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  • Reed v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Moseley
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    Case Number: 06-17-00163-CR

    Appellant was convicted of one count of murder and one count of aggravated robbery and sentenced to sixty years' imprisonment and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.

  • Gutierrez v. Stewart Title

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
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    Case Number: 14-17-00244-CV

    Edna Gutierrez left two parcels of real property to two (out of her five) children, with an instruction that the property was not to be sold and should, instead, be divided among the siblings upon a persons death (the no-sale clause).

  • In the Estate Of Danford

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
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    Case Number: 14-16-00972-CV

    In 2010, Annie Ruth Danford signed a purported will and self-proving affidavit naming Robert Stawarczik executor and sole beneficiary of her estate and, on the same day, she also executed a general power of attorney in favor of Stawarczik.

  • Diamond v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jamison
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    Case Number: 14-17-00005-CR

    Appellant filed an application for writ of habeas corpus after being convicted of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated.

  • In Re All state Vehicle

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Walker
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    Case Number: 02-17-00319-CV

    Allstate sought a writ of mandamus, explaining that the trial court had refused Allstates request for an appraisal of the property damage.

  • In Re Justin M

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Moseley
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    Case Number: 06-18-00014-CV

    The trial court appointed the Department of Family and Protective Services as the temporary managing conservator of four children.

  • In Re Forney

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rios
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    Case Number: 04-18-00075-CV

    Plaintiffs sued McCombs Energy in Harris County district court, alleging that it breached certain contracts between the parties.

  • Garcia v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Willson
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    Case Number: 11-16-00314-CR

    Garcia was charged by information with possessing a controlled substance, with an enhancement that the offense was committed within 1000 feet of a drug free zone (a premises owned by an institution of higher learning).

  • Fratta v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2018-05-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 17-70023

    Fratta was convicted of capital murder in 1997 for the murder of his wife.

  • Evans et al. v. Rockdale Hospital, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-05-08
    Practice Area: Damages | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Bell (Bell Law Firm), Atlanta; Sidney Moore (The Moore Law Firm PC), Atlanta; James Wilson (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sharonda Boyce, Daniel Huff, Randolph Powell (Huff Powell Bailey LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Heather McGrotty (Weathington Mgrew PC), Atlanta; Paul Weathington (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0233

    The trial court erred in denying plaintiffs' motion for additur or, alternatively, for a new trial on damages, because the jurys award of zero damages for medical malpractice plaintiff's past pain and suffering rendered the award of damages so clearly inadequate under a preponderance of the evidence as to shock the conscience and necessitate a new trial under O.C.G.A. § 51-12-12 (b).