• General Motors, LLC v. Buchanan et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection | Products Liability | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Cari Katrice Dawson, Jamie S. George, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Charles B. Marsh, Myrece R. Johnson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Brian Patrick Kappel, Michael Lester Bell, Rachel McCulley Lary, Christopher Cameron Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Alan Dawson, Lance Alan Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, James Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Cross Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Richard B. North, Jr., Christopher Shaun Polston, Steven H. Campbell, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Nicole A. Saharsky, Minh Nguyen-Dang, (Mayer Brown LLP), Washington, Charles Haake, David Edward Bright, (Alliance Of Automobile Manufacturers), Washington, Alexander Bunnen Feinberg, Mary Kathryn Mangan, John Cowles Neiman, Jr., (Maynard Cooper & Gale P.C.), Birmingham, Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, Lee Alexander Peifer, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Philip S. Goldberg, Anna Sumner Pieschel, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Thomas Bayman, Chilton D. Varner, Billie Barker Pritchard, Paul Alessio Mezzina, (King & Spalding LLP), Washington, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (American Association for Justice), Washington, Christopher Dean Glover, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.), Atlanta, Lindsay Alexandra Forlines, (Forlines Law, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Roberts Chance, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S21G1147

    Corporate Defendant Had Burden of Persuasion to Show High-Ranking Executive Was Entitled to Protection From Deposition

  • ROY ECKHARDT; YOLANDA C. ECKHARDT, Plaintiffs Appellants v. QUALITEST PHARMACEUTICALS, INCORPORATED; WYETH, INCORPORATED, individually and as Successor-in-Interest to A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED and AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS; SCHWARZ PHARMA, INCORPORATED; VINTAGE PHARMACEUTICALS, L.L.C., Defendants Appellees

    Publication Date: 2014-05-13
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    Date Filed: 2014-05-13
    Court: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
    Judge: E. GRADY JOLLY
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-40151

    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUITROY ECKHARDT; YOLANDA C. ECKHARDT, Plaintiffs Appellants v. QUALITEST

  • Vielma v. Eureka Company

    Publication Date: 2000-07-24
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    Date Filed: 2000-07-20
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: GARWOOD, WIENER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. 99-50181

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:Plaintiff-appellant Eva Vielma (Vielma) brought this action against her employer, defendant

  • Streit v. Covington & Crowe

    Publication Date: 2000-07-24
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    Date Filed: 2000-07-20
    Court: Cal. Ct. App.
    Judge: GARWOOD, WIENER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. 99-50181

    GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:Plaintiff-appellant Eva Vielma (Vielma) brought this action against her employer, defendant-appellee Eureka Company (Eureka), alleging Texas law claimsof age and disabilit