Highlights

• Obtained a defense verdict for an assisted living facility and the facility’s executive director in a six-day arbitration hearing involving a resident’s allegations of sexual assault.
• Obtained complete dismissal of wrongful death claims against an international security management company.
• Obtained summary judgment in favor of a local disaster-recovery contractor in a wrongful death lawsuit.
• Successfully defended a local bank against claims of false imprisonment, conspiracy, defamation, slander, and conversion.
• Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a franchisee of a world-wide fast-food restaurant in a premises-liability action.
• Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a repossession firm involving allegations of wrongful repossession, trespass, and conspiracy.
• Obtained complete dismissal of wrongful death claims against a nursing home because the plaintiff failed to invoke the arbitration process.

• Successfully defended a local hospital on grounds the plaintiff failed to comply with the statute of limitations.
• Successfully defended a pharmacy accused of causing physical injury injury as a result of a misfilled prescription.
• Obtained a summary judgment in favor an ambulance company in a suit involving an automobile accident.
• Reached a favorable resolution on behalf of a local accounting firm in an ERISA complaint.  Plan participants argued the Plan Administrator breached fiduciary obligations.
• Reached a favorable resolution for a natural gas and energy products company in a dispute over rights to commercially extract coalbed methane gas.

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Presentations and Publications

• “Sexual Assault in Long-Term Care: Evaluating and Defending these Claims,” Alabama Nursing Home Defense Lawyers Association, Orange Beach, AL (April 2018).  
• “How to Prepare for and Defend Against Claims of Assault in the Long-Term Care Setting,” CLM Annual Conference (March 2018)  
• “Alabama’s Contractor Statute of Repose,” The Alabama Roadbuilder (Fall 2010)(co-author)
• “Medical Literature: Friend and/or Foe in the Medical Malpractice Trial,” Defense Research Institute, Medical Liability and Healthcare Law Seminar (New Orleans, February 2012)
• “From Sale to Science: An Overview of Alabama Dram-Shop Claims and the Impact of Scientific Expert Testimony,” Alabama Defense Lawyers Association Journal (Spring 2012)(co-author)
• “Hot Topics in Nursing Home Litigation,” Alabama Nursing Home Association Conference (Spring 2016)

News & Insights

• Davis, Stevens, & Wells Named to Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under Hot List
• Twenty-Eight SDF Attorneys Named to the 2017 Edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers
• Umbach, Perkins, Davis, & Vinson Participate in the Alabama Trucking Association’s Annual Mock Trial
• Reed Bates & Will Davis Obtain Defense Verdict After 6-Day Arbitration for Assisted Living Facility
• Twenty-Six SDF Attorneys Named to the 2016 Edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers
• Starnes Davis Florie Announces New Partners
• Twenty-Six SDF Attorneys Named to 2015 Alabama Super Lawyers
• SDF Attorneys and Staff Dedicate Time to Volunteer for Servis Juris Day
• Thirty SDF Attorneys Named to Alabama Super Lawyers 2014
• Three Starnes Davis Florie Attorneys Invited to Join the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
• Starnes Davis Florie Welcomes New Associates to the Firm