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  • November 9, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Retroactive Application of 'Birchfield' Denied in DUI Case

    A man attempting to retroactively apply the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Birchfield v. North Dakota to the pending appeal of his DUI conviction cannot do so because he failed to raise the relevant issue prior to his appeal, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.

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  • November 8, 2017 | Daily Report Online

    Chrysler Faces Another Lawsuit Over Death in a Burning Jeep

    Erica Scannavino, 32, burned to death inside a 1996 Jeep Cherokee in July 2017 after she was hit from behind while making a left turn, according to a lawsuit her parents filed. They blamed her death on FCA, formerly known as Chrysler.

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  • Olevik v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance Warren Tyler (Tyler Law Firm, LLC), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosanna M. Szabo, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, Joelle M. Nazaire (Office of the Gwinnett County Solicitor General), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0738

    The Georgia Constitution's protection against compelled self-incrimination prohibits law enforcement from compelling a person suspected of DUI to blow their deep lung air into a breathalyzer.

  • Patton v. Vanterpool

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Allen Sanders, Jr. (Andrews & Sanders Law Offices), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Benton Purvis, Michael Eric Manely (The Manely Firm, PC.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0767

    The Court reversed the grant of summary judgment to mother on the issue of paternity in a divorce action, finding that O.C.G.A. 19-7-21, which creates an irrebuttable presumption of legitimacy with respect to children conceived by means of artificial insemination does not extend to children conceived by in-vitro fertilization treatment.

  • State_Elrod

    Publication Date: 2017-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
    Judge: Judge RICHARDSON
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: PD-0704-16

    Elrods wife, Marshal Stovall, was arrested after she tried to cash a fraudulent check. She told officers where she was staying (in a motel), that Elrod and her children were in the same room, and that the room was being used to print counterfeit checks, drivers licenses and social security cards

  • November 3, 2017 | Litigation Daily

    Trump's Legal Team Is Second-Rate—And It's Showing

    Donald Trump is represented by a hodge-podge of lawyers with no big law firms behind them. The president should take a page from the Clintons' playbook.

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  • Blue Rio LLC v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2017-11-03
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: District Court
    Judge: District Judge Vincent Briccetti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-CV-2015

    Developer's Claims Against Mayor Partly Dismissed; Injury From Retaliation Show

  • Sanchez v. Carter et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-03
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Hendrix (Attorney at Law), Columbus; Todd Maziar (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Julian, Gary Hurst (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Shannon Rolen (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A17A1135

    Claimant was not entitled to workers' compensation dependency benefits after her live-in boyfriend, whom she was dependent on due to her own inability to work, was fatally injured at work because the two were not married, either ceremonially or by common law.

  • November 2, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Plaintiffs Ask Appeals Court to Revive $72M Talc Verdict in Mo. Court

    Plaintiffs lawyers have asked a Missouri court of appeals to reconsider its reversal of a $72 million talcum powder verdict as more cases are sent to a multidistrict litigation docket in New Jersey federal court.

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  • PEOPLE res, v. FREEMAN LOVELY, def-ap

    Publication Date: 2017-11-02
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Richter, J.P., Webber, Kern, Moulton, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 4841

    4841. PEOPLE res, v. FREEMAN LOVELY, def-ap — Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Mark W. Zeno of counsel), for ap — Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New Yor