Hand Down List decided on: December 6, 2017

Publication Date: 2017-12-08

Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals

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Court: Appellate Division, Second Department

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Appellate Division, Second Department:December 6, 2017

In Re: Estate of James L. Hill

Publication Date: 2017-02-06

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Court: Court of Appeals

Judge: Boggs,

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For plaintiff: Alexander Hart Hall Williamson Hart PC, Albany, and Lindsey Cambardella Bryson Law Firm PC, Suwanee, for appellant.

For defendant: Carl Langley Watson Spence LLP, Albany, for appellee.

Case number: A16A1948

Executrix of the deceased's estate waived her right to assert default as a ground to dismiss deceased's son's caveat to the will, because her course of conduct was inconsistent with an intent to rai

Cowart v. Schevitz

Publication Date: 2016-03-22

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Court: Court of Appeals

Judge: Boggs, Michael P.

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For plaintiff: Leslie Kennerly and John Smith Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith Lawrence, Valdosta, for appellant.

For defendant: William Holbert Slover, Prieto, Marigliano Holbert LLC, James Douglas, and Jack Helms The Helms Law Firm PC, Homerville, for appellee. Other party representation: John Stephenson Watson Spence LLP, Albany.

Case number: A15A2036

As an out-of-possession landlord, the defendant was entitled to summary judgment in the plaintiff's premises liability suit, because he neither constructed the ramp on which the plaintiff fell nor s

Johnson v. Nextel, 14-454

Publication Date: 2015-03-06

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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Judge: Before: Wesley, Hall, and Lynch, C.JJ.

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For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Steve W. Berman and Kenneth S. Thyne on the brief, Jennifer F. Connolly, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP, Washington, D.C.

For defendant: For Nextel Communications, Inc: Lawrence R. Sandack and John E. Roberts on the brief, Mark D. Harris, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY.

Case number: 14-454

Cite as son v. Nextel, 14-454, NYLJ 1202719688507, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 4, 2015) FULL CASE NAME Michael S

DOCO Credit Union v. Chambers

Publication Date: 2015-02-17

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Court: Court of Appeals

Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.

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For plaintiff: Rebecca Davis and Charles Ingraham Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.

For defendant: Sarah Kjellin, Christopher Cohilas Watson Spence LLP, Albany, and David Mullis, Valdosta, for appellees.

Case number: A13A2465

A previously-filed action in one county seeking monetary damages for certain allegedly wrongful foreclosures did not abate a quiet title suit filed in another county, as the two causes of action wer

Southwestern Emergency Physicians PC v. Nguyen

Publication Date: 2015-01-06

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Court: Court of Appeals

Judge: Branch, Elizabeth

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For plaintiff: Jeffrey Braintwain, Erica Jansen Huff, Powell Bailey LLC, Atlanta, and Carl Langley Watson Spence LLP, Albany, for appellant.

For defendant: . Paul Phillips Flynn Peeler Phillips LLC, and Ralph Scoccimaro Brown Scoccimaro PC, Albany, for appellees.

Case number: A14A0942

A jury question remained as to whether a 6-month-old, who was misdiagnosed as having a minor injury in a hospital e cy room as opposed to the serious injury she actually suffered, was provided

Bright v. Sandstone Hospitality LLC

Publication Date: 2014-05-01

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Court: Court of Appeals

Judge: Ray, William M.

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For plaintiff: Hubert Hamilton and Patrick Cruise The Hamilton Firm, Rossville, for appellant.

For defendant: . Harry Bassler, Jason Darneille Crim & Bassler LLP, Joshua Tropper, and Steven Press Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

Case number: A13A1811

Genuine issues of material fact remained in the plaintiff's premise liability suit against a hotel arising from injuries he suffered when he attempted to pull himself up in his hotel room's bathtub

Bomia v. Ben Hill Cnty. Sch. Dist.

Publication Date: 2013-03-25

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Court: Court of Appeals

Judge: Miller, M. Yvette

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For plaintiff: Dewey Hayes, Douglas, for appellant.

For defendant: John Stephenson Watson Spence LLP, Albany, for appellees.

Case number: A12A1852

The Ben Hill County School District and its transportation director were entitled to sovereign and official immunity from the plaintiff's suit for malicious prosecution, false arrest and wrongful di