• Appleyard v. Tigges

    Publication Date: 2019-12-31
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Joseph Capella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff's Attorney: Ernest S. Buonocore, Esq., Shapiro Law Office, PLLC, Bronx, New York.
    for defendant: Attorney for Tigges & Orthopedic Associates: Wayne M. Rubin, Esq., Feldman, Kleidman, Coffey & Sappe, LLP, Fishkill, New York.

    Case Number: 24491/14

    Defendants Denied Disclosure of Settlement Agreement as Not Material, Necessary to Defense

  • Ford v. Tate

    Publication Date: 2019-12-26
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tayo Popoola, Sabrina Dawn Graham, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Evan Olive, (Law Office of Mark E. Olive, P.A.), Tallahassee, Vanessa J. Carroll, (Georgia Resource Center), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A0825

    Habeas Court Erred in Concluding That Trial Counsel Was Prejudicially Deficient in Presenting Mitigating Evidence at Sentencing Trial

  • Martin et al. v. Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-20
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce Perrin Brown, (Bruce P. Brown Law LLC), Atlanta, Russell Todd Abney, Blake Todd Tanase, (Ferrer, Poirot & Wansbrough), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr., Carey Allen Miller, Alexander Fraser Denton, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Annette M. Cowart, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Andrew Alan Pinson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Woodard Burwell, Cheryl Melissa Ann Ringer, David Robert Lowman, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Richard A. Carothers, Brian Richard Dempsey, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Bryan Paul Tyson, Frank B. Strickland, Bryan Francis Jacoutot, Bryan Paul Tyson, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Edward H. Lindsey, Jr., (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A0769

    Parties Challenging 2018 Election Failed to Provide Sufficient Evidence to Support Their Claim That Defects in Electronic Voting Machines Cast Doubt on Election Results

  • Eberhart v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra Louise Michaels, John Richard Martin, (Martin Brothers, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta. Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, F. McDonald Wakeford, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A0803

    Proof of Infliction of Intense Physical Pain Is Enough to Support a Finding of Serious Bodily Injury to Support an Aggravated Assault Conviction

  • 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