Katheryn Tucker

August 23, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The opinion vacates the preliminary injunction granted by U.S. District Court Judge Harold Murphy of the Northern District of Georgia, who has twice ruled that Calhoun's misdemeanor bail policy is unconstitutional for allowing those with cash to bail out of jail while holding others

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

August 23, 2018 | Daily Report Online

A case examining a state abortion law last year offers a courtroom snapshot of Sarah Warren, who would come to join the same court before which she then argued.

By Katheryn Tucker

5 minute read

August 23, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Judicial Nominating Commission Chair Pete Robinson released a notice Wednesday saying the governor has signed an executive order to extend the deadline for nominees to replace Chief Justice P. Harris Hines, who will retire Aug. 31.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

August 22, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Warren will fill the vacancy created by the confirmation of Justice Britt Grant to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

By Katheryn Tucker

3 minute read

August 21, 2018 | Daily Report Online

“We find that the standard that has developed over the years in the Court of Appeals has conflated cases at both the trial and summary judgment stages, thus creating the mistaken impression that food poisoning cases 'are a unique species of negligence cases' imposing a heavier burden upon the plaintiff." —Justice Michael Boggs

By Katheryn Tucker

5 minute read

August 21, 2018 | Daily Report Online

The sole argument on appeal was that the victim might have survived had life support not been withdrawn. The Georgia Supreme Court justices disagreed.

By Katheryn Tucker

4 minute read

August 17, 2018 | Daily Report Online

All three U.S. attorneys for Georgia and the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council announced Friday the creation of what they called the largest crime victim assistance award in history—$110 million.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

August 17, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Ford lawyers say a judge's imposition of "death-penalty contempt sanctions" against them by precluding their defense in a product liability case violates the company's "due process rights."

By Katheryn Tucker

6 minute read

August 17, 2018 | Daily Report Online

“There's no better person to do the job,” U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson said. “Brett Kavanaugh is the real deal.”

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read

August 15, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Tony Dias has nearly 30 years of experience “representing corporate America,” the firm said, and co-leads Jones Day's global financial institutions litigation and regulation practice.

By Katheryn Tucker

2 minute read