April 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Forced to Sue? $2.36M Atlanta Slip-and-Fall Judgment to Be Contested Before Court of AppealsThe plaintiff argued "the City knew that it had a systemic and pervasive hazardous condition lurking throughout its water distribution infrastructure in the form of thousands of misfit water meter lids."
By Alex Anteau
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April 15, 2024 | National Law Journal
The Strategy Behind a $525M Patent Infringement Verdict Against Amazon Web Services"In massive, high-stakes litigation, it's really, really difficult to try cases [against] somebody like Amazon who's got, for all intents and purposes, unlimited resources," said the plaintiff's counsel, Courtland Reichman, noting his team put more than 30,000 hours into the suit.
By Alex Anteau
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April 12, 2024 | Daily Report Online
'I Don't Know If I Buy That': Judge Hesitant to Attribute Fee Award to Arbitrator 'Misconduct'Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard Dillard grilled a plaintiffs' attorney on whether serving as an arbitrator while on pain medication constitutes misconduct..
By Alex Anteau
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April 11, 2024 | Daily Report Online
'With All Due Respect, I Disagree': Intermediate Court Judge Clashes With Litigator Over Case of Employee Slain by Co-WorkerAccording to the defendant-appellees, if the intermediate court sides with the appellants, it "would throw the Workers' Compensation Board into chaos."
By Alex Anteau
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April 10, 2024 | Daily Report Online
'Absolutely Stunned': Appellate Panel Grills Macon-Bibb County Government for Alleged Due Process Violations"Where are the police? It almost seems like you want to privatize law enforcement to a corporation," said Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard.
By Alex Anteau
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April 08, 2024 | Daily Report Online
'Irrationally and Intentionally': Intermediate Court to Consider Whether Arbitration Award Should Be Vacated Because Arbitrator Was on Pain Medication"Appellants would like the Court to believe this is simply an arbitration in which a party did not get all the attorney fees he wanted," the appellees wrote in their reply brief. "It is actually an extraordinary case in which an arbitrator not only slashed attorney fees dramatically but did a 180-degree reversal of his proper rulings."
By Alex Anteau
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April 05, 2024 | National Law Journal
'It's Just Really Frustrating': Microsoft IP Contract Dispute Removed to Federal Court on Eve of Pretrial Conference"I think [Microsoft is] trying to avoid a trial and an adverse ruling on summary judgment," said Mark Walters of Lowe Graham Jones.
By Alex Anteau
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April 04, 2024 | Daily Report Online
'They Left Her Out in the Cold': At-Fault Driver Responsible for $8.5M Judgment to Pursue Claims Against Insurer"I think that she should definitely be able to recover more than the amount of the judgment," said attorney Buck Rogers.
By Alex Anteau
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April 03, 2024 | Daily Report Online
Appeals Court Asked to Decide Jurisdiction in Fatal Shooting at WorkThe panel will have to sort out arguments for the matter to go to trial or through the workers' comp process.
By Alex Anteau
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April 02, 2024 | Daily Report Online
'She Must Go': Judicial Qualifications Committee Recommends Judge Be Removed for Ethics Violations"[Peterson's] actions in the courtroom and outside it demonstrate a consistent and persistent pattern of misconduct comprised of intemperance, judicial incompetence and danger to the rights of litigants, which combined warrant removal," the hearing panel opined.
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