By Mason Lawlor | October 12, 2022
"Wharton's address was obviously known because the State mailed a summons to Wharton's address in Georgia," Judge Anthony N. Lawrence wrote in the appellate court's opinion. "[But] because the State attempted service of process by certified mail but never received or filed a return receipt indicating Wharton had been served and never received or filed the envelope marked 'refused,' the State never completed service of process on Wharton as required in Rule 4(c)(5)."
By Mason Lawlor | September 30, 2022
The Georgia Court of Appeals has vacated and remanded the dismissal of a medical-malpractice complaint filed against a urology center in Columbus due to the trial court failing to properly notify its clerk of a new filing date.
By Brad Kutner | September 21, 2022
Dolan's attorney called gaffs in Trump's filing "a complete lack of any reasonable inquiry or due diligence."
By Amanda Bronstad | September 14, 2022
"The statistics suggest there may be something really wrong with the MDL process," said U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who is weighing what to do with 750 remaining Roundup lawsuits after Bayer settled most of the cases.
By Charles Toutant | September 8, 2022
Rosemarie Arnold's law firm improperly withheld an email during discovery that shows the plaintiff perjured herself in her deposition by saying under oath that she was not intoxicated on the night in question, said Houston's lawyer Michael Reed in a court document.
By Allison Dunn | August 17, 2022
"Its eleventh-hour timing and surrounding circumstances strongly suggest that [defendant John H.] Strand seeks reassignment because he and [co-defendant Dr. Simone] Gold were unhappy with her sentence, and he would thus prefer another judge to conduct the remainder of his proceedings," U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the District of Columbia said. "The court will not reward any such tactic."
By Amanda Bronstad | August 16, 2022
U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers, invoking the All Writs Act on Tuesday, ordered 3M not to challenge her rulings in bankruptcy court, where its subsidiary filed a Chapter 11 case last month citing a multidistrict litigation proceeding "broken beyond repair."
By Mason Lawlor | August 12, 2022
"Our Supreme Court rightly—and bravely—held that when less than all parties are dismissed, that does not dismiss a case against nonparties too. Albeit hard to believe, that was the law in Georgia for nearly 40 years."
By Christine Schiffner | July 19, 2022
The plaintiff trial bar organization American Association for Justice has elected a new president, who vows to leverage legal tech education for its members.
By Meghann M. Cuniff | April 22, 2022
The orders from U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria are the first judicial response to a state civil action that seeks injunctions and civil penalties against the law firm Potter Handy.
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