• Gomis v. Summit Glory LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-25
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Marissa Soto
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 36011/2017E

    Court Dismisses Labor Law Claims Brought by Security Guard, Who Is Not a Covered Person

  • Trump Vil. Section 4 Inc. v. Vilensky

    Publication Date: 2023-04-25
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Ingrid Joseph
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 522355/2016

    Issue of Fact Exists on Rescission Claim for Lessor's Waiver of Right of First Refusal

  • 590 Myrtle LLC v. Silverman-Shaw Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Joseph Zelmanovitz of counsel, Stahl & Zelmanovitz, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant: H. Jonathan Rubinstein of counsel, The Feinsilver Law Group, P.C., Millburn, NJ. For Proposed Intervenor: Marc Illish of counsel, Gutman Weiss, P.C., Brooklyn, NY.

    Case Number: 524353/2022

    Court Considers Emails as Documentary Evidence, Finds Contract Not Binding

  • Hartzell v. SO

    Publication Date: 2023-04-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Lehrmann
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0811

    The court granted University officials' petitions for review in two actions regarding whether state university officials have the statutory authority to revoke a degree after the officials concluded "the former student engaged in academic misconduct in pursuit of that degree" and consolidated the cases for oral argument.

  • Hamilton Equity Group LLC v. Optimal Care Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-20
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Gerald Lebovits
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Miranda L. Jakubec of counsel, Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC, Rochester, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant Salah Mohamed: Daniel E. Sully of counsel, Jonathan D'Agostino & Associates, P.C., Brooklyn, NY.

    Case Number: 153006/2019

    Judgment Creditor Failed to Satisfy the Eight-Day Service Deadline of CPLR 5222-a

  • Chi v. Wu

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lyle E. Frank
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 653488/2022

    Fraud-Based Claims Are Time-Barred; 'Two-Year Discovery Rule' Does Not Apply

  • In the Matter of Willie George Davis, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gene Chapman, (Gene Chapman LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23Y0445

    Disbarment Warranted by Mishandling of Estate and Conservatorship, and Repeated Failures to Comply With Court Orders

  • Schultz v. K-Square Devs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Wavny Toussaint
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 517485/17

    Labor Law §240(1) Does Not Cover Worker's Injures Caused After Co-Worker Dropped Window

  • Heredia v. GCB Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Richard J. Montelione
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 520359/2017

    Issue of Fact Exists as to Whether Injured Welder Was Authorized to Work During Accident

  • Taylor v. The Devereux Foundation, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Constitutional Law | Damages | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Timothy Rogers, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips William Michael D’Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Melvin L. Hewitt, Jr., Hilary Wayne Hunter, (Isenberg & Hewitt, PC), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Joshua Ferber Thorpe, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Farish Barr, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, Jeff Sandman, (Webb, Daniel, Friedlander, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Maxwell Kent Thelen, Andrew Steven Ashby, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Ross Warren Bergethon, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Matthew J. Rubenstein, (Jones Day), Minneapolis, Letitia A. McDonald, Robert B. Friedman, Erin Munger, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Anna Sumner Pieschel, Philip S. Goldberg, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Washington, David Christopher Hanson, (The Hanson Firm), Atlanta, Anthony J. Sebok, (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law), New York John C.P. Goldberg, (Harvard Law School), Cambridge, for Amicus Appellee; Rosser Adams Malone, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, Rory A. Weeks, (Canella Snyder LLC), Decatur, Jeffrey R. White, (Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C.), Washington, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, James D. Meadows, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Jacob Edward Daly, Elissa Blache Haynes, P. Michael Freed, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: S22A1060

    Statutory Cap on Punitive Damages Does Not Violate State Constitutional Right to Jury Trial