Lockett Wins Defense Verdict

Posted on June 30, 2017

On June 19, 2017, shareholder Tara W. Lockett from the Mobile, Alabama office received a defense verdict following a worker’s compensation trial on June 1, 2017 in Conecuh County, Alabama. At trial, Plaintiff asserted he was permanently and totally disabled and in addition to seeking indemnity benefits asserted he had outstanding medical bills in the amount of $190,000.00. At trial, Ms. Lockett presented an idiopathic defense arguing that Plaintiff’s injuries to his left and right knees and lumbar spine were not caused by his employment and were unexplained.

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