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  • Border v. Ernesto

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Legal Malpractice
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
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    Case Number: 08-16-00094-CV

    Appellant, an environmental and demolition contractor, filed the underlying tort and contract claims against appellee, a licensed Texas attorney, based on alleged duties flowing from a continuing relationship and implied agreement of representation.

  • Interfinancial Midtown, Inc. et al. v. Choate Construction Company

    Publication Date: 2017-11-14
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Self
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Lavoie (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Hudson, Zachary Hall (Hudson Parrott Walker, LLC), Atlanta; Michael Baumrind, Frank Lowrey (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1160

    In a case of first impression, the Court held that Georgia law allowing the recovery of general and punitive damages for fraudulent conveyances survived the enactment of Georgias Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act.

  • Wildman v. Medtronic

    Publication Date: 2017-11-13
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Costa
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    Case Number: 17-50010

    Appellant contended that an appellee device implanted in his back to relieve pain did not last the nine years as promised by the company.

  • State of Texas v. Norris

    Publication Date: 2017-11-13
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jamison
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    Case Number: 14-16-00455-CR

    Appellee Eric Norris was arrested and questioned regarding a murder that occurred during a robbery.

  • LaJoya v. Gonzalez

    Publication Date: 2017-11-13
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Government
    Industry: Education
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Contreras
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    Case Number: 13-16-00426-CV

    The appellant, La Joya Independent School District, was sued by the mother of a child fatally struck by a car while attempting to reach a district school bus which had stopped in the road to allow him on.

  • Hughitt v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2017-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bailey
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    Case Number: 11-15-00277-CR

    Appellant Shanna Lynn Hughitt was convicted on the charges of engaging in organized criminal activity and methamphetamine possession with intent to deliver in a drug-free zone.

  • Kou v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2017-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Chapa
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    Case Number: 04-16-00346-CR

    Appellant Steve Kou was indicted and convicted of sexually abusing his young granddaughter over a three year period where they lived in the same home, allegedly infecting her with genital herpes in the process.

  • Holmes v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2017-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice McClure
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    Case Number: 08-16-00150-CR

    Appellant was indicted for possession of more than one but less than four grams of methamphetamine with intent to deliver.

  • Hines v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2017-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wright
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    Case Number: 11-15-00237-CR

    In a three-count indictment, the grand jury indicted appellant for tampering with evidence by concealment, possession of more than one gram of methamphetamine, and evading arrest.

  • Gonyea v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2017-11-13
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Brown
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    Case Number: 01-16-00292-CV

    Appellee who had been convicted of several criminal offenses hired appellant-attorney to file an application for writ of habeas corpus on his behalf.