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  • Porretto v. The City of Galveston Park Bd. of Tr.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-16
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Constitutional Law | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge King
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-40035

    Plaintiff owns Porretto Beach. After years of litigation against the Texas General Land Office which had blocked her sale of the beach property, plaintiff filed for bankruptcy.

  • Fraga v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0548

    Court affirms most convictions for family violence and cruelty over defendant's challenge to evidence and assertions of error, but reverses on conviction due to insufficient evidence

  • In the Interest of R. E. Z. B., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Family Law | Immigration Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebeca Salmon, (Attorney at Law), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cathy Lerow, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1775

    Court affirms finding of dependency and an award of custody, but remands the case for specific findings on a child's special immigrant juvenile status

  • Hartwell Railroad Company et al. v. Hartwell First United Methodist Church, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-28
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hall, Mark Toth, (Hall, Bloch, Garland, And Meyer), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Gordon, Kimberly Higginbotham, (The Gordon Law Firm, Attorneys at Law, LLC), Hartwell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1021

    Language of Deeds in Chain of Title Showed Property Owner Acquired Fee Simple Title to Land Under Railroad Spur Track

  • In the Interest of B. R., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-08-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Emily Harris, Jerry Thacker, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Douglas Pack, (Pearl & Associates), Chamblee, Bidisha Idnani, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0194

    Court vacates two juvenile court orders on dependency and remands for specific findings on parental unfitness and clarification of what had been continued

  • Sadler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon Rhoades, (Attorney at Law), Lagrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Connor Dooley, (Troup County District Attorney’s Office), Lagrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0750

    Court vacates restitution order and remands for a new hearing on the fair market value of a vehicle before the defendant damaged it, and evidence of cost of repairs

  • Lipman et al. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2023-03-10
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Conley, Robert Ingram, (Chilivis Grubman Dalbey & Warner LLP), Atlanta, Scott Grubman, (Chilivis Grubman Dalbey & Warner LLP), Atlanta, Brittany Cambre, (Chilivis, Grubman, Dalbey & Warner LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Sara Vann, (Office of the Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit), Atlanta, Jessica Hall, (Georgia Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Mary Bryan, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1659

    Violations of Federal Anti-Kickback Statute Can Support Liability Under Georgia's False Medicaid Claims Act

  • Matter of Dariel R. (Alba R.)

    Publication Date: 2022-08-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Family Court, Bronx
    Judge: Judge Liberty Aldrich
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number:

    Previous Abuse Allegations Insufficient Basis to Remove Newborn For Derivative Neglect

  • July 7, 2022 | New York Law Journal

    Sentence Reduction, Question of Standing, TILA Liability

    In this edition of their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan report on several recent and significant representative decisions, including reduction of a lengthy prison sentence due to defendant's medical impairments; a holding that, under ERISA, unionized workers had standing to sue trustees of their former union regarding dollar amounts transferred to their new union; and a holding that plaintiffs failed to establish a bank's liability under the Truth in Lending Act regarding disclosures related to their mortgage.

    9 minute read

  • June 22, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    New Georgia Judges: Women Edge Out Male Challengers, Secure Election Victories

    Voters have elected Cobb County Magistrate Judge Sonja N. Brown and Southern Judicial Circuit Senior Assistant District Attorney Catherine Mims Smith to superior court judgeships during the runoff election.

    3 minute read