Highlights

• Successfully defended two general surgeons during a six-day trial in a wrongful death case involving the readmission of a patient to the hospital following recent hernia repair surgery.
• Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist following a four-day trial in Tennessee stemming from the ordering of post anesthesia care unit pain medication that resulted in blindness.
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a national cell phone company in a case brought by a former employee for race discrimination and retaliation.
• Secured summary judgment and Eleventh Circuit affirmance for a metal processing plant in a Title VII and Section 1981 race discrimination action.
• Obtained a defense verdict in favor of an anesthesiologist in a case arising out of a cervical epidural block, which led to a spinal cord injury.
• Obtained a defense verdict in favor of a surgeon in a personal injury case involving complications arising from a retained sponge following hernia surgery.
• Obtained summary judgment and affirmance with opinion from the Alabama Supreme Court in infant wrongful death action.

• Secured summary judgment in favor of radiology group in a case involving the administration of a contrast agent to the plaintiff who later developed nephrogenic systemic fibrosis.
• Obtained summary judgment for an Alabama municipality on a state law age discrimination claim.

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Presentations and Publications

• Quality Assurance and Peer Review Privileges in Alabama.  Presented at the Alabama Society for Healthcare Risk Management Fall Education Day, Alabaster, Alabama (November 4, 2016).
• Walter W. Bates, Allison J. Adams, & Pamela Yates, “Overcoming Tensions Between Drug/Device Defendants and Treating Physicians,” IADC Drug, Device and Biotechnology and Medical Defense and Health Law Joint Committee Newsletter, February 2014.
• Is Your Clinic Prepared?  Malpractice and Employment Issues Facing Practice Groups.  Presented at the Medical Group Management Association meeting, Decatur, Alabama (February 18, 2014).
• “In Case of Emergency:  Is Your Clinic Ready?”  The Birmingham Medical News Blog, September 2013.
• “Important Victory for Primary Payers Under the MSP,” DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee Newsletter, Vol. 16, Issue 4, December 2011.
• Arnold W. Umbach, III & Allison J. Garton, “Alabama Supreme Court Clarifies Enforceability of No-Hire Agreements,” The Alabama Defense Lawyers Association Journal, October 2007.
• “Reconciling the Incongruous Demands of Therapist-Patient Confidentiality and Falsely Accused Third-Parties,” 37 Cum. L. Rev. 1, 77 (2006).

News & Insights

• Twenty-Eight SDF Attorneys Named to the 2017 Edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers
• Twenty-Six SDF Attorneys Named to the 2016 Edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers
• Labor & Employment Practice Group Bulletin – November 2015
• Adams & Bates Secure Defense Verdict for Two General Surgeons in Med Mal Trial
• Starnes Davis Florie Labor & Employment Practice Group Bulletin – July 2015
• Twenty-Six SDF Attorneys Named to 2015 Alabama Super Lawyers
• Starnes Davis Florie Attorneys Adams and Bates Obtain Defense Verdict for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
• Thirty SDF Attorneys Named to Alabama Super Lawyers 2014
• SDF Attorneys Allison Adams and Billy Bates Co-Authored an Article in IADC Committee Newsletter
• Starnes Davis Florie Announces Its New Partners Allison Adams & Clayton Bromberg
• Starnes Davis Florie Attorneys Adams and Umbach Obtained Eleventh Circuit Affirmance of Summary Judgment