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29th Annual Mardis Gras Conference Gallery
Click on the images to view fullscreen. 2017 Pat O’Brien’s Event 2017 Crayfish Boil 2017 Award Winners
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2016 Crawfish Boil Gallery
STLA members and guest at the 2016 Crawfish Boil in New Orleans
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Verdict in Small West Georgia Town
While it pales in comparison to other verdicts recently reported on this list serve, I feel compelled to post this report on the verdict we received last Thursday in the State Court of Troup County before Judge Jeanette Little. The defendant was West Georgia Medical …
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$7.5 Million Verdict for Undiagnosed Common Surgical Complication
Melode Dickerson and Gregory Dickerson v. Florias Andrew Morfesis, M.D., Kelly Marie Van Fossen, D.O., and Owen Drive Surgical Clinic of Fayetteville, PLLC (13-CvS-3475, Cumberland County, NC) Melode Dickerson, a 50-year-old woman, underwent a routine colonoscopy that revealed a suspicious-looking polyp that could not …
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In the heartland of Florida, a motorcycle rider has her day in Court. Jury awards more than $1.5 Million for life changing injuries.
Firm partner Scott B. Smith and firm attorney Marci Ball Elordi obtained a $1,500,602.30 verdict from a jury of six (6) on Friday, February 12, 2016 in Deland, Volusia County, Florida. At the conclusion of the weeklong trial conducted before The Honorable Robert Rouse, …
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$16.5 Million Trucking Verdict
Tommy Malone and Brad Houck obtained a $16,500,000.00 verdict in rural Washington County, Georgia for a fellow trial lawyer injured in a collision with a logging truck. The verdict includes $15,000,000.00 for the plaintiff and $1,500,000.00 for his wife’s loss of consortium. The case was …
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Court of Appeals Declines To Extend ‘Sudden Emergency Doctrine’ To Healthcare Providers
In a hospital, a patient’s condition can change from stable to dire in an instant. But even as conditions change, the standard to which healthcare providers are held in medical malpractice suits will still remain the same, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled on …
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Members Randy Hall, Gary Green and Thomas Nichols: Jury Awards 6.4 Million on Cerebral Palsy Case
An Independence County, Arkansas jury awarded 6.4 Million Dollars to an hispanic couple whose child suffered permanent brain damage due to failed communications by and between the obstetrician and the nurse who was managing the patient. The facts are as follows: 37 year old multitip, …
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JURY FINDS TRUCK THAT WAS REAR-ENDED 100% RESPONSIBLE FOR CAUSING ACCIDENT AND INJURIES to 86 year old Plaintiff.
On March 7, 2011, Charles and Betty Botta were heading home from a nearby relative’s home in Boynton Beach, Florida. The neighborhood was out of the power and therefore, several streets lamps and homes did not have power. Florida Power & Light Company (FP&L) responded …
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