News from June 2021
James A. Bonifant named Sixth Judicial Circuit administrative judge
Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera has appointed Judge James A. Bonifant as the circuit administrative judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit, which includes Frederick and Montgomery counties.
As man suffered heart attack, 911 operator was watching Facebook videos; He could be found liable
LANSING, Mich. (Legal Newsline) – A 911 operator in Michigan who was found with his feet up on his desk watching videos on his phone while emergency calls went unanswered could still be found liable for a man’s death from a heart attack.
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Georgia city owed no duty to man who fell in 3-feet-deep hole, drowned in rainwater
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) – A Georgia city won’t be liable for the death of a man who fell in a hole its workers dug unless the state Supreme Court says otherwise.
The South Carolina Supreme Court has unleashed a 'now-unrestrained menace,' justice warns
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - A teacher who claims school administrators engaged in a civil conspiracy to have her fired for reporting a student to the police will have another shot at proving her case after the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned its own precedent.
Defendants complain about where multimillion-dollar lawsuit over attorneys fees was filed
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – Defendants said to owe more than $3 million in legal fees are challenging the firm Armstrong Teasdale’s decision to sue them in St. Louis.