President Obama announces overtime expansion proposal

“We’ve got to keep making sure hard work is rewarded. Right now, too many Americans are working long days for less pay than they deserve. That’s partly because we’ve failed to update overtime regulations for years — and an exemption meant for highly paid, white collar employees now leaves out […]

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Defense win!

Sean W. Martin, shareholder of the Chattanooga, Tennessee office of Carr Allison, recently received two favorable decisions from a single lawsuit spanning two Federal District Courts in Georgia. The saga began with the filing of two separate lawsuits arising out of the same tractor trailer accident in the Superior Court […]

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Charles Carr co-presenter in USLAW Webinar

USLAW’s Transportation Practice Group will launch its first national webinar on Monday, June 22nd.  The webinar, Nuclear Verdicts in Transportation Cases:  Fact or Fiction? How to Avoid Becoming the Next Statistic, will bring together two transportation lawyers whose firms collectively represent more than 20 of the top 25 motor carriers […]

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Goolsby and Parsons obtain a favorable defense verdict

Craig W. Goolsby and Justin W. Parsons recently obtained a defense verdict in favor of an insurance brokerage firm and an individual insurance broker after a four day jury trial in Mobile County, Alabama.  Plaintiff alleged that the broker negligently failed to obtain plaintiff insurance after its property burned, resulting […]

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Miller and Muhonen Obtain Dismissal

Chancey Miller and Stephen Muhonen of our Chattanooga (TN) office succeeded in obtaining the dismissal of a significant security case for a retail client. In a case where a convenience store employee was assaulted while confronting a shoplifter, allegations were that the retailer failed to provide proper security which was an […]

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Sausaman Prevails on a Motion for Summary Judgment

Alison H. Sausaman of our Jacksonville (FL) office prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in federal court on behalf of a national convenience store chain. The court agreed that rain on an asphalt parking lot was not a dangerous condition and granted final judgment in our client’s favor.

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Baggett and Ingram Prevail on a Motion for Judgment

Evan Baggett and Josh Ingram of our Birmingham (AL) office recently prevailed on a motion for judgment on the pleadings in a complex tort case. After extensive briefing and oral arguments, the court granted their motion and dismissed all the plaintiff’s claims with prejudice.

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