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  • CHCA v. Cornett

    Publication Date: 2021-10-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wilson
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    Case Number: 14-19-00580-CV

    Appellees' twin daughters were born prematurely at appellant's medical center and were placed in the neonatal intensive care unit.

  • Biggers v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-10-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Stevens
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    Case Number: 06-20-00129-CR

    Appellant was charged by indictment with first degree felony of manufacture or delivery of methamphetamine.

  • Delagarza v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-10-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Silva
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    Case Number: 13-19-00617-CR

    Appellant challenged his third-degree felony tampering with evidence conviction enhanced to a first-degree felony, for which he was sentenced to ninety-nine years' imprisonment.

  • K.N.B. v. M.D.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
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    Case Number: 21-1208

    Appellant appealed the grant of a sexual violence protective order and court found petitions under the Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence or Intimidation Act were subject to the six-year catch-all statute of limitations and the continued risk of harm element did not require trial court to evaluate the reasonableness of a plaintiff's mental and emotional reactions. Affirmed.

  • In re Guardianship of Chang

    Publication Date: 2021-10-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Christopher
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    Case Number: 14-20-00115-CV

    A daughter, whose application for guardianship of her mother's estate was denied due to adverse interests, failed to show on appeal how that decision was in error.

  • Superbash 2017 v. Fun Fest

    Publication Date: 2021-10-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wilson
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    Case Number: 14-19-00190-CV

    In 2017, appellees sought to hold a super bowl event at Music World and appellants sought to hold a super bowl party at the same venue on the same date.

  • 260 BC LLC v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, Town of E. Hampton

    Publication Date: 2021-10-12
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Joseph Santorelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioners: Matthews, Kirst & Cooley, PLLC, East Hampton, NY. Attorneys for Petitioners: Margolin Besunder LLP, Islandia, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondents: Law Offices of Cahn & Cahn, P.C., Melville, NY. Attorneys for Intervenor: Michael G. Walsh, Esq., Water Mill, NY.
    Case Number: 2886/2018

    ZBA Properly Denied Petitioners' Request for Special Permit to Build Elevated Walkway

  • In the Matter of the Marriage of Comstock

    Publication Date: 2021-10-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Farris
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    Case Number: 01-19-00722-CV

    The trial court dissolved the parties' marriage, divided their marital estate, named appellee sole managing conservator over the parties' two children, and ordered appellant to pay a share of appellee's attorneys' fees.

  • Texas Southern Uni v. Pepper Lawson Horizon

    Publication Date: 2021-10-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Countiss
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    Case Number: 01-19-00395-CV

    In this interlocutory appeal, appellant Texas Southern University challenged the trial court's order denying its first amended plea to the jurisdiction filed in the suit brought against it by Pepper Lawson Horizon International Group, LLC for breach of contract and violation of the Prompt Payment Act.

  • Brookfield Asset Mgmt., Inc. v. Rosson

    Publication Date: 2021-10-06
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin G. Abrams, Eric A. Veres, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Stefania D. Venezia, Amanda K. Pooler, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Ned Weinberger, Derrick Farrell, Mark Richardson, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, Delaware; Steven J. Purcell, Douglas E. Julie, Robert H. Lefkowitz, Kaitlyn T. Devenyns, Purcell Julie & Lefkowitz LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy S. Friedman, David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: D69560

    Court overruled the Gentile carve-out doctrine where it created analytical tension with Tooley and other legal doctrines permitted stockholders to pursue direct claims for fiduciary breaches.