Katheryn Tucker

August 09, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

“Causation, while a simple everyday word, is by no means a simple concept, in law or elsewhere, and its application to various questions of legal liability and damages has vexed our profession for at least the past one hundred years,” Justice Steven Ecker said in a special concurrence.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

August 09, 2019 | Daily Report Online

“I am extremely honored to have even been nominated for this award,” Houston Judicial Circuit District Attorney George Hartwig said. “To be selected as one of the recipients is truly a highlight of my career as a prosecutor.”

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

August 08, 2019 | Daily Report Online

“I am so grateful for the privilege of protecting the dignity and rights of LGBT people in Georgia,” ACLU Georgia Legal Director Sean J. Young said. "It is an honor to receive this award and to celebrate it with my fiancé, Dave Mardis.”

By Katheryn Tucker

5 minute read

August 08, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Jane W. Wilson died in 1976, shot and killed by her second husband of only three days in front of her two young children, then ages 8 and 10. A law clinic and a fellowship will now bear her name.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

August 06, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Defense attorney Steven Kyle of Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin accused plaintiffs counsel Lance Cooper of the Cooper Firm of violating a confidentiality agreement by talking about the case. Cooper called that an unconstitutional effort to place a gag order on the record of a public trial.

By Katheryn Tucker

9 minute read

August 06, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Brian Kemp’s office released the names Tuesday on shortlists to fill four judicial vacancies—one in Bibb County, one in Bullock County and two in DeKalb County.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

August 05, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

Hussein Agiz was 18 when he went out for an evening with friends to watch drag racing in the 10-acre Heller Industrial Park. But as he rode his bike down one of the straight, flat roads, he found himself between two cars speeding in opposite directions. The one that hit him exploded into a ball of fire, as did his bike, according to the complaint he filed against the owner of the property, Heller Industrial Parks Inc.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

August 02, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Phillies allege that the New York creator of Miss Piggy is threatening to make the Phanatic a free agent if the team doesn't pay millions of dollars for two weeks of work 41 years ago.

By Katheryn Tucker

5 minute read

July 31, 2019 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Solicitor General Andrew Pinson said moving the deadline would help his office coordinate with the many defendants, some of whom have not yet been served. Pinson also noted the busy schedule of the state's outside counsel, Washington appellate lawyer Jeffrey M. Harris of Consovoy McCarthy.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

July 31, 2019 | Daily Report Online

When asked for school records, an employee in a hospital office inadvertently sent private medical records with therapy notes for a former patient. The jury deliberated a little less than an hour before awarding $500,000, plus court costs.

By Katheryn Tucker

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