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  • 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
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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).

  • Youngkin v. Hines

    Publication Date: 2018-05-07
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Lehrmann
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    Case Number: 16-0935

    Hines sued Youngkin, an attorney who represented parties in a prior suit against Hines, alleging that Youngkin participated in a scheme to deprive Hines of his property by facilitating a settlement by Youngkins clients that he (Youngkin) knew they had no intention of complying with.

  • Willacy County v. Sebastian

    Publication Date: 2018-05-07
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Green
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    Case Number: 16-0626

    Based upon Sebastains representation that it owned the grain stored on its property, the county listed Sebastain as the owner on its 2009 appraisal roll.

  • Perryman v. Spartan Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-05-07
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
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    Case Number: 16-0804

    In 1977, Ben Perryman conveyed a parcel of land to his son and daughter-in-law (Gary and Nancy), reserving an undivided royalty interest.

  • DOnofrio v. Vacation Publications

    Publication Date: 2018-05-07
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wiener
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 16-20628

    Karen DOnofrio worked for Vacation Publications, the worlds largest seller of ocean-going cruises, as a sales representative.

  • Christopher v. Depuy Orthopaedics

    Publication Date: 2018-05-07
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
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    Case Number: 16-11051

    This appeal was from the second of a series of bellweather trials in which several thousand plaintiffs claim injuries from hips manufactured by DuPay.

  • Jackson v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-05-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jamison
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    Case Number: 14-16-00050-CR

    Appellant pled guilty to an aggravated robbery charge and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, following a presentence investigation hearing.

  • Villarreal v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-05-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alvarez
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    Case Number: 04-17-00151-CR

    Appellant was convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault and five counts of indecency with a child and the trial court assessed punishment of forty-years confinement.