• Treacy v. Inspired Event Prods. LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-12
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice James d'Auguste
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 653010/2012

    Injured Plaintiff Who Was Not Employed in Construction Cannot Bring Labor Law Claims

  • Keaveny v. Whitford Dev. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-21
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Joseph Farneti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiffs' Attorney: Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone, LLP, Lake Success, New York.
    for defendant: Defendant's Attorney: Peter B. Gierer, Esq., Hilton Head, South Carolina.

    Case Number: 22601/2010

    Striking Plaintiff's Complaint Granted Unless Full, Complete Responses to Demands Provided

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Allen Pflepsen, (Woodall and Pflepsen, P.C.), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Gregory W. Edwards, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A0749

    Insufficient Evidence That Participants in Bar Fight Were Parties to Later Fatal Shooting in Parking Lot

  • Hall v. City of N.Y.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-12
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Katherine Levine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: Gregory P. Mouton, Jr., Esq., MoutonDell'Anno LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Respondent City of New York: Malini Dhanraj, Esq., of Counsel, Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel for the City of New York, Brooklyn, NY.

    Case Number: 503143/2014

    Plaintiff's Claim Issues of Negligence, Proximate Cause Inextricably Intertwined Rejected

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Jennifer Leigh Parker, Greg McConnell, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Savannah, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A0936

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendants' arguments on sufficiency and admission of evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Rodriguez v. Fiabolis

    Publication Date: 2019-11-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Laurence Love
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Allen Goldberg, Hallock & Malerba, P.C.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant: Francis J. Scahill, Esq. Picciano & Scahill, P.C.

    Case Number: 708267/2019

    Fact Issues if Insurer's Agent Acted in Deceptive Manner Denies Dismissal Based on Release

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Elizabeth Morgan Kendrick, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A0785

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's challenges to jury instructions, and arguments on his right to be present and on ineffective assistance of counsel

  • In the Matter of Joan Palmer Davis

    Publication Date: 2019-11-01
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joan Palmer Davis, Powder Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heidi Manroe Faenza, (Supreme Court of Georgia), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Rebecca S. Mick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19Z1117

    Previously Disbarred Attorney's Continued Denial of Culpabiity For Past Conduct Precluded Reinstatement

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Elaine Hildebrand, (Hildebrand Law Office, P.C.), LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Alan Christopher Norton, (Luther-Anderson, PPLP), Chattanooga, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A1394

    Circumstantial Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Armed Robbery Conviction

  • Myrick v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A0616

    Court affirms murder convictions over defendant's challenges to juror strikes and admission of certain testimony