Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart attorneys Jim Shaw and Jennifer Reid Egbe successfully defended an Alabama-based company in an employment discrimination trial lasting four days. Plaintiff’s claims first arose in 2012, when following his termination he complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that he experienced racial harassment while employed with the company. Shaw and…
We are excited to share that Martha Thompson and Jennifer “JD” Segers are featured as Women in the Law in the Best Lawyers® Spring 2016 Business Edition. Each year, Best Lawyers® compiles the lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Martha was recognized for…
The Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart defense team of Alan Thomas, David Brown and Jeremy Gaddy secured a Ford defense verdict on April 12, 2016, in Greene County, Alabama. In December 2006, the Plaintiff’s decedent was involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Interstate 20/59 in Greene County. The Plaintiff filed suit against Ford Motor Company alleging that during the…
The Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart defense team of Jim Shaw, David Brown and Brent Almond secured a win on March 22, 2016, in favor of Boggs & Boulders Off Road Park & Campground in Conecuh County. The lawsuit against Boggs & Boulders was originally filed in 2010. The plaintiffs, which included three families, claimed that the off…
We are pleased to announce that John Civils and Jimmy Brady have been recognized by Birmingham Magazine in its Top Attorneys 2016 listing. John was recognized as a top mediation attorney. Jimmy was recognized as a top insurance attorney. This winter, Birmingham Magazine conducted its seventh annual peer-reviewed survey, asking more than 4,000 local attorneys registered…
On February 11, 2016, Stewart McCloud secured a bench trial defense verdict on behalf of a dentist in Jefferson County. The lawsuit arose from the dentist’s provision of dental treatment and dentures to the plaintiff. The plaintiff alleged that the dentures she received did not fit correctly. Rather than returning to the dentist to have…