Tom Paradise and Megan Pariti (Hollywood, FL) (Appeal) In May 2025, we obtained a Defense Verdict in a personal injury case even though the Defendant had testified that he felt at fault for a rear-end automobile accident. The jury found in favor of the defense, rejecting the Plaintiff’s claim for $2.6 million in damages. The Plaintiff appealed. She argued… Read More
Gratigny Park Condominium No. 1, Inc. v. Reinier Vargas Perez, et al.
Waynice Green-Musgrove and Evelyn Greenstone Kammet (Miami, FL) (Appeal) secured a significant appellate victory before Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal in which the Court granted certiorari relief as a result of the trial court’s improper denial of a motion to dismiss. The complaint was filed by two condominium unit owners against Gratigny Park Condominium No. 1, Inc. (“Association”),… Read More
Derhem v. Bay House Miami Condominium Association, Inc. et al – Appeal
Evelyn Greenstone Kammet (Miami, FL) (Appeal) On September 23, 2024, we obtained Summary Final Judgment against Plaintiff who had sued her condominium association, its board members, the members of its fining committee, its property managers, and its property management company in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida on claims alleging race-based and sex-based housing discrimination… Read More
University of Mississippi Medical Center v. Carter
Jacob O. Malatesta and Zach Pugh (Appeal) (Jackson, MS) represented UMMC on appeal. The Mississippi Supreme Court, sitting en banc, has reversed and rendered summary judgment for the University of Mississippi Medical Center in University of Mississippi Medical Center v. Carter, No. 2024-IA-00038-SCT (Miss. Aug. 6, 2026). The Court held that the plaintiff’s medical-negligence claims were time-barred under the one-year… Read More
GEICO v. Barnor-Cooper
Michael Becker (Atlanta, GA) (Underinsured Motorist/Coverage Appeal) Plaintiff Charity Barnor-Cooper sued GEICO as her alleged uninsured/underinsured motorist carrier following a motor vehicle accident with an unknown driver. At the time of the accident, Plaintiff was driving a vehicle she rented through the Turo car rental marketplace. GEICO’s insurance policy included uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage for the vehicle and… Read More
