Florida – Appellate Court Upholds Questioning Treating Physician on Potential...
Plaintiff slipped and fell at a Winn-Dixie store and brought suit alleging one count of premises liability. The jury found the Plaintiff and Winn-Dixie each 50% negligent and awarded Plaintiff...
View ArticleFlorida – Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment Finding There Was Not a...
The Basners were involved in an accident with a vehicle owned by Jason and Dara Bergdoll and driven by their son Brett. The Berdoll’s insurer tendered the policy limits and mailed a settlement check...
View ArticleAlabama – Due Process – Hearings for Deannexation Petitions
The Supreme Court of Alabama has affirmed the dismissal of a homeowners’ association’s complaint against the city of Pelham for its refusal to hear its petition to be deannexed from the city’s...
View ArticleAlabama – Statutory Interpretation – Cooperative Payouts
The Supreme Court has reviewed the standards surrounding spoliation of evidence in the context of a products liability action. Recherche, LLC, a member of an electrical cooperative called the Baldwin...
View ArticleMobile County Jury Vindicates Another Alabama Roadbuilder
Danny Collier and Regina Cash of Luther Collier Hodges & Cash, LLP won a defense verdict from a Mobile County jury after a three-day trial on October 9, 2019. On August 30, 2016, the firm’s...
View ArticleMISSISSIPPI – Alienation of Affection – Personal Jurisdiction
On December 5, 2019, the Mississippi Supreme Court, en banc, affirmed the DeSoto County Circuit Court’s dismissal of Douglas Michael Long Jr.’s Complaint against Pennsylvania resident David J....
View ArticleFlorida – Appellate Court Holds There Was an Acceptance to a Settlement Offer
Matthew Martin suffered serious injuries from a car accident with Raymond Consul that left him in a vegetative state. Martin was a passenger in Consul’s car. The accident occurred on September 20,...
View ArticleFlorida – Uninsured Motorist Coverage Not Provided to Plaintiff Injured in...
The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Geico against the plaintiff. Plaintiff Natalie Deutsch trained for several years with Garrett Nordell. Nordell owned and operated Mobile Fitness...
View ArticleALABAMA – Civil Procedure – Transfer of Venue
The Supreme Court of Alabama has reviewed the propriety of a transfer in a bad faith failure to defend case. In this case, Harrison borrowed a car from Hobson, and drove it with two of Hobson’s...
View ArticleALABAMA – Appellate Procedure – Pro Se Litigants
The Supreme Court of Alabama has reaffirmed its adherence to procedural rules, imposing them equally on litigants with and without counsel. This case involved S.B., the mother of a child in preschool,...
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