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  • McNabb v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Titus Thomas Nichols, (Nichols Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Randal Matthew McGinley, Alexandra Jewel Stone, (Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0031

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Hounkpatin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Richard Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Emily Rebecca Polk, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0564

    Trial Court Properly Admitted Evidence That Defendant Assaulted Child Victim and Siblings Prior to Victim's Death

  • M.F. v. Amida Care Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-02
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Richard Montelione
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 520314/2017

    Court Uses Lodestar Method to Calculate Attorneys' Fees in Privacy Action

  • Matter of Hossain

    Publication Date: 2022-06-01
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Appellate Division, Third Department
    Judge: Justice Stan Pritzker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Mohammed K. Hossain, Respondent: Nicole Salk of counsel, Brooklyn Legal Services, New York City.
    for defendant: For Appellant: Scott R. Matthews of counsel, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, New York City. For Commissioner of Labor, Respondent: Mary Hughes of counsel, Letitia James, Attorney General, New York City.
    Case Number: 533248

    Third Department Affirms Dept. of Labor Determination that Ride-Sharing App is an Employer

  • D.J. v. C.R.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Joseph Lorintz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number:

    Defendant Not Entitled to Distribution of Plaintiff's Annuity Under Stipulation

  • Colt v. New Jersey Transit Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice Jeffrey Oing
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondents: Brian J. Shoot and Eric K. Schwarz of counsel, Sullivan Papain Block McGrath Coffinas & Cannavo, P.C., New York.
    for defendant: For Appellants: John A. Stone of counsel, DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP, New City.
    Case Number: 158309/17

    Suit Dismissal in Absence of NJ Forum Because Injury Occurred in NY is Affront to Justice

  • Saintil v. Liberty Lines Tr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-31
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Supreme Court, Westchester
    Judge: Justice Joan Lefkowitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: Jonathan Rice, Esq., Mercilia Saintil, Dobbs Ferry, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants: Maroney O'Connor LLP, Liberty Lines Transit, Inc., County of Westchester, Westchester County Department of Public Works and Transportation, The Bee Line Bus System, and Romualdo Castro, New York, New York. Attorneys for Defendant: Joseph Barrella, Haworth Barber & Gerstman, LLC, New York, New York.
    Case Number: 56847/2020

    Plaintiff Who Did Not Appear for IMEs May Offer Evidence of Alleged Disability

  • Ex parte KW

    Publication Date: 2022-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Hinojosa
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 13-20-00291-CR

    K.W. was arrested for capital murder. After institution of numerous orders to protect Texans from the COVID-19 pandemic, a grand jury consisting of six "in-person" jurors and six jurors who participated remotely by Zoom indicted K.W., who then filed a writ of habeas corpus asserting the emergency order was unconstitutional.

  • Bauta v. Mulvey

    Publication Date: 2022-05-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury | Privacy
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Tijerina
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 13-20-00388-CV

    Appellee, a bishop in the Diocese of Corpus Christi, appointed appellant, a priest, as parochial administrator of a church in Port Aransas.

  • Ex parte KT

    Publication Date: 2022-05-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Young
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-0977

    The Texas Supreme Court took a consolidated case involving two unrelated respondents acquitted of driving while intoxicated who sought expunction of the records relating to their arrests.