• Allen v. Actors Equity Holding Corp.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Mary V. Rosado
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 157450/2016

    Summary Judgment Denied in Personal Injury Action

  • Bennett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2025-01-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole E. Baker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Acworth, Ralph James Villani, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Grace Guthrie Griffith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Julia Kalleen Greene, Lee Darragh, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, Anna Victoria Fowler, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A1374

    Court Affirms Convictions in Attempted Robbery and Fatal Shooting of Elderly Victim, Rejecting Defendant's Challenges to Evidence and Jury Instructions

  • Walker v. Baptist St. Anthony's Hosp.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Expert Witnesses | Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-0010

    Petitioners sued respondents Baptist St. Anthony's Hospital and Dr. Rhodesia Castillo for medical negligence after petitioner Kristen Walker gave birth to Henry and Henry suffered permanent neurologic injury after he became asphyxiated during labor and suffered a large subacute infarction involving the majority of his left cerebral hemisphere and other small infarctions in his right cerebral hemisphere.

  • Edwards-Tuggle v. The State

    Publication Date: 2025-01-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Haase Brock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A1083

    Court Affirms Conviction in Family Shooting Case, Rejecting Defendant's Contentions of Improper Jury Instructions, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, and Cumulative Error

  • Troutman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2025-01-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: S24A1163

    Court affirms conviction in a stabbing case, dismissing challenges to sufficiency of evidence and prosecutorial conduct and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Sharkey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2025-01-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: S24A1096

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and armed robbery, dismissing challenges to evidence sufficiency, failure to admit evidence, and effectiveness of counsel

  • Coads v. Nassau County

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Paul I. Marx
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 611872/2023

    Summary Judgment in Case Concerning Gerrymandering Violations Denied

  • People v. Reyes

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Richmond
    Judge: Justice Raja Rajeswari
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the People by: ADA Amir Fadl, Esq., ADA Dana Gambardella, Esq., Michael E. McMahon, District Attorney, Richmond County, Staten Island, NY.
    for defendant: For the Defendant: Allen P. Cappelli, Esq., Staten Island, NY.

    Case Number: 90007/2016

    Court Rejects Downward Modification of Sex Offender Registration Act Status

  • Whitaker Farms, LLC v. Fitzgerald Fruit Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-12
    Practice Area: Damages | Evidence
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Mitchell Lowrey, Edwin Allen Page, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, John A. Christy, Jonathan Andrew Akins, (Schreeder Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Max Paul Marks, Aaron Karl Block, (The Block Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23G1162

    Court vacates and remands affirmation of a punitive damages award in a commercial lease dispute for assessment of admissibility of settlement statements on a punitive damages claim

  • Nunez v. 678 St Marks Management, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-02
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Joy F. Campanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 508892/2017

    Jury Verdict Upheld, Attorney Affirmation Not Enough to Vacate Decision