Pratt v. General Insurance Company of America
N/AOUTCOME: Recovered complete compensation and attorney's fees
Filed lawsuit alleging that insurance company breached homeowner's policy and acted in bad faith by denying property damage claim.
Jonathan Lee Schwartz's Legal Cases (5)
Atlanta, GA
Environmental and natural resources Lawyer at Atlanta, GA
Practice Areas: Environmental and Natural Resources, Land Use & Zoning
John Draper et al. v. H. Roberts Family, LLC,
N/AOUTCOME: Court found defendants in violation of Clean Water Act
The U.S. district court held that a subdivision's developer violated the Clean Water Act by failing to comply with best management practices for erosion control.
Smart Growth-Forsyth County v. Dep't of Planning and Development
N/AOUTCOME: Big-box store complied with design standards
County issued big-box retailer a building permit with exemption from architectural design standards. Filed appeal alleging exemption process unconstitutionally delegated discretion to an unelected body ... . To resolve the appeal, the retailer submitted new plans that complied with the development code's design standards.
Smart Growth-Forsyth County v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P.
N/AOUTCOME: Corps asserted jurisdiction over streams and Wal-Mart decided not to build a SuperCenter
Filed challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' jurisdictional determination for site of proposed Wal-Mart SuperCenter and filed appeal of County and State stream buffer variances. The Corps asserted ... jurisdiction over streams on the site, the County revoked its variance, and Wal-Mart decided not to build the store.
K.C. v. United States
N/AOUTCOME: The court held that the U.S. did not have sovereign immunity under the Federal Tort Claims Act
The court held that a toxicologist and a geneticist were qualified under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals to testify that in-utero exposure to chemicals caused a brain tumor. The court also held ... that the United States did not have sovereign immunity under the Federal Tort Claims Act because government employees failed to follow an occupational safety and health manual.
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