As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP (HUIE) remains committed to monitoring and reviewing daily public health updates and protecting our people and the integrity of our day-to-day processes. Since opening our doors in 1952, the health and safety of our team, clients, families, friends and communities we serve have…
Huie trial lawyers Paul Malek and Elizabeth Davis tried a case for Ford Motor Company to a unanimous defense verdict on February 19, 2020, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. In December of 2012, the Plaintiff was involved in a single vehicle rollover crash in Jefferson County, Alabama. He…
Huie partner Phil Collins was successful in his appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court in a premises liability matter. A summary of the featured case, Eyer v. Crestwood, is provided below. Court Upholds Dismissal of Slip and Fall Case Where Plaintiff Claimed Premises Owner Should Have Warned of the Particular Dangers of Floor Cleaner Eyer involved…
We are pleased to announce that De Martenson, a senior partner at Huie, was named a member of the 2019 class of Fellows by the Alabama Law Foundation. New members were inducted at the annual Fellows Dinner, which was held Saturday, January 25, 2020, in Montgomery, Alabama. The Fellows program was established in 1995 to…
Huie attorneys Gordon Sproule, Bart Cannon and Alex Parish recently obtained summary judgment as to all claims against a Huie client in the Circuit Court of Cullman County. The case was brought by a customer of the retail store client who sustained facial injuries when she fell while at a step down while shopping in…
On October 22, 2019, Stewart McCloud secured a directed verdict for the defendant, a national insurance provider. The trial took place in the Circuit Court of Limestone County, Alabama. The case stemmed from a 2013 lawsuit, in which the plaintiff contested the handling of his property damage claim. The 2013 lawsuit settled out of court…