In June 2023, Chad Kessinger and Patrick Muldoon successfully defended a road contractor at trial in Perry Circuit Court against allegations of real property damage secondary to blasting and construction activities conducted by Bizzack Construction, LLC on a road improvement project in Hazard, Ky. A local real estate developer claimed damages to four commercial buildings…
Read articleIn October 2019, Deanna M. Marzian Tucker and Matthew Londergan successfully obtained a defense verdict at trial for their clients, a local restoration company and its employee. The Plaintiff claimed that the employee backed into her car while driving a van owned by his employer. The Defendants denied an accident occurred. The Plaintiff alleged a…
Read articleIn February 2019, Deanna M. Marzian Tucker successfully obtained a defense verdict at trial for her client, a sports pub, against claims of intentional assault; vicarious liability; negligent hiring, training and supervision; and punitive damages. Plaintiff’s allegation that he was assaulted by security staff at the sports pub and whether the sports pub failed to…
Read articleIn December 2018, Richard Schiller, Terri Boroughs, and Chapin Elizabeth Scheumann successfully defended an appeal from a defense verdict that Mr. Schiller obtained in Grayson Circuit Court on behalf of a general surgeon. At trial, the patient claimed the physician had improperly removed a PEG tube placed following a procedure for her severe acid reflux,…
Read articleTerri Boroughs and Richard Schiller successfully defended a general surgeon in a jury trial in Jefferson County, Kentucky. The allegations included a lack of informed consent and the performance of an alleged unnecessary laparoscopic colectomy. The defense maintained that the informed consent was appropriate and that the surgery was necessary due to the findings at…
Read articleIn June 2017, Terri Boroughs and Noel Halpin successfully defended a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon in a jury trial in Fayette County, Kentucky. The allegations included a lack of informed consent and the improper performance of a thymectomy surgical procedure. The Plaintiff alleged that the surgeon failed to appropriately inform her of the risk of…
Read articleIn May 2017, Richard Schiller and Noel Halpin obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a general surgeon following a jury trial in Grayson County, Kentucky. It was alleged that the surgeon was negligent in his removal of a PEG tube and in the subsequent follow-up care that he provided. The Plaintiff went on to…
Read articleIn May 2016, Richard Schiller and Noel Halpin obtained a unanimous defense verdict on behalf of an orthopedic hand surgeon in Fayette Circuit Court. It was alleged that the surgeon was negligent in his performance of a tendon release surgery for a triggering left thumb, and in the follow-up care that was provided. The Plaintiff…
Read articleRichard Schiller and Terri Boroughs obtained a defense verdict on 11/3/2015 for a cardiothoracic surgeon accused of mismanaging post bypass surgery care that caused the patient to go blind. The Plaintiff argued that fluids, blood pressure, and hemoglobin values were allowed to drop to such levels that the patient’s optic nerve was unable to get…
Read articleRichard Schiller and Noel Halpin obtained a unanimous defense verdict for a National Retailer in a slip and fall case in Federal Court in Louisville on 10/1/2015. The Plaintiff claimed that the store was negligent for not noticing and cleaning up a brown sticky substance on the white tiled floor that caused the Plaintiff to…
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