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  • Chrysler Group LLC n/k/a FCA US LLC v. Walden et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-25
    Practice Area: Damages | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Grant
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Otho Brantley, Mary Diane Owens, Bradley S. Wolff (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta; Thomas H. Dupree Jr., Rajiv Mohan (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karsten Bicknese, Robert Howard Betts (Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese, LLP), Atlanta; James E. Butler Jr. (Butler, Wooten Cheely & Peak LLP), Atlanta; James Edward Butler III (Butler Tobin LLC), Atlanta; Cathy Cox (Mercer Law School), Macon; George C. Floyd (Floyd & Kendrick LLC), Bainbridge; Leigh Martin May (Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer), Atlanta; Michael Brian Terry, Frank Mitchell Lowrey IV (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta; David Thomas Rohwedder (Butler Wooten & Peak LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Roger Boorman (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta; Brian David Boone, Kyle G.A. Wallace, Caroline M. Rawls, William Herman Jordan (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta; Christopher Randall Jordan (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn), Brunswick; Martin Adam Levinson (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta; Garret Warrington Meader (Drew ECKL & Farnham LLP), Brunswick; James Randolph Evans, Anthony Wyatt Morris (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for amicus appellant. Matthew Britt Stoddard (The Stoddard Firm), Atlanta, for amicus appellee. Therese S. Barnes (Georgia Supreme Court), Atlanta, for other party. Ashby K. Fox, Louis G. Fiorilla (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta; Forrest S. Latta (Burr & Forman LLP), Mobile; D. Victor Reynolds, John Stuart Melvin, Michael Scott Carlson, John Richard Edwards, Amelia Greeson Pray (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for neutral amicus.
    Case Number: S17G0832

    The Court of Appeals did not err in affirming the trial court's decision finding that the compensation of the CEO of a car manufacturing company was admissible in a wrongful death suit because the prejudicial effect of the evidence did not outweigh its probative value pursuant to Rule 403.

  • Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. Koch et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Evidence | Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Webb Daniel (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta; Reed Thomas Warburton, (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP), Birmingham; George R. Neuhauser (Nall & Miller LLP), Atlanta; Scott Burnett Smith (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP), Huntsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Katherine Lee McArthur, Caleb Frank Walker, Laura K. Hinson Penn (Katherine L. McArthur LLC), Macon; Tracey Lynn Dellacona (Dellaconna Law Firm), Macon, for appellee. Ashby K. Fox, Louis G. Fiorilla (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta; Forrest S. Latta (Burr & Forman LLP), Mobile; Brian David Boone (Alston & Bird LLP), Charlotte; Leonard Searcy II (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.), Kansas City; Philip S. Goldberg (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Washington, for amicus appellant. Stephen Christopher Collier (Hawkins & Parnell, LLP), Atlanta; Michael Atkinson Arndt (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta; George Lee Welborn (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S17G0654

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion to dismiss, or alternatively, to bar certain evidence as a sanction for spoliation of evidence, as the record supported the trial court's conclusion that litigation was not reasonably foreseeable when plaintiff destroyed the evidence.

  • Matter of Savitt

    Publication Date: 2018-04-25
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jorge Dopico, Chief Attorney,  Attorney Grievance Committee, New York (Elizabeth A. Palladino, Esq., of counsel), for petitioner. 
    for defendant: Respondent pro se.
    Case Number: M-3396

    In the Matter of Richard P. Savitt, an attorney and counselor-at-law.

  • In the Interest of C.K.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Albin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: (A-15-16) (077672)

    Defendant appealed from the appellate division's affirmance of the denial of his PCR petition.

  • Appellate Division, Second Department: April 20, 2018

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: April 20, 2018

  • April 24, 2018 | The Recorder

    Self-Storage Company's “Protection Plan” Was Not Insurance Subject to State Insurance Code, California Supreme Court Rules

    The Supreme Court of California ruled that the self-storage company's indemnity agreement was not subject to regulation as insurance under the California Insurance Code.

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  • April 24, 2018 |

    Self-Storage Company’s “Protection Plan” Was Not Insurance Subject to State Insurance Code, California Supreme Court Rules

    The Supreme Court of California has ruled that a self-storage company’s indemnity agreement was not subject to regulation as insurance under the…

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  • April 24, 2018 |

    Heckart v. A-1 Self Storage, Inc.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert AnalysisHeckart v. A 1 Self StorageSupreme Court of CaliforniaApril 23, 2018, FiledS2323222018 Cal. LEXIS 2762 * SAMUEL…

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  • Cooper v. Klencner

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Surrogate's Court, New York
    Judge: Surrogate Rita Mella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2014-2912/C

    Attorney's Documentary Evidence Does Not Conclusively Dispose of Claims Against Him, Firm

  • USA v. Maturino

    Publication Date: 2018-04-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Stewart
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-10251

    Maturino tried to buy 144 live grenades (plus other firearms) for a Mexican drug cartel.