Mason Lawlor

February 14, 2023 | Daily Report Online

A lawsuit alleging a 13-year-old student endured racial and disability discrimination can proceed against a Columbus Christian school, minus claims for emotional distress and punitive damages.

By Mason Lawlor

4 minute read

February 10, 2023 | Law.com

Fulton was also the first Black woman to serve as an assistant district attorney for Mecklenburg County before starting her career on the bench.

By Mason Lawlor

2 minute read

February 09, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"Here, the BOLO for an aggressive driver in a gray passenger vehicle traveling on Mulberry Rock Road with an orange out-of-state tag was, without more information, too generalized to warrant a traffic stop because '[t]his description would cover a staggering number of vehicles and drivers in the State of Georgia' and cannot create a reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle,"' Court of Appeals Judge Ben Land wrote.

By Mason Lawlor

4 minute read

February 09, 2023 | Law.com

Court "will not permit litigants to refrain from asserting known grounds for disqualification in order 'to experiment with the court.'"

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

February 07, 2023 | Law.com

Pittsburgh-based law firm Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Basick & Raspanti announced that two whistleblowers from Florence, South Carolina, have settled their 10-year qui tam nonintervened lawsuit against Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp) for $19 million.

By Mason Lawlor

4 minute read

February 02, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"The court will not tolerate false responses or statements in any pleading or motion filed before it," U.S. Magistrate Judge Hope Cannon wrote.

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

January 30, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The first U.S. state court jury trial in litigation brought by private plaintiffs over the opioid epidemic began in Georgia with opening arguments Monday morning.

By Mason Lawlor

6 minute read

January 30, 2023 | Daily Report Online

After more than five years of litigation, Georgia's two highest state courts have now ruled that Snapchat could indeed be held liable for a car crash allegedly caused by a woman's misuse of one of the platform's popular features while on the road.

By Mason Lawlor

4 minute read

January 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"Elizabeth and Scott are talented lawyers who add value and depth to our membership," firm chairman Scott Parrish said in a press release announcing the promotion. "The firm welcomes these enthusiastic and proven leaders as we continue to grow and serve clients across our practice areas."

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

January 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"Nowhere in Dr. Cook's 19-page report does he explain how he reached his causation opinion, and it is clear from the report that Dr. Cook did not identify a harmful dose of any chemical that could cause the [later manifested physical conditions] at issue and did not follow any epidemiological methodology," U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers said.

By Mason Lawlor

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