Katheryn Hayes Tucker

September 02, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The three-week wrongful death trial in DeKalb County State Court focused on care in recovery and mental health treatment programs.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

7 minute read

September 02, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"I elected to forgo taking senior status for the time being so that I could go back to private practice and mediation—something I love," said former Cobb Superior Court Judge Tain Kell.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

September 01, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"We built Calloquy to be a safer, more efficient virtual environment than the mass-market platforms that were hastily deployed in response to the pandemic," said Calloquy founder and CEO and Womble Bond Dickinson partner David Carter.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

August 31, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Gwinnett State Court Senior Judge Joseph Iannazzone has ordered Ford to pay compensatory damages of $16.8 million and punitive damages of $1.7 billion—plus interest at a rate of 8.5% annually while the appeal is pending.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read

August 30, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Paul Weathington of the Weathington Firm represented an ER doctor in two trials. The first time in 2019, Weathington won a motion for a directed verdict, which the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed in 2021. This time Weathington won a defense verdict.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

7 minute read

August 30, 2022 | Daily Report Online

It's been a privilege to work at the Daily Report and ALM, where journalism meets law, where reporters get to write about the legal system and the Constitution and those on the front lines fighting for justice and where somehow, despite the trends, the news is still alive and well in both print and digital form.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read

August 26, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"While we cannot ever give the family what they truly want—their daughter—we are hopeful that resolving this case helps by providing our clients answers to the questions they have struggled with regarding the crash," said Mike Andrews of Beasley Allen.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

August 25, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Erskine was the top deputy to U.S. Attorney Byung Jin "BJay" Pak. Pak stepped down in January after President Donald Trump threatened to fire him for failure to support the effort to find enough votes to swing the 2020 election.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

August 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Plaintiff counsel Andy Rogers and Kara Phillips of Deitch & Rogers said the jury took an hour and a half to award $3.8 million in a case for which the defense had offered $150,000 the week before trial.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

August 22, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"He was one of the judges that I always looked forward to appearing in front of in private practice," Cobb County Superior Court Chief Judge Robert Leonard II said of Judge Robert Flournoy III. "I will miss his pragmatic approach to problem solving and his quick wit."

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read