The owner of a 164-foot yacht was granted summary judgment in a wrongful death case where a crewmember engaged the bow thruster at the time an invisible, unknown and unannounced diver was scrubbing the hull. The shipowner had contracted with a commercial diver company to clean its hull in June 2017. An exact date and ...
Fabiola Ortega Guzman (Plaintiff) alleges she was injured when she slipped and fell on an oily substance in the vestibule floor of a Sam’s Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Ortega Guzman claims Sam’s failed to maintain the club in a reasonably safe condition and that it failed to warn her of the oily substance ...
Wendy Donnelly alleged she was injured when she slipped and fell on a liquid substance on the floor of Wal-Mart’s store in Port St. Lucie, FL. Donnelly alleged that Wal-Mart negligently failed to warn her of the liquid on the floor and also failed to maintain the store in a reasonably safe condition. Wal-Mart moved ...
Francine Griesing Discusses How Legal Leaders Can Protect People Who Speak Out Against Bias Without Fear of Retaliation in The Legal Intelligencer Francine Griesing, Managing Member of the Firm, published an article in The Legal Intelligencer entitled, “6 Ways Legal Leaders Can Combat Silence and Truly Advocate for D&I.” The article introduces six concrete steps legal leaders can take to ...
Author: Nukk-Freeman Cerra Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory infection that has been deemed a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Employers are struggling to deal with multiple issues on a daily basis in the face of constantly changing circumstances. Read more for an Employer’s Guide to Preparing for COVID-19 by clicking “Read ...
Wargo French partner and Georgia Super Lawyers honoree Stacey Godfrey Evans was interviewed in the 2020 edition of the Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters magazine. Stacey has advocated for years to maintain and expand The HOPE Scholarship: Helping Others Pursue Education program, which has provided more than $3 billion in merit-based financial aid to ...
We are extremely proud to announce that Marisa O’Sullivan has been promoted to Principal. Marisa has a stellar track record of excellence in the firm’s insurance-litigation practice, unparalleled client service, and active engagement in both professional and service organizations. Not surprisingly, in 2019, she was named Outstanding Young Lawyer of the year by the Dallas Association of Young ...
Congratulations to Barbara Lyons! Barbara successfully obtained a dismissal of a class action in United States District Court, Northern District of California, brought against a public entity client. Plaintiffs filed suit in the wake of Janus v. American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees, Counsel 31, 138 S. Ct. 2448 (2018), in which the ...
The Los Angeles Business Journal has named Sean Andrade, Attorney at Andrade Gonzalez LLP, to its 2020 “Top Minority Attorneys” list. The LABJ notes Sean’s work with the National Board of Governors for the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), serving as vice president of programs and national security. The profile also notes the firm being 100% ...
Kang Haggerty & Fetbroyt, a business litigation boutique with offices in Philadelphia, PA and Marlton, NJ, is pleased to announce that Kandis L. Kovalsky and David R. Scott were elected to the firm’s membership, effective January 1, 2020. “This is the first time since the firm’s inception in 2013 that we have elected new members,” said Edward T. Kang, ...