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The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Tuesday a Washburn University law graduate as chief of the Kansas Court of Appeals to fill a vacancy created by the Oct.

Michigan father taking fight for son to Court of Appeals - Paternity - Schwartz Law Firm

I constantly read the countless decisions issued by the Texas Supreme Court and our state's 14 Courts of Appeal (and those from the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appeals courts, and selected ...

Justice Bob Hunter will return to the Court of Appeals to replace the man who defeated him in this year's Supreme Court race.

For the second time this week, lawmakers have overridden a gubernatorial veto, this time reducing the size of the Court of Appeals.

Last year our office tried a case against Robertson County, Tennessee. The case involved serious injuries that a young boy sustained after being in a skirmish with another student. At trial, we ...

When visitors to the properties of others are injured in California, they may be able to recover damages by holding the property owners liable in a premises liability lawsuit. However, it is ...

This year the North Carolina Court of Appeals is celebrating its 50th anniversary and to honor those years of service, they held a special court session in Craven County Thursday.

One of two men convicted in the 2008 shooting death of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president Eve Carson lost his second appeal with the state on Tuesday.

On Thursday, a 2-1 decision by the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento upheld California’s program to reduce carbon emissions. California’s contro

One common question parties wishing to appeal decisions/sentences/judgments have is how the Court of Appeals will hear the evidence underlying an appeal. A common misconception is that all appellat…

In the case of Caldwell v. Cablevision Systems Corp., the court of appeals ruled in favor of the cable company, saying that while $10,000 payment for one hour’s worth of testimony is “troubling” it is not against the law.

Mark Fucile explains the Supreme Court’s analysis of RPC 3.7. RPC 3.7(a), which generally prohibits a lawyer from acting “as advocate at a trial in which the lawyer is likely to be a ne…

I recently attended a CLE presented by Catharina Haynes, the only federal appellate judge with chambers in the Dallas - Fort Worth area. Judge Haynes offered a number of valuable tips on appellate advocacy:
1. The table of contents is often the first part of your brief read by an appellate judge.

The Court of Appeals has ruled against the state over damages surrounding the State Fair collapse in 2011, sending it back to trial court.

The former same-sex partner of a child’s mother has asked Maryland’s top court to review lower-court decisions denying that person the parental rights of custody and visitation, though the decision…

Deanne Berrey was working for Curry Ice when she was injured in a car accident caused by Sheri Campbell who only had $100,000 in liability insurance coverage. Berrey sued Campbell and also ...

In a 2-1 opinion, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled a 2001 campus gun ban by the University of Michigan doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution.

Hennessy Industries was a car part manufacturer. It was sued frequently for asbestos-related personal injury claims. Hennessy sought insurance coverage for these claims from National Union Fire ...