Danny Collier successfully defended Alabama property owner sued by worker who fell through skylight in warehouse roof. The billboard company’s employee fell through a skylight and suffered serious injuries. The injured plaintiff filed a personal injury lawsuit against the owner of the building, and against the owner’s tenant. After the owner filed suit against the […]
Florida Legal Updates – January 2016
Rock You Like A Hurricane State Farm Florida Insurance Company v. Moody Damage caused by tornados and other meteorological events occurring as a result of a hurricane system fall within hurricane coverage endorsements found in many Florida insurance policies. In early December, the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal issued a ruling favoring insurance companies […]
Mississippi Legal Updates – January 2016
Liar, Liar…No Minimum Coverage? Safeway Insurance Company v. Dukes et al If policy holder makes a false or material misrepresentation on application, entire policy may be void and the statutory minimum does not have to be covered. In this case, Safeway Insurance issued the plaintiff an automobile insurance policy for her car. The plaintiff’s boyfriend […]
Alabama Legal Updates – January 2016
Always Arbitration Federal Insurance Company v. Kert Reedstrom Alabama Supreme Court again reverses denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration. Plaintiff entered into a written employment agreement whereby he would serve as executive director of a Mental Health Board. While Plaintiff was employed, the Mental Health Board held an insurance policy that protected certain officers and […]
LCHC Prevails In Champion Case
ADLA member Danny Collier and associate Catherine Simon Spann of the firm Luther, Collier, Hodges & Cash LLP recently obtained a defense verdict in favor of a co-employee in a Baldwin County jury trial. The plaintiff (employed by a staffing company and attached to a local general contractor) alleged that his supervisor had provided a […]
Mississippi Legal Updates – December 2015
Move It, or Lose It Hanco Corporation v. Goldman Defendant did not assert workers compensation defense in a timely manner and lost the exclusive remedy In Hanco Corporation v. Goldman, the Plaintiff’s husband was killed in a work accident where three workers were buried alive underneath dirt and claim while installing a sewer line. The decedent worker was […]
Florida Legal Updates – December 2015
That’s Right… There Is More Time to Sue! Cypress Fairway Condo. v. Bergeron Const. Co. Inc. Florida Court Clarifies Statue of Repose for Construction Defect Claims Recently the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal addressed whether a construction contract is complete under section 95.11(3)(c), Florida Statutes on the date the final application for payment is made or […]
Alabama Legal Updates – December 2015
Arbitration Unavoidable Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., and Robert Shackleford v. Paul D. Jones and Eleanor G. Jones. Arbitration compelled where claims dependent on the contract containing arbitration provision. In Ameriprise, the petitioner sought reversal of the trial court’s refusal to compel arbitration of the plaintiffs’ tort-of-outrage claim. At issue was an agreement between the defendant and decedent Charles […]
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Alabama Legal Updates – March 2015
Divided Alabama Supreme Court Resolves Unusual Case Without Opinion March 27, 2015: In Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., et al., v. Jacklyn McMahon, on appeal from the Montgomery Circuit Court (1121542; CV-08-00360), Justice Parker delivered the 5-4 decision of the Alabama Supreme Court: “AFFIRMED. NO OPINION.” Justice Bolin’s dissent was instructive. In McMahon v. Yamaha Motor […]