), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S21Y0652

    Court Orders Disbarment for Lawyer, Citing Her Rule Violations and Failure to Engage Honestly in the Disciplinary Process

  • Allen v. Cape May County

    Publication Date: 2021-05-12
    Practice Area: Government | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Patterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: (A-49-19) (083295)

    Defendants appealed from the divided judgment of the appellate division.

  • Gobert v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen H Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, John Winston Franklin, Christopher Allen Arnt, (Lookout Mountain District Attorney's Office), Lafayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0141

    Court affirms felony murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and trial court error

  • Commonwealth v. Wardlaw

    Publication Date: 2021-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0521

    Superior court properly quashed defendant's appeal and found defendant was not entitled to an interlocutory appeal under rule 311(a)(6) where trial court sua sponte declared a mistrial because a court entered an order "awarding a new trial" for the purposes of Pa.R.A.P. 311(a)(6) only when it granted a party's motion for a new trial. Affirmed.

  • Morris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Atlantic Beach, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stephen Andrew Bradley, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Milledgeville, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gray, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0191

    Evidence at Trial Was Sufficient to Warrant Convictions for Malice Murder and Robbery Beyond a Reasonable Doubt