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  • In the Matter of Glen Roy Fagan.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glen Roy Fagan, (Southern Company), Atlanta, for appellee; Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Y0802

    Attorney Who Had Previously Resigned Was Formally Disbarred For Knowingly Misappropriating Client Funds

  • In the Matter of Daniel Kirkland McCall.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Constance Mcmanus, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0729

    Attorney Requesting Voluntary Discipline Failed to Show Why Suspension Should be Imposed Nunc Pro Tunc

  • Grimes v. Latimer

    Publication Date: 2022-07-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester
    Judge: Justice Damaris Torrent
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Jeremy Schiowitz, Esq., Isaacson, Schiowitz & Korson, LLP, Rockville Centre, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Stephanie K. McDougall, Esq., Dorf & Nelson LLP, The International Corporate Center, Rye, New York.
    Case Number: 63484/2020

    Owner Was Aware of Dog's 'Vicious' Propensity to Attack Unprovoked

  • Perez v. Broadway 98 Condo

    Publication Date: 2022-07-27
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Paul Goetz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 156859/2016

    Issues of Fact Exist as to Whether Hole at Site Should Have Been Covered

  • Nat'l. Hockey League v. TIG Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Insurance
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Melissa Crane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiffs by: Peter D. Luneau, Shaud G. Tavakoli, National Hockey League, NHL Board of Governors, NHL Enterprises, Inc., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
    for defendant: Defendants by: Michael O. Kassak, John Hacker, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, Federal Insurance Company, Vigilant Insurance Company, White and Williams LLP. By: Heather E. Simpson, Mark F. Hamilton, TIG Insurance Company f/k/a Transamerica Insurance Company, Kennedys CMK LL. By Glenn Jacobson, Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, as successor to Commercial Union Assurance Co., LTD, Abrams, Gorelick, Friedman & Jacobson LLP. By: Jourdan Dozier, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd, Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP.
    Case Number: 653421/2020

    Insurers Must Pay Defense Costs Incurred in NHL's Concussion Litigation

  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Eric W. Norris.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-20
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Prescott Boring, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Atlanta, Courtney Mays Veal, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis T. Cathey, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, Blaine Alexander Norris, (Blaine A. Norris, PC), Athens, for appellee; Robert Charles Iverson McBurney, (Superior Court Of Fulton County), Atlanta, Jamala Sumaiya McFadden, Solicitor, (The Employment Law Solution: McFadden Davis, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21Z0916

    Court recommends a public reprimand against a Judge who exhibited deliberate and premediated intemperate conduct after being criticized by a bail bondsman

  • RSD857 LLC v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2022-07-20
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Paul Goetz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 160679/2020

    Issue of Fact Exists as to Ownership of Property Following Short Sale

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Tarleton Law, LLC), Atlanta, David Joseph Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Mark Preston Jones, Columbus, Frederick Lewis, Alonza Whitaker, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0069

    Court reverses murder convictions because trial court erred in removing and replacing a juror who was unable to agree to a guilty verdict

  • In the Matter of Edward Hine, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Hine, Jr., Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0206

    Additional Facts Not Mentioned in Attorney's Petition for Voluntary Discipline Warranted Its Rejection

  • Mobley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Scott Carter, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Monroe, Leslie Spornberger Jones, (Leslie Spornberger Jones, LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, David Christopher Williamson, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0550

    Request For Voluntary Manslaughter Instruction Properly Denied in Absence of Provocation Likely to Have Generated Passion to Kill