• Garcia v. Dignity Home Care, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-22
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Paul M. Hensley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: Salvatore L. Marino, Esq., Dalli & Marino LLP, Mineola, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendants: Monica N. Doss, Esq., White & Williams LLP, New York, NY. Thomas J. Benvenuto, Esq., Benvenuto & Gaujean, Roslyn Heights, NY.

    Case Number: 609484/2020

    Summary Judgment Denied; Issues of Fact as to Whether Decedent Was Fall Risk

  • Poor v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2024-10-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 11-22-00221-CR

    A criminal defendant, who challenged his convictions on appeal, failed to prove that he was entitled to relief.

  • Old Republic Ins. Co. v. Morris

    Publication Date: 2024-10-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Hoyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 12-23-00292-CV

    In 2014, an explosion at a plywood mill injured several employees. Appellant Old Republic Insurance Company, as the workers' compensation insurer, paid benefits to the injured parties.

  • Fleischman v. 84 Lbr. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Suzanne Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 190269/2023

    Defendant Failed to Demonstrate They Put Asbestos Related Hazard Warnings

  • Howard Russell Yntema v. Leah Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-10-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Paul Martin, (Martin Demelfi, LLC), Atlanta, Ulice Sauls, III, (Sauls Law Group LLC), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dawn Hunsicker Taylor, (Dawn H. Taylor LLC), Suwanee, for appellee; Kathryn T. Franklin, (Franklin Family Law, PC), Buford, for other party.

    Case Number: S24C0850

    Court denies review of speech restriction order in a divorce proceeding, but acknowledges potential due process concerns for nonparties

  • Matter of Fein v. Langer

    Publication Date: 2024-10-17
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice Jeffrey K. Oing
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondents: Michael Dachs and Mayer S. Klein of counsel, Frankel, Rubin, Klein, Payne & Pudlowski, P.C., Brooklyn and H. Jonathan Rubinstein of counsel, The Feinsilver Law Group, P.C., Brooklyn.
    for defendant: For Appellant: David J. Shlansky of counsel, Shlansky Law Group, LLP, New York.

    Case Number: 651198/23

    Claims' Pursuit in Arizona Properly Enjoined, Their Arbitration Properly Compelled

  • Pyne v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kalki Yalamanchili, (Y’Chili Law LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Grace Guthrie Griffith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Thomas L. Williams, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0670

    Court affirms convictions for murder and other crimes, and rejects claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and improper closing argument by prosecutor

  • Catoosa County Republican Party et al. v. Henry et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-16
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Oles, Alpharetta, Catherine Scott Bernard, Jordan Alexander Johnson, (Bernard & Johnson, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan Christopher Norton, (Luther-Anderson, PPLP), Chattanooga, Archibald A. Farrar, Jr., Catherine Farrar Jackson, (Farrar & Corbin, P.C.), Summerville, Bryan Paul Tyson, (The Election Law Group/Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Lawrence Alan Stagg, (Stagg Law Firm, LLC), Ringgold, for appellee; Sarah E. Thompson, Statesboro, Susan P. Opraseuth, Alpharetta, for Neutral Amicus; Brent William Herrin, (Small Herrin, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0917

    Court dismisses appeal by local Republican Party organization in an election dispute over candidate qualification, stressing the importance of timeliness in election challenge cases

  • Markowitz v. 420 Kent Ave. LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-10-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Peter P. Sweeney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 527648/2021

    Court Rules That LLC Must Indemnify Defendant, Summary Judgment Granted

  • Pefanis v. A.O. Smith Water Prods. Co

    Publication Date: 2024-10-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Adam Silvera
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 190302/2020

    Dismissal Denied, Issues of Fact as to Whether Defendant's Products Caused Asbestos