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  • Fields v. MTA Bus Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester
    Judge: Justice Joan Lefkowitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff Aaliyah Fields is represented by: Hecht, Kleeger & Damashek, P.C.
    for defendant: Plaintiff Tyree Fields is represented by: German Rubenstein, LLP. Defendants MTA Bus Company, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), New York City Transit Authority, The City of New York are represented by: Jeffrey Samel & Partners.
    Case Number: 69449/2018

    Plaintiffs Granted Compelling Depositions of All Parties to Be Held Via Video Conference

  • Hood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Ruth Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office) Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0725

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Ruling That Other-Acts Evidence Was Relevant to Felony Murder Defendant's Intent

  • Blackshear v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael L. Bankston, (Twitty & Bankston), Camilla, Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, Moruf O. Oseni, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0713

    Trial Court Did Not Fail to Exercise "Thirteenth Juror" Discretion in Denying New Trial Motion on General Grounds

  • Fuisz v. 6 E. 72nd St. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Kelly O'Neill Levy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 153622/2012

    Note of Issue Denied Vacatur as Outstanding Discovery Limited; Striking Jury Demand Denied

  • People (ex rel. Lineberger) v. Brann

    Publication Date: 2020-08-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Miriam Cyrulnik
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner Keshawn Decosta by: Martha Lineberger, Esq., Office of Janet Sabel, Esq., Legal Aid Society.
    for defendant: For Cynthia Brann, Commissioner, New York City Department of Correction by: Assistant Corporation Counsel Kathleen D. Reilly, New York City Corporation Counsel. For Anthony Annuci, Acting Commissioner, New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision by: Assistant Attorney General Jonathan J. Wilson, New York State Office of the Attorney General.
    Case Number: 1418/2020

    Inmate Denied Writ of Habeas Corpus for Release Due to COVID-19, Other Alleged Violations

  • Davenport v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, Herbert E. Franklin, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0035

    Evidence Supported Malice Murder Conviction; Trial Court Did Not Abuse Its Discretion in Admitting Hearsay Evidence of Prior Difficulties Between Defendant and Victim

  • Lofton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn M. Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel J. Porter, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0196

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Allowing Felony Murder Victim's Motion Identify Her Son in a Photograph; Danger of Unfair Prejudice Did Not Substantially Outweigh Probative Value

  • Evans v. Bloomberg LP

    Publication Date: 2020-08-13
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lucy Billings
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Donna H. Clancy Esq., Clancy Law Firm, P.C., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Elise M. Bloom Esq., Pinchos N. Goldberg Esq., and Rachel S. Philion Esq. Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 160707/2019

    Employers Denied Dismissal of Claim Release Void as Agreement Fraudulently Induced

  • Chase-Morris v. Tubby

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester
    Judge: Justice Joan Lefkowitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff is represented by: William Ricigliano, Esq., Ricigliano & Filopei, P.C.
    for defendant: Defendants are represented by: Robert Joseph Phuhler, Esq., Connors & Connors, P.C.
    Case Number: 65927/2019

    Given Attendant Risks of COVID-19 Court Grants Motion to Compel Depositions Via Video

  • Frazier v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley W. Schoolcraft, (Office of the Public Defender), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Mathew Eli Plott, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0088

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, evidentiary error, and ineffective assistance of counsel