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Hollywood partners Tom McCausland, Chris Corkran, and Lauren McEndree, along with attorney Britanee Prince, recently achieved a favorable verdict in an admitted liability case in Broward County, Florida. The case involved a young woman who was rear-ended on I-95. Due to her age, she had no pre-existing conditions. As an alleged result of the accident, she underwent a discectomy and fusion in her lumbar spine. 

Partners Cris Casal, Fort Myers and Jason Axley, Pensacola, recently obtained a defense verdict in a Santa Rosa County case where they represented a tree trimming company that was sued for negligently cutting down a tree that fell on the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff claimed injuries to her neck, head, and lower back and underwent four spinal surgeries claiming a need for additional future surgeries. During closing arguments, the plaintiff's demand was $4.5 million. 

Tampa Partners Nicole Soto and Eric Faulkner, along with Appellate Litigation Support Attorney Megan Powell, recently secured a defense verdict in a heavily disputed motor vehicle accident case in Polk County, Florida. The Plaintiff hit debris and ran off the road and hit a pole.  They blamed the Defendant and claimed that a ladder fell off the Defendant’s truck which caused the debris. Our attorneys successfully argued there was no evidence of what caused the accident and no evidence that the ladder had anything to do with the accident. The Plaintiff had $750,000 in medicals and they asked the jury for $8.75 million.  The jury deliberated for only 14 minutes before returning a verdict in favor of the defense.

Partner S. Tylar Heintz and Associate Simp McCorvey IV, of the firm’s Orlando Office, recently prevailed on a motion for reconsideration of their motion to enforce settlement in an auto case against a prominent plaintiff’s firm. During mediation the parties reached a settlement. The mediator circulated a mediation agreement, which was immediately signed by the defense. The following day Plaintiff recanted, refusing to sign the settlement agreement.

Partners Joshua C. Canton and Justin B. Hales of our Thomasville, Georgia office recently prevailed on a motion for summary judgment in a premises liability trip and fall case in Miller County, Georgia.  Plaintiff, represented by one of America’s largest injury firms, claimed he went to the Defendant’s property to obtain cargo to transport when he tripped on a scale causing him to sustain injury.  The defense successfully moved for summary judgment based on the scale being open and obvious as it was surrounded by a bright yellow line, and Plaintiff had traversed the scale on three prior occasions.