Ball Named to Alumni Council
Steve Ball, Shareholder in our Birmingham office, has been named to Samford University’s Alumni Association Executive Council. Steve’s term will run through spring of 2019. The Samford University Alumni Association strives to create a lifelong and worldwide community of alumni by increasing opportunities for engagement with each other and with […]
Read MoreCongrats to our B-Metro Magazine 2016 Top Lawyers!
Carr Allison would like to congratulate the following attorneys who were chosen as 2016 Top Lawyers by B-Metro Magazine: Russell Q. Allison Kathy R. Davis Elizabeth Kanter Bo Kirkpatrick Thomas L. Oliver Lea Richmond Brett Ross Melisa Zwilling To see the full list, please click here.
Read MoreTaylor and Miller Achieve Summary Judgment
Jeremy Taylor and J. C. Miller, attorneys in our Mobile office, successfully obtained Summary Judgment on behalf of a safety consulting firm in a case involving a severed limb at a lumber processing facility. The lawsuit named numerous Defendants and was filed in a jurisdiction infamous for large Plaintiff’s verdicts.
Read MorePhotos of Property Damages Admissibility Without Expert Testimony
Garvin v. Malone, 2016 Tenn. App. LEXIS 163 (Tenn. Ct. App. Feb. 26, 2016). In this significant ruling, the Court distinguished the facts of this case from those seen in Hardeman County v. McIntyre. 420 S.W.3d 742 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013), as it relates to the admissibility of photographic evidence […]
Read MoreWells Elected to Blackburn Institute Advisory Board
Carr Allison shareholder and retired Mobile County District Judge Judson W. Wells, Sr., has been elected to the prestigious Blackburn Institute Advisory Board, a division of Student Affairs at the University of Alabama. The Institute works to develop a network of student leaders, the Blackburn Fellows, who have a clear […]
Read MoreSaving Statute Not Always Precluded by Tolling Agreements
Circle C Construction, LLC v. D. Sean Nilsen Et Al., (Tenn. Mar. 7, 2016) The Tennessee Supreme Court sent a clear warning in Circle C. Construction, LLC v. D. Sean Nilsen; craft tolling agreements with clear intentions and even clearer language. The Court decided that absent specific language in a […]
Read MoreTaylor Successfully Defeats Motion to Dismiss
Shareholder Jeremy Taylor, in our Mobile office, successfully defeated a Motion to Dismiss filed as a result of a counterclaim. In the case, an injured railroad worker who was a passenger in a pay-for-hire transport vehicle became involved in an accident with a commercial motor carrier, who came to be […]
Read MoreDram Shop Case Where Neighbor Shot Minor Survives Summary Judgment
In Tennessee, a Knox County Circuit Court Judge is permitting a wrongful death lawsuit to continue against a sports bar accused of over-serving a teenage customer, Evan Hall, who later crashed into a neighbor’s yard and was shot to death by his neighbor and former classmate Bush. Hall’s parents have […]
Read MoreDaughtry Receives Favorable Verdict
Shareholder Bricker Daughtry recently obtained a verdict in favor of his client relating to a union grievance requesting additional funeral pay. The Plaintiff alleged the company violated the collective bargaining agreement. Bricker argued the company’s actions complied with the agreement. Following a full arbitration, the arbitrator agreed and upheld the […]
Read MoreJudson Wells Serves as Presenter for Client Seminar in New York on Mediation
Judson W. Wells, Sr., a Carr Allison Shareholder and retired Mobile County District Judge, recently served as a presenter of a CLE seminar on the topic of mediation for a major professional liability client in New York. Wells is an active member of the Professional Liability Attorney Network (PLAN) and […]
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