Highlights

• Deborah Harris v. Target Stores, Inc. (U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama) – M. Warren Butler and Alex Wood obtained complete summary judgment and dismissal of all claims in favor of a national retailer on an open and obvious theory wherein the Plaintiff allegedly tripped and fell on a metal barricade and sustained a broken arm.
• Celeste Lambert v. Autry Greer & Sons, Inc. Obtained summary judgment in a premises liability case on an open and obvious theory wherein the Plaintiff allegedly tripped and fell on a metal panel and sustained neck injuries resulting in an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.
• Cheryl Phillips v. Autry Greer & Sons, Inc. – Obtained defense verdict in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama in a personal injury case filed against a regional grocer for damages allegedly sustained by Plaintiff when she allegedly slipped and fell in water in the store.
• Linda Marbles v. Target Corporation – Obtained complete dismissal of a personal injury action filed against a national retailer on claims for negligence related to a slip and fall incident in front of a water fountain.
• Mildred Sims v. Winn-Dixie Montgomery, LLC – Obtained complete dismissal of personal injury action filed against national grocery store chain on claims of negligence and wantonness arising out of a trip and fall incident on a floor mat at the store entrance.
• The Estate of Marie Carr v. Food Giant Supermarkets, Inc. – Obtained complete dismissal of a personal injury action filed against a national grocer on claims for negligence and wantonness for damages allegedly sustained by Plaintiff when she tripped and fell over a parking block in a handicapped parking space outside the store. Plaintiff alleged the subject handicapped parking space violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and asserted a cause of action for negligence per se for the alleged violation of the statute.
• Beverly Tunstall v. Georgia-Pacific Brewton LLC, et al – Obtained summary judgment on behalf of three co-employee defendants on claims asserted against them for willful misconduct by their fellow employee for the alleged failure to install, repair and/or maintain a safety device while operating a forklift in a plant for a national paper mill factory.

• Johnson v. LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, Inc. – Obtained complete dismissal of a personal injury action filed against a blood donor center related to a syncopal episode following a donation by a patient who collapsed and sustained bodily injuries.
• La Cora Griffin v. Food Giant Supermarkets, Inc. – Obtained complete dismissal of alleged claims of unlawful race and gender-based employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against regional grocer.
• Obtained a summary judgment in favor of a nursing home in a wrongful death case where the plaintiff’s decedent alleged that the nursing personnel breached the standard of care in their treatment of the resident.
• Obtained summary judgment in favor of global insurance carrier seeking recovery of unpaid deductibles owed by the insured construction company/developers as a result of the defense and indemnity provided by the carrier to the insureds resulting from the alleged defects in Chinese Drywall.
• McGallagher v. Burkes Mechanical – Obtained summary judgment in favor of mechanical contractor where plaintiff asserted personal injury claims for injury sustained while on client’s premises.
• Webb v. Avis – Obtained complete dismissal of a national rental car company on claims for negligent entrustment and agency related to a motor vehicle accident involving the owner of one of its franchisees.
• Kyles v. Winn-Dixie Montgomery, LLC – Obtained complete dismissal of a personal injury action filed against a national grocery store chain on claims for negligence related to a slip and fall incident.

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Presentations and Publications

• Documentation: Just Do It, Pensacola, Florida, (February 25, 2016)
• “Responding to a Complaint: Alabama,” Practical Law Litigation (Spring 2015).
• M. Warren Butler and Alex T. Wood, “Initial Considerations in Defending a Lawsuit,” DRI: A Young Lawyer’s Guide to Defense Practice Chapter 8, 2015.
• “Caught on Camera – Now What?,” For the Defense, Feb. 2013, at 29.
• The Witness Stand, presented to Supervisors and Human Resource Managers in Pensacola, FL, February 24, 2015.

News & Insights

• Alabama Employers Are Now Required to Notify Separated Employees About Potential Unemployment Benefits
• Mobile County Retailer Alert
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Business Interruption, Property Damage, and Other Insurance Coverage Issues
• Alabama Closes Nonessential Businesses Statewide
• COVID-19 PREMISES ALERT FOR BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNERS
• Labor & Employment News Alert – 2020: A New Year Full of New Rules
• THIRTY-ONE SDF ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE 2019 EDITION OF MID-SOUTH SUPER LAWYERS
• SDF’s Labor & Employment Practice Group News Alert- September 2019
• Labor & Employment News Alert: Alabama Equal Pay Act
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (AGAIN) PROPOSES TO INCREASE SALARY THRESHOLD FOR OVERTIME EXEMPTIONS
• THIRTY-ONE SDF ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE 2018 EDITION OF MID-SOUTH SUPER LAWYERS
• Should You Have An Arbitration Agreement With Your Employees?
• Twenty-Eight SDF Attorneys Named to the 2017 Edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers
• Starnes Davis Florie Names Four New Partners to the Firm
• Twenty-Six SDF Attorneys Named to the 2016 Edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers
• Labor & Employment Practice Group Bulletin – November 2015
• Starnes Davis Florie Labor & Employment Practice Group Bulletin – July 2015
• Butler and Wood Publish Article in DRI: A Young Lawyer’s Guide to Defense Practice
• Twenty-Six SDF Attorneys Named to 2015 Alabama Super Lawyers
• Butler and Wood Obtain Defense Verdict for Regional Grocer in Personal Injury Case