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Hawkins Parnell & Young partners Matthew Barr and Carl Anderson, Jr. obtained summary judgment in favor of the corporate healthcare provider TransformHealthRx (THRX) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. This victory for Hawkins Parnell's client follows ten years of litigation. The original lawsuit was a civil rights and tort action against the Effingham County Jail…

Baker Sterchi lawyers obtained dismissal of their national food distributor client under Missouri’s “innocent seller statute.” Plaintiff alleged personal injuries related to consumption of a chicken meal that contained a chicken bone, which he claimed became lodged in his throat and resulted in multiple surgeries. Plaintiff originally named the restaurant where the meal was ordered as a defendant.…

McNees has established a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) team to optimize its resources designed to support student-athletes, colleges, universities, businesses and other stakeholders through the highly evolving legal area of business partnerships in collegiate sports. Keynotes: Tapped from McNees’ deep bench of legal talent, the Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) team includes seven attorneys expe…

Morrison Mahoney Partner John Knight and Associate Scott Gilmond recently obtained a defense verdict after a four-day jury trial in Essex Superior Court (Salem) involving a slip and fall against a large fitness club. Plaintiff claimed she slipped and fell entering the gym because of water on the floor.  It was raining on the day of the incident and the plaintiff claimed that there were no mats in…

Hawkins Parnell & Young argued in the Supreme Court of Georgia for a law firm client against attempts to broaden the statute of limitations on malpractice claims. Senior partner Christine Mast argued the case and was assisted in the briefing by appellate specialist Robert Gilbreath. In the underlying case, restaurant franchisee David Titshaw alleged poor legal advice by two law firms led him …

We are pleased to announce that Huie partner Paul Malek is among the top legal talent featured in the Birmingham Business Journal’s (BBJ) “Best of the Bar” for 2024. Birmingham Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” award recognizes honorees as the best and brightest from the Magic City’s legal scene. Representing a wide array of legal disciplines, they are chosen for their exceptional achievements…

BTI Consulting Group recognized Hawkins Parnell & Young among firms outperforming on client service in its 2024 BTI Client Service A-Team report. This is the first year the firm has been included in the rankings. BTI Client Service A-Team 2024 draws on data collected from top legal decision-makers at organizations with $1 billion or more in revenue from an annual survey of general counsel. BT…

Jacob C. Lehman and Michael G. Balabon obtained the successful dismissal of a Plaintiff’s Petition for Certification to the Supreme Court of New Jersey in a lawsuit alleging fraud and breach of contract against their client, a National Marine and Vehicle Brokerage firm. The appeal concerned  Plaintiff’s challenge to the validity of a forum selection clause in a contract executed between the partie…

Hawkins Parnell & Young successfully defended their client in plaintiff's appeal from a defense verdict in which they sought approximately $85 million from a jury. In April 2023, Hawkins Parnell obtained a defense verdict and judgment that the plaintiff take nothing in the trial of Leonard Olson, as Executor of the Estate of Gary D. Olson in the Superior Court of Washington in King County. Th…

Kochhar & Co. is pleased to announce its role as a legal advisor to the Spectris Group, a global leader in high-tech precision instrumentation and controls, in the Indian leg of its strategic divestiture of the Red Lion Controls business to HMS Networks. The transaction involved the transfer of the Red Lion Controls division from Spectris Technologies Private Limited to HMS Industrial Network…