Carr and Stewart Presenters for National USLAW Webinar

Carr Allison attorneys Charles Carr and Bob Stewart along with Rachel Molina, senior counsel for Labor & Employment with Swift Transportation, presented a webinar for USLAW on Thursday, March 10th, titled The Class Action Attack upon the Motor Carrier Industry:  Defending Against Independent Contractor Classification Claims, and Wage and Hour […]

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Davis to Speak at National Meeting

Shareholder Kathy Davis will be a speaker at Comfort System’s National Meeting on March 7, 2016, in Las Vegas, NV.  Comfort Systems USA is America’s leader in installation and service for building mechanical systems.  Kathy is a current member of Comfort System’s National Advisory Board.

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Sean Martin to Speak at FDCC Winter Meeting

Sean Martin, a Shareholder in the Chattanooga, TN office will present “Why Can’t We All Just Get Along: The Perils of In-Fighting in the Defense of a Catastrophic Loss” at the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC) winter meeting in San Diego in March 2016. The presentation will discuss […]

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Jeremy Taylor Appears on WPMI’s Law Call

Shareholder Jeremy P. Taylor of the firm’s Mobile office was an invited guest on WPMI’s local legal call-in television show, Law Call. Jeremy answered telephone questions from the public live and on air. The topic for the evening was car and truck accidents.  Jeremy has participated on this program on […]

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Bricker Daughtry Presenter for National Webinar

Shareholder Bricker S. Daughtry was a presenter for a national webinar for the Professional Liability Attorneys Network (PLAN) on January 21, 2016 that focused on litigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Bricker presented from the perspective of defending these claims while the plaintiff’s perspective was provided by John Allen […]

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Carr and Oliver featured speakers at 2015 ATA Forum

Shareholders Charles Carr and Tom Oliver are featured speakers at the upcoming American Trucking Association’s Forum for Motor Carrier General Counsel.  Tom’s presentation will examine whistleblower claims under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) and Charles will address recent trends in jury verdicts.  The ATA Forum covers a wide range […]

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Thornton to present at CCWC Conference

Shareholder, Tommy Thornton will speak at the 13th Annual California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation (CCWC) Legislative & Educational Forum on Wednesday, July 22.  The session will provide an overview of situations in which MSA is needed, when it should be submitted to CMS, and how to navigate the process successfully […]

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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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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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