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01.05.10: 2009 Insurance Law Update 01.05.10: 2009 Alabama Medical Malpractice Law
Update 12.15.09: Defense Wins... Attorneys from Birmingham based Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart,
LLP helped Ford Motor Co. win a defense verdict in a Cobb County, GA lawsuit
filed by a motorist in a 2006 rollover accident. 10.22.09: Defense Wins... After deliberating for one hour and fifteen minutes, a
Jefferson County, Mississippi jury determined that Ford Motor Company was
not liable in a crash that occurred outside Fayette, Mississippi on October
16, 2004. The plaintiff, Mr. Albert Foster, was the passenger of the 2003
Ford Explorer Sport Trac that ran off-road while pulling a trailer. Mr.
Foster suffered a neck injury resulting in quadriplegia as a result of the
severe, three rollover event. 08.10.09: HFS attorneys named "The Best Lawyers in America," 2010. HFS congratulates the following attorneys named in the 2010 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America": • H. Lanier Brown II in
Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation 06.25.09: HFS attorneys Stan Cash and Joe Duncan win settlement for clients... After a lengthy battle in Federal Court, Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart attorneys Stan Cash and Joe Duncan secured a settlement of $382,000.00 in favor of its clients, Integral Building Group of Atlanta, Georgia, and Doster Construction Company of Birmingham, Alabama. The case arose out of a 2004 industrial accident involving Southeast Environmental Infrastructure, as subcontractor to the Joint Venture formed by Integral and Doster. In the accident, an SEI crew dropped a 500 pound pipe on the head of a plumbing subcontractor. The plumber sustained significant injuries, including deafness in one ear, partial facial palsy, and other cognitive issues. In seeking compensation for these injuries, the plumber filed suit in the Jefferson County Circuit Court of Alabama against SEI and the Joint Venture. After the filing of the state court action, the Joint Venture sought contractual indemnification from SEI as well as coverage as an additional insured from SEI's insurance carrier, Pennsylvania National Mutual Insurance Company. When Penn National refused to provide a defense of coverage to the Joint Venture, HF&S negotiated a settlement with the Plaintiff on behalf of the Joint Venture. HF&S then succeeded in obtaining jury verdicts in its favor against SEI under the contractual indemnity agreements in place between the Joint Venture and SEI. The judgments totaled $325.00.00 In addition, the Plaintiff obtained a jury verdict in the amount of $1.5 million against SEI. Penn National, however, continued to refuse to provide coverage to the Joint Venture or to pay the judgments that were obtained against its insured. Instead, it filed an action in Federal Court and sought to deny coverage. Ultimately, the federal judge ruled that coverage was owed to the Joint Venture by Penn National for the claims made in the state court and determined that the Joint Venture was entitled to trial on the merits of its bad faith counter-claim that was filed against Penn National. It was at this point that Penn National finally agreed to the settlement, reimbursing the Joint Venture for the settlement paid in the state court action, as well as costs and fees associated with the additional litigation. 03.12.09: HFS attorneys named "Birmingham's Top
Attorneys" • Stan Cash - Business Litigation 03.03.09: Defense Wins... 02.24.09: HFS attorney named Who's Who in Healthcare
in Birmingham by Birmingham Business Journal Congratulations 2009 Alabama Super Lawyers: • Stan Cash - Personal Injury
Defense: General Congratulations 2009 Best Lawyers in America: • De Martenson: Personal
Injury, Product Liability & Professional Malpractice Litigation Best of the Bar: • Stan Cash: Healthcare HF&S Attorney Ranked #1 in Professional Malpractice Law: • De Martenson, senior partner at HFS, has been ranked #1 in the 2009 edition of Best Lawyers in America in Professional Malpractice Law in the city of Birmingham and the State of Alabama. |
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