• Turnage v. Kasper

    Publication Date: 2010-12-17
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Wales, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Melinda D. Taylor Spruell, Taylor & Assocs. PC, Marietta, and Sharon T. McCoy The McCoy Law Firm LLC, Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A1598

    Jury erred in finding first defendant liable for slanderous remarks of second defendant because first defendant was not present when second defendant made the slanderous remarks, and evidence did no

  • Pendley v. Southen Reg'l Med. Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-12-10
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    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald W. Johnson The Johnson Law Firm, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lori G. Cohen, R. Scott Campbell Greenberg Traurig LLP, Paul E. Weathington and Stanley P. Riepe The Weathington Firm, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A0869

    No evidence showed that the decedent's attending doctor was anything other than an independent contractor working for the defendant hos

  • November 30, 2010 |

    Va. Judge Dismisses Challenge To Health Care Law

    NPR, Nov. 30, 2010

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  • November 30, 2010 |

    Year in Review 2010

    A look back at the top 20 stories that affected in-house counsel

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  • November 11, 2010 |

    Businessowners Liability Coverage

    BOP insureds have basically the same coverage for premises and operations, products and completed operations, advertising and personal injury and medical payments as a CGL insured. However there are some differences, as described here.

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  • October 5, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    Only five days after the official launch of SNR Denton--the result of the merger between U.S.-based Sonnenschein Nath

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  • October 1, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

    JENNIFER STOCKER has joined the Grand Rapids office of Barnes & Thornburg as a partner. Stocker will

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  • September 27, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

    Summaries of the High Courts' 2009-2010 Cases and Controversies

    A list of opinions issued by the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals in their 2009-2010 terms. The list contains summaries of the cases and is organized by practice

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  • Ware v. State

    Publication Date: 2010-08-06
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gwendolyn K. Fleming, District Attorney, and Lenora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A10A0503

    Sufficient evidence supported the defendant's conviction for a violation of Crimes Against the Elderly Act, since the evidence showed that the victim was not a resident of a long-term care facility

  • Dupree v. Dupree

    Publication Date: 2010-06-18
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    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelli A. Devaney-Jackson, Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Francis M. Lewis, Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: S10F0516

    The trial court erred in ordering the husband to maintain the minor child's health insurance, without including that expense in calculating his child support oblig