GEORGIA JUDGE GRANTS MOTION TO DISMISS RENEWAL ACTION
Partner Carrie L. Christie and Associate Courtney Marcelo Norton obtained dismissal of a renewal action against their client, Saint Paul African Methodist Church of Macon, Inc., in state court in 2018 by showing that the original action was void due to the expiration of the statute of limitations where the plaintiff could not satisfy the […]
R & C Obtains a Defense Verdict
R& C Obtains a Defense Verdict On December 5, 2017 Partner David Rutherford obtained a defense verdict after a six day jury trial in federal court in Brooklyn. The plaintiff, a crew chief for an aircraft services company at JFK Airport, alleged she had suffered a permanently debilitating back injury when the door to a […]
DEFENSE VERDICT IN GEORGIA TRUCKING COLLISION
Carrie L. Christie won a defense verdict in favor of Rutherford & Christie clients Buffalo Rock Company and Joseph Watson on September 21, 2017, in a contested-liability three-vehicle collision involving an 18-wheeler. Plaintiffs sustained over $155,000.00 in special damages and sought a $2 million recovery.
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Defense Verdict
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Defense Verdict On August 23, 2017 the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a defense verdict obtained by Partner David Rutherford in federal court in White plains in 2016. The case involved a nine year old boy who alleged that he had been sexually abused on […]
GEORGIA STATE COURT AWARDS SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN PREMISES LIABILITY CASE
Partner Carrie L. Christie and Associate Courtney Marcelo Norton won summary judgment on August 2, 2017, in a slip-and-fall case that arose when Plaintiff allegedly slipped in the parking lot of a McDonald’s restaurant. The Rutherford & Christie defense team successfully argued plaintiff’s failure to establish defendant’s superior knowledge of a hazard warranted summary judgment […]