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JSH Attorneys Win on Appeal from New Trial Order Entered Two Years After Defense Verdict

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. (Phoenix, AZ)

Wicker Smith obtained a defense verdict in a nursing home negligence case

Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A. (Orlando and Tampa, FL)

Snyder Burnett Egerer, LLP secured defense verdict in race retaliation, whistleblower, and defamation case

Snyder Burnett Egerer, LLP (Santa Barbara, CA)

Williams Kastner earns victory for manufacturer and supplier of dryer felts

Williams Kastner (Seattle, WA)

Rivkin Radler LLP secures important Appellate victory

Rivkin Radler LLP (Uniondale, NY)

Williams Kastner (Seattle, WA)

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli Attorneys Jay Rosenthal and John Lierman Conquer Four-Day Jury Trial

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli (Phoenix, AZ)

Rod Umberger of Williams Kastner obtained a defense verdict for national utility construction services company

Williams Kastner (Seattle, WA)

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli attorneys Cristy Chait, Cory Tyszka obtained a defense verdict for a medical malpractice case

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli (Phoenix, AZ)

Jim Girman from Pion, Nerone, Girman, Winslow & Smith received a defense verdict

Pion, Nerone, Girman, Winslow & Smith, P.C. (Pittsburgh, PA)

Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP successfully defend a data security breach case

Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP (Indianapolis, IN)

Pierce Couch successfully defended a motor carrier in a catastrophic traumatic brain injury case

Pierce Couch Hendrickson Baysinger & Green, L.L.P (Oklahoma City, OK)

McCranie Sistrunk Anzelmo Hardy McDaniel & Welch LLC successfully represented Nissan entities in manufacturing defect case

McCranie Sistrunk Anzelmo Hardy McDaniel & Welch LLC (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP obtained significant victory on appeal

Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP (Indianapolis, IN)

Pierce Couch secured a summary judgment in favor of a defendant physician

Pierce Couch Hendrickson Baysinger & Green, L.L.P (Oklahoma City, OK)

McCranie Sistrunk Anzelmo Hardy McDaniel & Welch LLC obtained a unanimous defense verdict for ACE

McCranie Sistrunk Anzelmo Hardy McDaniel & Welch LLC (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Richmond & Quinn earn defense verdict in Ice Road Truckers case

Richmond & Quinn (Anchorage, Alaska)

Pierce Couch obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of a neurosurgeon

Pierce Couch Hendrickson Baysinger & Green, L.L.P. (Oklahoma City, OK)

Murchison & Cumming Partners Claim Two Trial Victories in One Week

Murchison & Cumming, LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

Steve Bullington and Cory Tyszka Obtain Unanimous Defense Verdict

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli (Phoenix, Arizona)

Pierce Couch obtained summary for an interventional radiologist in a wrongful death lawsuit

Pierce Couch Hendrickson Baysinger & Green, L.L.P (Oklahoma City, OK)

SmithAmundsen secured an order of summary judgment

SmithAmundsen (Chicago, Illinois)

Mike Sistrunk, Devin Fadaol victory for Republic Vanguard Insurance Company’s named insured

McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo, Hardy, McDaniel & Welch, LLC (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Defense Verdict Obtained in Legal Malpractice Case

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli (Phoenix, Arizona)

Summary Judgment Granted in Premise Liability and Fraudulent Land Transfer Case

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli (Phoenix, Arizona)

Russell Skelton and Douglas Cullins Obtain Unanimous Defense Verdict

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli (Phoenix, Arizona)

Michael Hensley and John Lierman Obtain Summary Judgment

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli (Phoenix, Arizona)

Bill Caravetta Prevails on Defense of Bad Faith Claim, Judge Rules on Motion for Summary Judgment

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli (Phoenix, Arizona)

Klinedinst Attorneys Successfully Defend Injured Concertgoer’s $10.7M Suit After Stage Dive by Celebrity DJ

Klinedinst P.C. (San Diego, CA)

JSH Attorneys Prevailed By Motion To Dismiss In Professional Negligence Matter

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli (Phoenix, Arizona)

Roetzel & Andress Earn Significant Victory for Trucking Company in Admitted Negligence Case

Roetzel & Andress LPA (Akron, Ohio)

Traub Lieberman Partner Lisa Black Obtains Summary Judgment Dismissing All Claims Against Contractor in Bronx County Construction Site Accident Case

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP (Hawthorne, NY)

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli Successfully Obtained A Directed Verdict for WaterFurnace International, Inc.

