Nixon Earns Defense Verdict
Shareholder Faith Nixon of Carr Allison’s Mobile, AL office successfully defended her client, an insurance carrier, in a circuit court jury trial in Baldwin County, AL. The Plaintiff claimed that she was injured in a rear end collision and as a result had to undergo spinal surgery. The driver of […]
Read MoreThornton Re-elected to USLAW Board of Directors
Shareholder Thomas S. Thornton, III of Carr Allison’s Birmingham, AL office has been re-elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the USLAW Network for the 2018-2020 term. Tommy was also selected as a co-chair for the 2019 USLAW Retail and Hospitality Spring Conference and serves as an advisor […]
Read MoreHouston and Maples Successful in Appeal to Supreme Court of Alabama
Shareholders Heather M. Houston and Jonathan R. Maples of Carr Allison’s Mobile, AL office successfully petitioned the Supreme Court of Alabama to order the trial court to dismiss all claims against their client, a roadway sweeping contractor, based upon the applicable statute of limitations. Houston and Maples successfully argued that […]
Read MoreSherer Earns Defense Verdict
Justin Sherer of Carr Allison’s Daphne, Alabama office successfully defended his client, a residential and commercial HVAC company, in a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Baldwin County, Alabama. The Plaintiffs’ nine count complaint included allegations of trespass, conversion and outrage and requested compensatory and punitive damages totaling more than […]
Read MoreNoletto and Houston Successful in Defense
Vincent A. Noletto and Heather M. Houston of Carr Allison’s Mobile (AL) office successfully defended their client, a stucco subcontractor, in a week long arbitration hearing centered around allegations made by a condominium owner’s association that the stucco job had failed. The association sought in excess of $4.5 million. The […]
Read MorePryor Wins Defense Verdict
Shareholder Caroline T. Pryor of Carr Allison’s Mobile AL office earned a defense verdict in a Mobile County trip and fall case in which the plaintiff alleged that a store owner negligently failed to properly maintain its premises and negligently failed to warn the plaintiff of a packing box which […]
Read MoreDefense Win for Martin and Petherick in Tennessee
Shareholder Sean W. Martin and Associate Michael J. Petherick, of Carr Allison’s Chattanooga (TN) office, obtained dismissal for its architectural firm client in two professional negligence cases inside of a premises liability case. Two different plaintiffs on two separate dates fell on a landing area outside of a newly constructed […]
Read MoreNational Labor Relations Board Ruling on Joint Employer Liability
On December 14, 2017, in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors, Ltd., the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) overturned an Obama-era rule that held employers potentially liable for labor-law violations committed by their franchisees and subcontractors absent direct control over the terms and conditions of employment. Prior to the decision in Hy-Brand, a […]
Read MoreNixon Prevails for Defense
Faith Nixon of Carr Allison’s Mobile, Alabama office successfully defended her client in a circuit court jury trial in Baldwin County, Alabama. The Plaintiff claimed that construction work on the client’s property caused his retaining wall to fail during a flood. He also asserted a claim for continuing trespass of […]
Read MoreGomez and Martin Earn Defense Verdict
Erin E. Gomez and Sean W. Martin of Carr Allison’s Chattanooga (TN) office obtained summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in a premises liability case on behalf of one of its restaurant clients. It was a typical Saturday evening in the restaurant […]
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