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.