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  • Gardhigh v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Ross Hamrick, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luke Anthony Martin, Leigh Ellen Patterson, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0227

    Trial Court Was Authorized to Deny Voluntary Manslaughter Defendant's Pretrial Motion for Immunity From Prosecution; Court Properly Found That Defendant Did Not Act in Self-Defense

  • Tumlinson v. Dix

    Publication Date: 2020-07-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Kerry Van Matre, (The Law Office of Jordan K. Van Matre, PC), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: James R. Fortune, (Beck, Owen & Murray), Griffin, Marie Greene Broder, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1277

    Habeas Court Erred in Concluding That it Lacked Authority to Consider Merits of Defendant's Petition for Pre-trial Habeas Relief

  • Matter of James v. iFinex Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-15
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Civil Procedure | Securities Litigation | White Collar Crime
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice Ellen Gesmer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Philip J. Levitz, Scott A. Eisman and Steven C. Wu of counsel, New York State Office of the Attorney General, New York.
    for defendant: For Appellants: Charles A. Michael of counsel, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, Zoe Phillips of counsel, and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York.
    Case Number: 450545/19

    Martin Act Investigation of Virtual Currency Not Dismissed; Currency Deemed a 'Commodity'

  • In Re CJC

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0694

    Abigail was born in 2014 and her mother died when she was three years old. Prior to the mother's death, her father, relator C.J.C., filed suit requesting a court determine conservatorship, possession, and child support for Abigail.

  • Scott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Noah Jared Abrams, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0125

    Physician's Letter and Representations of Counsel Were Sufficient to Establish Crime Victim Was Not Available to Testify at Trial

  • In the interest of JMG

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Chapa
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 04-19-00865-CV

    The Texas Department of Family & Protective Services filed a petition for conservatorship of J.M.G. and termination of mother's parental rights.

  • Texas Mutual Insurance v. Phi Air Medical

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Litigation | Transportation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0216

    Respondent PHI provides emergency air ambulance services and has significant operations in Texas that it provides without regard to a patient's insurance status or ability to pay.

  • Crowder v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glenn Alan Loewenthal, (Glen Loewenthal, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tiffany Collette Boulware, Tasha Monique Mosley, John Evans Fowler, Karen Smith Barbour, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee. Jimmy Dodd Berry, (Jim D. Berry, PC), Marietta, Lisa Lynn Wells, (Lisa L. Wells, LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S19G0931

    In Rem Forfeiture Complaint May Be Served By Publication When Interest Holder Resides Out of State

  • Bonsmara Natural Beef Co v. Hart of Texas Cattle Feeders

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0263

    In this cattle-feeding dispute, the parties asked the court to determine the effect of forgoing an interlocutory appeal and the availability of their chosen forum for arbitration.

  • Frett v. State Farm Employee Workers' Compensation et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-13
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Eugene Bourne, Elliot Jackson Bourne, (Benzine Law Group), Cumming, Nicholas Dale Benzine, (Benzine Law Group), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles E. Harris, IV, Karen G. Lowell, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Todd K. Maziar, (Morgan & Morgan, PLLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G0447

    Employee Who Slipped and Fell on Employer's Premises While Preparing to Eat Lunch Was Covered by Workers' Compensation