• Virlar v. Puente

    Publication Date: 2020-02-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 04-18-00118-CV

    In this medical malpractice action, a jury found Dr. Virlar liable for Puente's injuries.

  • Harris County v. Coats

    Publication Date: 2020-02-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-17-00732-CV

    Coats and Amron filed a section 1983 claim against Harris County and Deputy Vailes, alleging the County and Vailes' unconstitutional conduct caused the death of Jamail Amron.

  • People v. Hawkins

    Publication Date: 2020-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Term, Second Department, 2nd, 11th & 13th Judicial Districts
    Judge: Presiding Justice Michelle Weston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Leonard Joblove, Ruth E. Ross and Daniel Berman of counsel, Kings County District Attorney.
    for defendant: For Appellant: Ellen Dille of counsel, New York City Legal Aid Society.

    Case Number: 2016-3077KC

    Panel Finds Mitigating Circumstances Warrants Downward Departure of Sex Level Designation

  • TD Bank NA v. Request Model Mgmt Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-20
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Melissa Crane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 650455/2019

    Bank Granted Summary Judgment Against Defendants on a Loan, Entitled to Collateral

  • Leak v. RBI Assoc. Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-18
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Pamela Fisher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: Jacqueline McMickens, Esq., Jacqueline McMickens & Associates, PLLC, Brooklyn, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant Grover & Fensterstock, P.C.: Simon Landsberg, Esq., Meredith D. Gray, Esq., Grover & Fensterstock, P.C. (self-represented), New York, New York. Attorneys for Defendant Amalgamated Bank: Aaron Weissberg, Esq., Kristen D. Romano. Esq., Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelmman & Dicker, LLP, White Plains, New York. Attorneys for Defendant Champion Mortgage: David K. Fiveson, Esq., Mark J. Krueger, Esq., Butler, Fitzgerald, Fiveson & McCarthy, P.C, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 7861/2011

    Negligence Action Against Law Firm Dismissed for Lack of Privity or Special Relationship

  • Copano Energy v. Bujnoch

    Publication Date: 2020-02-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blacklock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-0044

    In the absence of a formal written agreement, plaintiff-landowners sued for breach of contract and tortious interference with contract and argued that the various emails, taken together, amounted to an enforceable written contract that satisfied the statute of frauds.

  • Caballero v. Vig

    Publication Date: 2020-02-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-18-00033-CV

    Appellant wife filed a petition for divorce from appellee husband and two and a half months before trial, attorney Patrick Bramblett entered his appearance as co-counsel for appellee.

  • Energy Transfer v. Enterprise Products

    Publication Date: 2020-02-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-0862

    Petitioners ETP and respondents Enterprise entered into three written agreements where they reiterated that they would not be bound to proceed in any partnership until each company's board of directors approved the execution of a formal contract to pursue Double E, a project to convert a natural gas pipeline to one to transport oil.

  • Redding v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Vincent James Faucette, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: S19A1302

    Court affirms murder and other convictions over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and trial court error

  • E.K. v. P.K.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Helen Voutsinas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 800209/2018

    Substantial Change in Circumstances Warrants Revised Custody and Visitation Order