Negligent Supervision
Tom Paradise and Lauren Stone (Broward/Ft. Lauderdale, FL) (Negligent Supervision) obtained a defense verdict in favor of the Broward County School Board. Plaintiff was a student at Blanche Ely High School when she was attacked by a group of students i… Read More
Automobile Liability
Payton Bramlett (Atlanta, GA) (Automobile Liability) recently received a defense judgment in the case of Jennifer McCord v. Lauren Wilson in Fulton County Magistrate Court, which is a plaintiff-friendly jurisdiction. This suit stemmed from a T-bone aut… Read More
Automobile Liability
Alisa Ellenburg and Payton Bramlett (Atlanta, GA) (Automobile Liability) received a favorable verdict in the case of Paula White v. Lynn Updegrove in the State Court of Clayton County, which is widely considered one of the most plaintiff-friendly venue… Read More
Trucking
William Smith (Birmingham, AL) (Trucking) obtained a defense verdict in a trucking negligence claim. Heather Marley, Phyllis Goats, Nancy Rogers and Patsey Burnett were traveling through Macon County, Alabama on Highway 80 eastbound. Traveling eastboun… Read More
Trucking
T. Daniel Webb and Lori C. Scott (North Florida/Jacksonville) (Trucking) received a defense verdict in the case of George Rusty” King v. Kraft Foods Global, Inc., Duval County Circuit Court. Plaintiff driver alleged that his tractor-trailer rolled over… Read More
Litigation
Tom Paradise, Lauren Stone and Nicolette John (Broward/Ft. Lauderdale, FL) (Litigation) prevailed on a motion for summary judgment on a contractual indemnification issue. Plaintiff UPS filed an action indicating they were entitled to approximately $235… Read More
Automobile Liability
Susan Kent (Palm Beach, FL) (Automobile Liability) represented a carrier in a UM claim where the insured claimed he was run off the road by a phantom vehicle in Alabama. Ms. Kent and attorney James Potts from Vernis & Bowling’s Birmingham Alabama o… Read More
Mold, Property
Terrence Lavy, Cassius Borel and Alexis Barkis,(Southwest FL/Ft. Myers) (Property/Mold) obtained a defense verdict in a dispute between a homeowner and a mold remediation contractor in Lee County. Kelly v. Nu Image Claims involved a plumbing failure in… Read More
Workers Compensation
Will B. Ramhofer (Broward/Ft. Lauderdale, FL) (Workers’ Compensation) obtained an order in the Palm Beach District denying claims for permanent total disability and retroactive temporary indemnity benefits, and fees and costs. The case involved complex… Read More
Workers Compensation
Jerry M. Hayden (Miami) (Workers’ Compensation) obtained a Final Compensation Order denying all benefits in a claim brought pursuant to the Florida Heart & Lung Bill for compensability of an employee’s heart disease and a resulting heart attack. The de… Read More