JUDGMENTS AND SETTLEMENTS

Deborah Renee LaCoste, as Executrix of the Estate of Richard Gary LaCoste
v. C.O.W., Inc. d/b/a Cock of the Walk

Filed in: Mobile County, Alabama

Co-Counsel: The Honorable Braxton L. Kittrell, Jr., of Gardner, Middlebrooks, Gibbons, Kittrell & Olsen, P.C.

Type of case: Dram shop or liquor liability

Settlement: $2.0 million

Meggan Percey and Lindsey Tolbert v. Case Knife Express, et al.

Filed in: Mobile County, Alabama

Type of case: Trucking collision

Settlement: November 2004 in the amount of $950,000.

Evans, et al. v. First Express Trucking, et al.

Filed in: Davidson County, Tennessee

Type of case: Trucking collision. This case was tried on two occasions. The highest offer to settle the case was $45,000.

Trial # 1: May of 2003, Judgment amount - $178,902.00

Trial # 2: March of 2004, Judgment amount - $243,589.00

Clara Meeks, et al. v. Jiles Hale, et al.

Filed in: Mobile County, Alabama

Type of case: Single vehicle collision. The suit was filed by the passengers against the driver.

Settlement: policy limits of $100,000.00

Nancy Snodgrass v. Daisy James

Filed in: Marengo County, Alabama

Type of case: Automobile accident

Settlement: policy limits of $100,000.00

Rosie Young v. Heather Kirby

Filed in: Mobile County, Alabama

Type of case: Automobile accident

Settlement: $65,000.00

Betty Mitchell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Filed in: Mobile County, Alabama

Type of case: Automobile collision / UIM claim against Plaintiff’s insurer

Trial: May of 2003, Judgment: $31,557.84

Highest offer by State Farm: $10,000.00

Reed v. Boykin

Filed in: Mobile County, Alabama

Type of case: Automobile Collision against a State Farm Insured

Trial: June of 2004, Judgment was 4.5 times greater than highest settlement offer.

Parson v. Moore

Filed in: Mobile County, Alabama

Type of case: Automobile collision against a State Farm Insured

Trial: June of 2004, Judgment was 2 times greater than highest settlement offer.

Pamela Whitlock v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. d/b/a Sam’s Wholesale Club, et al.

Filed in: Mobile County, Alabama

Type of case:  Pedestrian struck by Sam’s Club employee driving a vehicle

Case Settled for $95,000

Highest pre-suit offer:  $5,000

Estate of Thrash v. Estate of Walley

Filed in: Mobile County, Alabama

Type of case:  Automobile Collision where both drivers died in the collsion.  The Defendant was insured by State Farm, and the Plaintiff had Underinsured motorist coverage with Southern United Insurance Company.

Outcome:  Settlement for the policy limits of both the State Farm driver and the Underinsured motorist limits, totalling $90,000.

Maura Marfil

Filed in: Mobile County, Alabama

Type of case: Automobile accident, head on collision. Tortfeasor had no insurance. 

Outcome: Recovered $200,000 for client based upon their own underinsured motorist coverage.