April 25, 2008

Lauren Mock was notified of having passed the Alabama Bar Examination and being certified for admission to the Alabama Bar by the Alabama Supreme Court. 

 April 20, 2008

Joe Durham was recently selected as one of Southwest Georgia's Forty under Forty. The award is given to individuals under the age of forty who have demonstrated leadership and community involvement in Southwest Georgia.

 March 31, 2008

Bert Gregory, representing a railroad client, established precedent in a FELA case testing the application of the Daubert standard for expert witnesses.  The trial court granted a motion for partial summary judgment and a motion in limine excluding the testimony of a treating physician on the issue of causation.  The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision, and the Georgia Supreme Court has denied certiorari. 

 March 10, 2008

Fred Lee made a presentation to senior nursing students at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus on the subject of medical/legal issues in nursing practice. 

 March 7, 2008

Joe Durham and Rick Langley obtained multiple victories in the Georgia Court of Appeals on behalf of their clients, a regional newspaper and a reporter.  The allegations were that a regional newspaper and a reporter maliciously printed false information about a former city clerk, who was charged with theft from the city and eventually pleaded nolo to one of the charges.  The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's ruling that the former clerk was a limited purpose public figure.  Additionally, the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's finding that there was a jury question as to whether the newspaper and the reporter had acted with malice. 

 February 25-27, 2008

Lauren Mock took the Alabama Bar Examination in Montgomery, Alabama. 

 January 25, 2008

Joe Durham and Rick Langley obtained a victory for their clients, a hospital and a licensed physical therapist, in the Georgia Court of Appeals.  The allegations were that a hospital employed physical therapist negligently performed therapy on a patient which resulted in the patient requiring four additional shoulder surgeries.  The trial court dismissed the claim on the grounds that the plaintiffs failed to come forth with competent expert testimony in support of their claim. The Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal.

 January 19, 2008

Joe Durham and Rick Langley obtained summary judgment on behalf of their hospital client in a medical malpractice case pending in the Superior Court of Dougherty County.  The allegations were that a hospital employed nurse violated the requisite standard of care by administering an excessive dose of morphine.  The trial court found that there was no evidence that the nurse’s actions caused any harm or injury to the patient

 January 1, 2008

Joe Durham has become a member of the firm.  Joe began practicing with Langley & Lee, LLC in August of 2003 and his practice is focused on civil litigation with an emphasis on medical malpractice, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death litigation.

 November 2, 2007

Lauren Mock, who joined Langley & Lee, LLC in August 2007, was sworn into the Georgia Bar by the Honorable Stephen S. Goss, Judge, Dougherty Superior Court.