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  • Chambers v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2022-04-18
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
    Judge: Judge Richardson
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    Case Number: PD-0424-19

    A criminal defendant, who was convicted of possession of a controlled substance following a traffic stop, successfully proved on appeal that the trial court erred in its deliberations.

  • Seigler v. Wal Mart Stores

    Publication Date: 2022-04-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis
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    Case Number: 20-11080

    A customer, who slipped and fell in a store and lost on summary judgment, successfully proved on appeal that the trial court erred in determining there were no genuine issues of material fact.

  • Ex Parte Rion

    Publication Date: 2022-04-18
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
    Judge: Judge Walker
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    Case Number: PD-1096-19

    A criminal defendant, who was found not guilty at trial for crimes related to a traffic accident, failed to prove on appeal that the government lacked the ability pursuant to the collateral estoppel doctrine to charge him for different crimes for the same accident.

  • Maynard et al. v. Snapchat, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, Amanda Kay Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Lawson Neff, Darryl Dwayne Adams, Susan Mary Cremer, Timothy Shane Peagler, (The Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C.), Atlanta, Todd Robert Henningsen, (Henningsen Injury Attorneys, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori G. Cohen, Sean Patrick Jessee, Andrew Zachery Ryan Smith, (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Hugh Blavin , Anne K. Conley , John Blackston Major Pope, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), Los Angeles, Anne Dodson Gower, (Gower Wooten & Darneille LLC), Atlanta, Robert David Johnson, (Johnson & Alday, LLC), Marietta, for appellee; Brian DeVoe Rogers, (Rogers & Fite, LLC), Atlanta, Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, PC), Atlanta, Paul Isaac Hotchkiss, (Hotchkiss Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (Bey And Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Steven Ashby, (The Ashby Firm), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; W. Ray Persons, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Michael L. Eber, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0555

    Manufacturer's Duty of Care Extended to Selecting From Alternative Product Designs in Light of Foreseeable Risks of Harm

  • April 11, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

    How Updates to the Texas Citizen's Participation Act Are Working

    In summary, while the 2019 revisions to the TCPA have reigned in a lot of the abuses of the statute, several open questions remain on how successful the revisions have been, say Dallas-based Bell Nunnally attorneys Heath Cheek and Ian G. Klein.

    5 minute read

  • April 11, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

    Matching Statutes by State

    A state-by-state analysis of matching statutes

    14 minute read

  • In the Interest of RHB

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Watkins
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    Case Number: 04-21-00038-CV

    Briones and Bragg divorced in 2016 and the divorce decree provided that Briones would pay child support, maintain health insurance for the children, and pay Bragg certain amounts by certain dates as part of the marital property division.

  • Hrdy v. Second Street

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Litigation | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goodman
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    Case Number: 01-19-00194-CV

    A group of limited partners, that argued the general partners breached their obligations to the partnership by purchasing four tracts of real estate for themselves, failed to prove the evidence was insufficient to find only breaches for two of the tracts.

  • Alonzo v. John

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Zimmerer
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    Case Number: 14-20-00148-CV

    A tractor-trailer driver, who rear-ended a sedan and was found liable at trial for more than $12 million in damages, failed to prove any reversible error on appeal.

  • Navarro v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goodman
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    Case Number: 01-20-00308-CR

    A criminal defendant, who was found guilty of assault on a public servant, failed to prove on appeal that the trial court erred in its jury instructions.