April 01, 2016
Atlanta-based Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP and its former client First Professionals Insurance Co. have put an end to their long-running professional liability fight over a $2 million settlement, with a Georgia federal judge tossing the suit Thursday, saying the parties reached a deal out-of-court.
March 11, 2016
More than 4,000 pages of documents "magically appeared" just 11 days before trial in a professional liability suit against Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP, according to the insurance company suing the firm, which says the late production was not merely an oversight, but a breach of duty warranting severe sanctions.
March 08, 2016
In response to allegations that it should be sanctioned severely for withholding 4,000-plus pages of evidence until 11 days before trial in a professional liability suit brought against it by First Professionals Insurance, Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP on Tuesday said the documents present no new facts and don't prejudice anyone.
March 07, 2016
Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP should be sanctioned severely for hanging on to more than 4,000 pages of evidence until just 11 days before trial in a professional liability suit brought against it by medical malpractice insurer First Professionals Insurance Co., a Georgia federal court was told on Friday.
February 29, 2016
First Professionals Insurance Co. told a Georgia federal court Friday that its request to admit evidence about Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP's counsel in the insurer's malpractice suit isn't, as the firm has argued, an attempt to disqualify the attorneys.
February 17, 2016
First Professionals Insurance Co. asked a Georgia federal judge on Sunday to snuff out two defenses raised by Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP in their dispute over a $2 million legal malpractice settlement, as well as for a ruling that it's entitled to interest on that amount.
April 23, 2015
A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday found that doctors recruited to testify as experts in a legal malpractice suit over a medical malpractice case gone wrong are essential witnesses, which means defendant Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP can't claim them as its own experts or disqualify opposing counsel for speaking to them.
December 12, 2014
First Professionals Insurance Co. blasted Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP's bid to disqualify FPIC's attorneys and several medical defense experts from the insurer's $2 million legal malpractice suit, arguing Thursday that there is no evidence its counsel improperly contacted the experts.
November 07, 2014
Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP on Friday balked at an insurer's bid to force the firm to turn over financial information in a $2 million legal malpractice suit over the firm's handling of an underlying medical malpractice case, telling a Georgia federal judge that the insurer is frantically pushing discovery because it's not prepared for trial.
September 26, 2014
Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP on Thursday urged a Georgia federal judge to compel an insurer to turn over information about why it settled a medical malpractice suit that triggered its $2 million legal malpractice suit against the firm, arguing it's been more than a year since the court ordered the insurer to turn over the information.