Georgia’s Constitution requires the Court of Appeals to transfer a case to the Supreme Court when it is equally divided in deciding whether to affirm or reverse a lower court ruling. This situation does not occur often …
In a case of importance to all Illinois practitioners, the Illinois Supreme Court in Waukegan Hospitality Group, LLC v. Stretch’s Sports Bar & Grill Corporation, 2024 IL 129277 found that the clerk’s rejection of a …
We learned this month that an issue of pervasive interest to politicians and activists of all persuasions was not so compelling to merit review by the United States Supreme …
In Expert Pool Builders, LLC v. Vangundy, No. 23S‐PL‐171 (2024), the Indiana Supreme Court considered whether Siebert Oxidermo, Inc. v. Shields, 446 N.E.2d 332 (Ind. 1983) requires that a T.R. …
Is uninsured/underinsured motorist (“UM”) coverage imputed to one injured on a tractor that was not specifically scheduled on the policy and that was operating on a public road when it was struck …
A recent decision by a federal court in California set out several important insurance concepts. In Brookfield Property Group v. Liberty Mutual, the defendant CGL insurer issued a policy to a non-party construction manager. The construction …
On Friday, August 18, 2023, an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed nearly three decades of precedent as to the reach of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act …
In a surprising decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court sua sponte overturned Wisconsin Pharmacal Co., LLC v. Nebraska Cultures of California, Inc., 2016 WI 14, admitting that the Court erred in “incorporating the …
Those in the legal profession understand the importance of preserving issues for appeal. Yet there has been conflict among the Courts of Appeals over whether a question of law, resolved at summary judgment, must …
Georgia law waives the sovereign immunity of local government entities for claims based on bodily injuries or death that are caused by the negligent use of a covered motor vehicle by a local government officer …
Usually, the courts do not take issue when litigating parties stipulate to an agreement—especially when the parties are agreeing to dismiss claims. However, the courts will not turn a blind eye to …
