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  • M.F. v. Amida Care Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-02
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Richard Montelione
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 520314/2017

    Court Uses Lodestar Method to Calculate Attorneys' Fees in Privacy Action

  • People v. Javier

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Margaret Clancy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the People: Katerina Kurteva, Assistant District Attorney Teri Chung, Assistant District Attorney, Bronx County District Attorney's Office, Street Bronx, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Whitney Hayes, Esq. Eli Northrup, Esq., The Bronx Defenders, Street Bronx, NY.
    Case Number: 00456-2021

    Small Amount of Marijuana Does Not Provide Probable Cause for Car Search

  • Cook v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Lorraine Leslie, (The Leslie Group, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, William Wright Banks, Jr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cedartown, for appellee; Jill Anderson Travis, (Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), Decatur, Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Greg Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, James C. Bonner, Jr., (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S21A1270

    Criminal Defendant Alleging Deprivation of Right of Appeal Due to Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Must Seek Habeas Relief

  • Burns v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Drew Findling, Marissa Goldberg, Zachary James Kelehear, (The Findling Law Firm, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Ruth M. Pawlak, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0905

    Amendments to Statutes Applied When Peace Officer Was Later Indicted With Respect to Crimes Committed Prior to Amendments

  • Lake Jackson Medical v. Gaytan

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0802

    A medical spa, that was sued for administering treatments that caused scarring, successfully proved on appeal that the lawsuit was a health care liability claim.

  • Unitrin Auto and Home Ins. Co. v. Sullivan

    Publication Date: 2022-03-15
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Thomas Whelan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: Robinson & Cole, LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: Brian C. & Gerard E. Sullivan, Farmingville, New York. Robert & Patricia Harford, Farmingville, New York. Attorney for Def. David McDowell: Schondebare & Korcz, P.C., Ronkonkoma, New York. Attorney for Def. George A. Ciminello: Gruenberg Kelly Della, Esqs., Ronkonkoma, New York.
    Case Number: 21632/14

    Incident That Does Not Qualify as 'Accident' Is Not Covered by Policy

  • Ward v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katie Alice Hingerty Borodin, (The Hingerty Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Eliot Jay Abt, (ABT Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Allison Thatcher Mauldin, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Greensboro, Gray, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1309

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

  • Commonwealth v. Barr

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Baer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0104

    Given the legalization of medical marijuana, the odor of marijuana could be a factor in supporting probable cause for a warrantless search but could not establish probable cause by itself. Judgment of the superior court vacated, order of the trial court reinstated.

  • Rich v. Lavelle

    Publication Date: 2022-01-04
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court, Tioga
    Judge: Justice Eugene Faughnan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Raymond M. Schlather, Esq., Schlather, Stumbar, Parks & Salk, LLP, Ithaca, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants: Kevin T. Hunt, Esq., Gale Gale & Hunt, LLC, Syracuse, NY.
    Case Number: 46341

    Issue of Fact Exists With Respect to Doctor's Continuous Treatment of Patient

  • 70-35 113th Street Holdings Inc. v. Auberge Grand Central LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-12-29
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Leonard Livote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 701293/2021

    Court Dismisses Case After Previously Holding Plaintiff Failed to Prove Breach of Contract