Tom Berger and Steven Hollis recently tried an intersection accident. The defendant stopped at a stop sign. Her intent was to go across the main street into the development. At this same time, the Plaintiff came around a slight bend in the road and saw the defendant slowing. His eyes then went to two women, who were walking their dogs, across the street from the defendant. There was conflicting evidence from the eyewitnesses as to whether the defendant actually stopped at the stop sign. Both eyewitnesses claimed that the plaintiff was not speeding. The defendant did not […]

Drew W. Peeler and Kevin D. Franz represent an insurer in a uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) action brought for personal injuries from an auto accident. Plaintiff obtained a verdict of $1,700,000 and moved the trial court to (1) enter a judgment in the full amount of the verdict with execution limited to the insurer’s policy limits; (2) grant leave for Plaintiff to bring a statutory bad faith action against the insurer; and (3) have the judgment provide that the amount of the verdict is the amount recoverable in a subsequent bad […]

Kevin D. Franz successfully obtained a decision from the Fifth District Court of Appeal reversing a $1.6 million verdict in an auto accident case.  Plaintiff brought a negligence action seeking damages arising out of a September 6, 2019, auto accident with the Defendant who disputed liability, causation, permanency, and damages.  Plaintiff had been involved in prior auto accidents in 2009 and 2017.  There was also evidence that she suffered from an underlying chronic degenerative spinal condition.  At the close of evidence, Plaintiff moved for a partial directed verdict arguing the […]