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli (Phoenix, AZ)

Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A. prevailed on an appeal to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A. (Columbia, SC)

Murchison & Cumming, LLP Scares Away Plaintiff in Assumption of Risk Case

Murchison & Cumming LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A. attorneys obtain a defense verdict after jury deliberations in data center case

Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A. (Columbia, SC)

Traub Lieberman Obtains Defense Verdict in Motor Vehicle Accident case

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP (Hawthorne, N.Y.)

Goldberg Segalla LLP acted as primary trial counsel in the defense of a commercial aviation disaster

Goldberg Segalla (Buffalo, NY)

Carr Allison attorneys successfully defended a major transportation client in a week-long trial in Circuit Court in north Alabama

Carr Allison (Birmingham, AL)

Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP obtained a $5+ million award in favor of Stonington Water Street Associates

Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP (Hartford, CT)

TLSS Attorneys Obtain Dismissal in Adjacent Support Property Damage Matter

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP (Hawthorne, N.Y.)

Poyner Spruill attorneys successfully defended Sheriff Donnie Harrison, the Sheriff of Wake County, and three of his detention officers in an excessive force claim

Poyner Spruill LLP (Raleigh N.C. )

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli obtained summary judgment in declaratory judgment/coverage litigation involving choice of law and stacking of UM/UIM

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli (Phoenix, AZ)

TLSS Attorneys Mario Castellitto and Timothy G. McNamara Obtain Dismissal of Labor Law Based Personal Injury Matter

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP (Hawthorne, N.Y.)

Poyner Spruill obtained an order from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina affirming the dismissal of claims brought against their client, AgCarolina Farm Credit, ACA, based on PACA

Poyner Spruill LLP (Raleigh, NC)

TLSS Attorneys Stephen D. Straus and Jeremy P. Monosov Obtain Dismissal of Legal Malpractice Complaint against Client Arising from Mortgage Foreclosure Action

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP (Hawthorne, N.Y.)

Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP part of team that successfully brought to conclusion a habeas corpus death penalty case in Texas

Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP (Denver, CO)

Larson • King Trial Team Successfully Defends Catastrophic Derailment Claim

Larson • King LLP (Minneapolis, Minn.)

Defense verdict in multimillion-dollar product liability trial

Goldberg Segalla (Syracuse, NY)

TLSS Attorneys Stephen D. Straus and Jeremy P. Monosov Obtain Summary Judgment Dismissing New York Labor Law Suit

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP (Hawthorne, N.Y.)

Carr Allison obtained arbitrator's decision in favor of an employer in a union grievance arbitration

Carr Allison (Birmingham, AL)

Modrall Sperling obtained a defense verdict in a wrongful death case

Modrall Sperling (Albuquerque, NM)

Ebeltoft . Sickler . Lawyers obtained summary judgment for Travelers Property Casualty Company of America

Ebeltoft . Sickler . Lawyers (Dickinson, ND)

Six separate defense verdicts in a hotly contested battle between adjoining landowners

Murchison & Cumming LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

TLSS obtains summary judgment in Southern District of New York voiding excess property insurance policy and awarding insurer nearly $4 million for recoupment of payments

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP (Hawthorne, NY)

Following a 6-day arbitration hearing in January 2014, the arbitrator issued an award that rescinded the contract...

Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP (Indianapolis, IN)

Successful defense of an oilfield drilling rig moving company, gin pole truck driver

Pierce Couch Hendrickson Baysinger & Green, L.L.P. (Oklahoma City, OK)

Defense verdict in the Marteny, Diane (E/O) v. Irma Alves, M.D. case

Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A. (Coral Gables, FL)

Court granted summary judgment in favor of CorrectHealth Jefferson, LLC and two of its nurses

McCranie Sistrunk Anzelmo Hardy McDaniel & Welch LLC (New Orleans, LA)

Favorable damages verdict in chain-reaction rear end automobile accident trial.

Franklin & Prokopik (WILMINGTON, DE)

Estoppel cannot be used to create insurance coverage

Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A. (Columbia, SC)

Following a four-week federal antitrust trial, the largest hospital system in Idaho was ordered to unwind a transaction in which it had acquired the largest independent physician practice group in Idaho.

