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  • City Trading Fund v. Nye

    Publication Date: 2018-02-27
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Corporate Governance | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Supreme Court, New York County
    Judge: Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 651668/2014

    Disclosure-Only Settlement Denied; New Disclosures Were Immaterial to Shareholders

  • The Mayor and Aldermen of Garden City v. Harris et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick T. O'Connor, David William Bobo Mullens, III, James Philip Gerard (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Dorian Britt (Karsman, McKenzie & Hart), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G0692

    City was entitled to summary judgment in plaintiffs' suit to recover for injuries their daughter suffered at a City-owned and maintained football stadium because the Recreational Property Act provided immunity to City since the injured party was allowed to use City's property for recreational purposes free of charge.

  • Blackwell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-02-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Wilson Jones, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Michael Scott Carlson, John Richard Edwards, D. Victor Reynolds, Theresa Marie Schiefer (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1928

    Defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of counsel claims following his murder conviction.

  • Green v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-02-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien (Department of Law), Atlanta; Clifford Paul Bowden (Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1872

    Defendant failed to prove his ineffective assistance of counsel claims following his conviction as a party to the crime of malice murder.

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick Ervin Chisholm (Office of the Public Defender), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Craig Edward Miller, Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, Moruf O. Oseni (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1479

    The evidence was sufficient to support defendants' convictions arising from the shooting death of one of the defendant's wife's romantic partner and the trial courts finding that the prosecutors peremptory jury strikes were not racially motivated was not clearly erroneous.

  • Red Zone v. Cadwalader

    Publication Date: 2018-02-20
    Practice Area: Law Firms - Large | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court, Part 49
    Judge: Justice O. Peter Sherwood
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 650318/2011

    Ruling Sets Stage for $21 Million Cadwalader Malpractice Trial

  • Prothro v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-02-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason W. Swindle, Sr., Dane M. Garland (Swindle Law Group, PC.), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham (Department of Law), Atlanta; Anne Cobb Allen (Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Carrollton; Peter J. Skandalakis (Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1399

    Defendant failed to prove that he received constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel in his trial on charges of malice murder and other crimes after he killed his grandfather and set his house on fire.

  • Reilly v. Patchogue Properties

    Publication Date: 2018-02-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Peter Mayer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff Reilly: Alonso Krangle, LLP, Melville, New York.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff Patchogue Properties, Inc.: Miranda Sambursky, Slone, Sklarin Verveniotis, LLP, Mineola, New York.; Attorney for Third-Party Defendants: Morgan Melhuish Abrutyn, New York, New York.
    Case Number: 12-34556

    Owner Absolved of Liability as Guest Sole Proximate Cause of Own Injuries

  • City Of Richardson v. Oncor Electric

    Publication Date: 2018-02-12
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Green
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 15-1008

    Oncor provided electrical service to Richardson pursuant to a franchise ordinance.

  • McFadin v. Broadway

    Publication Date: 2018-02-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Johnson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 16-0560

    Earlier in the case, the trial court ruled against McFadin in a dispute over property ownership interests.