Noletto 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 […]
Client Recognizes Pam Hallford for Exceptional Legal Service
Pamela Springrose Hallford has been recognized by supply chain giant McLane Company, Inc. with the Exceptional Legal Service Award at McLane’s panel counsel meeting which was held in conjunction with the DRI 2018 Trucking Seminar. Pam only recently joined the McLane team after responding to a fatal crash in the Wiregrass […]
Pryor 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 […]
Carr Allison Takes the Polar Plunge in Tennessee
Carr Allison’s Chattanooga TN office participated in the 2018 Polar Plunge Chattanooga, raising more than $6,500 to benefit Special Olympics. Carr Allison participants, fittingly named The Frozen Assets, were attorneys Sean Martin, Ashley Gibson and Chancey Miller, and legal assistant Pam Quick. Well done Team Chattanooga!
Benjamin W. Buck, Jr. Joins Carr Allison Tallahassee
Carr Allison is pleased to announce that Benjamin Waldo Buck, Jr. has joined our Tallahassee, Florida office. Ben’s litigation practice will include the areas of workers’ compensation, insurance defense, premises liability and labor and employment. He also has experience in the areas of taxation, probate and estate planning. Ben is admitted to practice […]
Defense 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 […]
Carr Allison Selects Seven New Shareholders and Three New Counsel
Carr Allison is pleased to announce that Rob Arnwine, Jennifer Smith Baker, Carrie Hodge Bates, Michael C. Guarino and Jeffrey G. Miller (Birmingham, AL), Pamela Springrose Hallford (Dothan, AL) and Jonathan R. Maples (Mobile, AL) have been named as Shareholders. Kevin Blodgett and Todd C. Hunter, Jr. (Tallahassee, FL) and […]
National 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 […]
Nixon 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 […]
Gomez 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 […]