Duke Scanlan & Hall, PLLC (Boise, ID)

Traub Lieberman’s motion for Summary Judgment was granted on behalf of its client Carp Construction Corp. (“Carp”) in a decision issued by New York State Supreme Court on a construction site accident case.

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP (Hawthorne, N.Y.)

Carmel Cosgrave and Colin Gainer of SmithAmundsen successfully defended their client, a large suburban hospital, at trial against a claim of apparent agency.

SmithAmundsen (Chicago, Ill.)

Chris Cotter with Roetzel & Andress, LPA obtained a verdict for his clients, a motor carrier and insurance company, in a recent trial in Stark County, Ohio.

Roetzel & Andress LPA (Akron, Ohio)

Peter J. Wanek and Trevor C. Davies defended Chick-fil-A in a premises liability case (John and Casie Dekerlegand v. John Arton d/b/a/ Chick-fil-A of I-10 at Louisiana Avenue FSU, et al ) wherein the plaintiffs claimed employees mopped and failed to post caution wet floor signs.

McCranie Sistrunk Anzelmo Hardy McDaniel & Welch LLC (New Orleans, La.)

Damages awarded under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act

Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston, P.C. (Memphis, TN)

In an unusual turn of events, a major motor carrier was recently awarded a sizable judgment by a Tennessee jury. Lee Piovarcy and Lew Wardlaw of the Martin Tate firm in Memphis tried the case to verdict.

Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston, P.C. (Memphis, Tenn.)

The joint efforts of the Transactional and Litigation practice groups from Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP achieved significant results for firm client First Merchants Corporation (“FMC”). This is a great example of synergy to achieve client results.

Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP (Louisville, Ky.)

Jennifer D. Tricker, a partner at Baird Holm LLP in Omaha, Neb., obtained a defense verdict for her client, Landstar Ranger, Inc. ("Landstar"), in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, in a case alleging violation of the Carmack Amendment (49 U.S.C. §14706).

Baird Hold (Omaha, Neb.)

A New Mexico federal judge recently granted a BNSF summary judgment motion that plaintiff’s ballast claims are preempted by federal law.

Modrall Sperling (Albuquerque, N.M.)

Wicker Smith O'Hara McCoy & Ford P.A. secures $1.25 million verdict settlement

Wicker Smith O'Hara McCoy & Ford P.A. (Coral Gables, Fla.)

Phillip Stanfield and Jeremy Johnson of Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of Werner Enterprises in a highly-contested wrongful death case in federal court.

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. (Phoenix, Ariz.)

Randall Sickler and Nicholas Grant of Ebeltoft . Sickler . Lawyer . PLLC were recently successful in obtaining summary judgment in North Dakota state court on behalf of their client on claims arising from an explosion and fire at a commercial building.

Ebeltoft . Sickler . Lawyer . PLLC (Dickinson, N.D.)

Martha G. Brown and Deana M. Bennett, attorneys with the USLAW law firm Modrall Sperling in Albuquerque, New Mexico, received a favorable decision from the New Mexico Supreme Court

Modrall Sperling (Albuquerque, N.M.)

Donald Myles and Josh Snell, with Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, received summary judgment in Maricopa County for Farmers in a breach of contract, bad faith claim arising from an underlying $5,000,000 stipulated judgment claim involving...

Successful Verdict: Jones, Skelton & Hochuli (Phoenix, Ariz.)

Goldberg Segalla helped a Fortune 100 company recover a significant sum in a case involving the misappropriation and fraudulent conveyance of funds by a contractor over the course of a several-year business relationship.

Goldberg Segalla (Buffalo, N.Y.)

Lashly & Baer attorneys obtain dismissal of lawsuit involving warehouse accident

Lashly & Baer, P.C. (St. Louis, Mo.)

After six days of trial, Sweeney & Sheehan partner and USLAW Board member Michael Kunsch obtained a defense verdict in favor of Louisville Ladder and W.W. Grainger in a product liability case in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Sweeney & Sheehan (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Kunsch obtains defense verdict for American Multi Cinema, Inc.

Sweeney & Sheehan, Philadelphia, Pa.

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry Attorneys Robert Nobel and Megan Bronk successfully obtained summary judgment on behalf of their insurer client

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP (Hawthorne, N.Y.)

