Crawford v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-06-05Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Presiding Judge DoyleAttorneys:For plaintiff: John Bradley, (Ocmulgee Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Milledgeville, for appellant.For defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, for appellee.Case number: A24A0217
Court affirms child molestation convictions and rejects ineffective counsel claim over his trial counsel's decision not to strike and remove a juror for cause
MCCloud v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-05-30Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Presiding Judge McFaddenAttorneys:For plaintiff: David West, (David West & Associates), Marietta, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia Brooks, Winder, James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Hannah McLear, (Barrow County Da’s Office), Winder, for appellee.Case number: A24A0126
Court affirms child abuse convictions and rejects defendant's challenges to circumstantial evidence and trial procedures, admission of certain evidence, and claims of ineffective assistance
Platt v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-05-29Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Presiding Justice PetersonAttorneys:For plaintiff: Amy Lee Copeland, (Rouse & Copeland, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Billy Joe Nelson, Jr, Melissa Leigh Poole, (Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Hinesville, for appellee.Case number: S24A0399
Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's contentions of prosecutorial misconduct and trial court failure to take curative actions
Smith v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-05-28Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice PinsonAttorneys:For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey, (Dekalb County Public Defender’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Sarah Jane Thomas, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, Roderick B. Wilkerson, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.Case number: S24A0236
Court affirms felony murder conviction and rejects defendant's claims that he should have been allowed to testify that he had PTSD, and that use of a military charge was improper impeachment
Pittman v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-05-24Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Chief Justice BoggsAttorneys:For plaintiff: David D. Marshall, (Law Office of David D. Marshall), Marietta, for appellant.For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cedartown, for appellee.Case number: S24A0013
Court affirms murder and arson convictions over defendant's multiple procedural challenges regarding evidence, alleged impartiality of District Attorney, and denial of a mistrial
The State v. Jones
Publication Date: 2024-05-21Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Judge BrownAttorneys:For plaintiff: N/aFor defendant: N/aCase number: A24A0328
Court affirms suppression of DUI evidence due to unreasonable prolongation of traffic stop, and vacates and remands a ruling on probable cause
Brissett v. City of New York
Publication Date: 2024-05-21Practice Area:Motor Vehicle Torts
Industry:Court: Supreme Court, KingsJudge: Justice Aaron D. MaslowAttorneys:For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number: 512548/2022
Motion to Add Loss of Consortium Denied as Evidence Did Not Support Claim
Amara v. Cigna Corp.
Publication Date: 2024-05-20Practice Area:Class Actions |
Labor Law
Industry:Insurance
Court: U.S. District Court for ConnecticutJudge: District Judge NagalaAttorneys:For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number: 3:01-cv-02361
Class Action Plaintiffs Fail to Prove Entitlement to Accounting or Post-Judgment Discovery
Mizzero v. Albany Med Health System
Publication Date: 2024-05-20Practice Area:Wage and Hour Litigation
Industry:Health Care
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. - NDNYJudge: District Judge Glenn T. SuddabyAttorneys:For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Andrew Dunlap, Esq., Michael Josephson, Esq., William M. Hogg, Esq., of counsel, Josephson Dunlap, LLP, Houston, TX.For defendant: Co-counsel for Plaintiff: William Clifton Alexander, Esq., Austin W. Anderson, Esq., Carter T. Hastings, Esq., of counsel, Anderson Alexander, PLLC, Corpus Christi, TX.
Local Counsel for Plaintiff: David I. Iversen, Esq., of counsel, E. Stewart Jones Hacker Murphy, LLP, Troy, NY.
Counsel for Defendants: Michael D. Billok, Esq., of counsel, Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Saratoga Springs, NY.
Eric M. O'Bryan, Esq., of counsel, Albany, NY.Case number: 1:23-CV-0538
Overtime Pay Claim Is Stated Only as to Uncompensated Work During Meal Breaks
Green v. Towns
Publication Date: 2024-05-20Practice Area:Administrative Law |
Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Supreme Court, New YorkJudge: Justice Leslie A. StrothAttorneys:For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number: 451786/2023
Parole Board's Decision Overturned as Court Deems Petitioner 'Served Her Time'
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