Katheryn Hayes Tucker

July 12, 2017 | Daily Report Online

In a chat about her new biography during a live Georgia Public Broadcasting program Tuesday, former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears recalled her second thoughts about her place in history.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

July 11, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A disbarred Buckhead lawyer was indicted Tuesday on 32 counts of theft and forgery and accused of misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars in client funds, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard Jr. announced.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

July 11, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Three weeks after announcing plans to run for Georgia Supreme Court in 2018, Court of Appeals Judge John Ellington has reported raising more than $370,000 for his campaign.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

July 11, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Senior U.S District Court Judge William O'Kelley of the Northern District of Georgia, who died Wednesday, was remembered by friends last week for his sharp legal mind, keen wit, strong mentoring, gregarious personality and good company on long trips.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

July 10, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has tossed a former pizza store manager's discrimination lawsuit, instead ordering up arbitration.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

July 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The litigation tsunami continues as another bellwether ignition defect case against General Motors heads to trial Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York before Judge Jesse Furman.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

July 07, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The parents of an American student who died on a study abroad program cannot sue the Brookhaven university, the Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

7 minute read

July 06, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The question of whether a caterer can be sued over food poisoning suffered by wedding guests produced a 5-4 split and two strong dissents at the Georgia Court of Appeals.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

9 minute read

July 06, 2017 | Daily Report Online

A woman has filed a lawsuit against her former pastor, alleging he sexually abused her for years starting when she was 15 and told her it was her duty in service to the church.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

July 06, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The doctrine of sovereign immunity has produced a hangover for Clayton County and the city of College Park over how to split taxes on alcohol sales at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. This bar tab dispute is worth $2.5 million.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read