Circuit Court of Shelby County (Memphis), Tennessee, rendered a defense verdict (take nothing judgment) in favor of a national bus company. Lee Piovarcy and Lew Wardlaw of the Martin Tate Firm in Memphis tried the case to verdict.

Martin Tate Morrow and Marston, P.C. (Memphis, Tenn.)

The Court found that the parties had charted a summary judgment course, and granted TLS&S summary judgment. Mr. Castellitto and Mr. Kuebler successfully opposed Plaintiffs’ motion to reargue.

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP (Hawthorne, N.Y.)

Jim Moore and Eric Toney of Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, P.A., in Ridgeland, MS obtained a defense verdict for their client, Kohler Transport, Inc., in a recent four-day trial in federal court.

Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, P.A. (Ridgeland, MS)

The Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed in full the Orange County Superior Court's granting of Essentia Insurance Company's Motion for Summary Judgment. Carolyn A. Mathews handled the Motion for Summary Judgment and the opposition to the appeal, and Maria A. Starn handled the oral argument.

Murchison & Cumming, LLP (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry’s (TLS&S) motion for summary judgment was granted on behalf of its client Transitional Services for New York (TSNY) in a decision issued by New York State Supreme Court Judge Augustus Agate.

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP (Hawthorne, N.Y.)

Goldberg Segalla’s Environmental Practice Group successfully defended the corporate owner of the premises and its principal, avoiding in their entirety civil penalties against the corporation and the criminal prosecution of the principal for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.

Goldberg Segalla LLP (Buffalo, N.Y.)

Randall Sickler and Nicholas Grant of Ebeltoft . Sickler . Lawyers . PLLC recently obtained summary judgment for their client, Werner Enterprises, Inc.

Ebeltoft . Sickler . Lawyers (Dickinson, N.D.)

A landmark ruling upholding the rights of minority shareholders in a case involving one of Virginia’s most prosperous and longstanding mining and landholding enterprises has set a strong precedent and reversed the family’s fortune.

LeClairRyan (Richmond, VA)

Courtney Olson of Ebeltoft . Sickler . Lawyers recently obtained the rarely-seen Order for Summary Judgment in a negligence action in North Dakota District Court.

Ebeltoft . Sickler . Lawyers (Dickinson, N.D.)

Doug Martin and Eric Stevens of Poyner Spruill, LLP successfully defended a claim for copyright infringement in architectural plans.

Poyner Spruill, LLP (Raleigh, NC)

After an excavator operated by Frontier Services, Inc. (Frontier) collided with an underground high-pressure natural gas line, an explosion, fire and significant property damage resulted. Ebeltoft . Sickler . Lawyers represented Frontier, an underground pipeline installation company active in the North Dakota Bakken oil play

Ebeltoft . Sickler . Lawyers (Dickinson, N.D.)

Sweeney & Sheehan senior associate Frank LaRocca obtained summary judgment in Pennsylvania state court on behalf of a baseball team which was part of a national youth baseball league.

Sweeney & Sheehan (Philadelphia, Pa.)

A Bakersfield jury returned a defense verdict in a premises liability case handled by Joseph Kang of Murchison & Cumming for defendant Tehachapi Towne Center, LLC. In Betty Ramirez v. Tehachapi Towne Center, LLC, the plaintiff alleged personal injury, general negligence and premises liability after tripping and falling on the flared side of the handicap ramp near the entrance of a store located in the shopping center.

Murchison & Cumming, LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

On October 25, 2012, Keely E. Duke and Richard E. Hall of Duke Scanlan & Hall, PLLC, secured a final decision from the Ninth Circuit affirming a jury verdict in favor of their defendant physician in a highly publicized case involving emergency room care provided to an infant in the face of parental refusal of such care.

Duke Scanlan & Hall PLLC (Boise, ID)

J. Lawson Johnston, Scott D. Clements and Aaron Ponzo of Pion Johnston were successful in having a Common Pleas Court Judge grant Defendant’s Motion for Frye Hearing and dismiss multiple occupational lung disease cases filed by former employees of Delaware and Hudson Railway Company.

Pion, Johnston, Nerone, Girman, Clements & Smith, P.C. (Pittsburgh, PA)

Following oral argument, the Court granted Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry’s motion in its entirety.

Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP (Hawthorne, N.Y.)