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Joe Hassinger and his IALDA colleagues receive the Al Kish Attaway Special Service Award…
Joe Hassinger and his IALDA colleagues receive the Al Kish Attaway Special Service Award…
The Roller Skating Association International has bestowed on Joe Hassinger and his IALDA colleagues the Al Kish Attaway Special Service Award for 2011. This award is given in recognition of one’s contribution of time, energy and creativity for the improvement…
Workers’ Compensation Verdicts…
Workers’ Compensation Verdicts…
Natasha Z. Wilson’s Louisiana verdicts. NEW LEGISLATION SB 106 Act 3, effective 5/11/10: Provides for expansion of 23:1123 scope of IME; expands 23:1172.2 investigative powers of OWCA in matters of employer fraud; and authorizes electronic payments of indemnity to…
Ben Zimmern Selected As Rising Star in Pensacola…
Ben Zimmern Selected As Rising Star in Pensacola…
Each year the Independent News in Pensacola, Florida publishes a list of Rising Stars who are seen as the upcoming leaders in their professions and in the community. Ben Zimmern, an attorney in GJTBS’ Pensacola office, has been chosen as one…
NRRDAs 2011 Annual Conference…
NRRDAs 2011 Annual Conference…
If you are a staff adjuster or an independent adjuster then you will not want to miss NRRDA’s 2011 Annual Conference. Continuing Education Credits will be available. NRRDA is pleased to announce that CE credits for adjusters will be available…
GJTBS Announces The Election Of Two Directors…
GJTBS Announces The Election Of Two Directors…
Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, PLC Announces The Election Of Two Directors Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, PLC Announces That Andrea L. Albert And Todd M. LaDouceur Have Been Elected Directors Of The Firm Galloway, Johnson,…
ASTM F-24 Committee — Amusement Rides and Devices meeting…
ASTM F-24 Committee — Amusement Rides and Devices meeting…
GJTBS is proud to sponsor the next meeting of the ASTM F-24 Committee — Amusement Rides and Devices. The meeting will be held Wednesday February 16th 2011 – Saturday February 19th 2011 in New Orleans. For further information please go…
GJTBS leads the way with NRRDAs 2011 Annual Conference…
GJTBS leads the way with NRRDAs 2011 Annual Conference…
GJTBS leads the way with NRRDA’s 2011 Annual Conference Joe Hassinger continues his service to the National Retail and Restaurant Defense Association (www.nrrda.org) as chairman of the 2011 Annual Conference, to be held in Orlando on February 23-25, 2011. This…
Louisiana Legislature Enacts Workers Compensation Medical Guidelines…
Louisiana Legislature Enacts Workers Compensation Medical Guidelines…
Recent developments in Louisiana law: Louisiana Legislature Enacts Workers’ Compensation Medical Guidelines By: Natasha Z. Wilson and Teresa Martin Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith Introduction Recent revisions to the Workers’ Compensation Act will result in the creation of medical…
Louisiana Legislative Updates…
Louisiana Legislative Updates…
Recent Louisiana law developments: 2010 Legislative Updates By: Natasha Z. Wilson & Katherine Lee Juneau LEGISLATIVE UPDATE House Bill 873, relative to workers’ compensation coverage. SUMMARY House Bill 873 was presented by Patricia Smith, a democrat representing…
NRRDA Newsletter…
NRRDA Newsletter…
BECOME A MEMBER OF NRRDA If you are not already a NRRDA member, here is how you can join this list of growing restaurant and retail professionals working together to reduce and manage the claims in our industry. www.joinnrrda.org Submitted…
Texas Appeals Courts Back Insurers’ Right to Intervene in Bad Faith Suits
Texas Appeals Courts Back Insurers’ Right to Intervene in Bad Faith Suits
Texas Court Upholds Right to Intervene and Enforce § 542A.006 The Thirteenth Court of Appeals, in a group of significant decisions for property insurers in Texas, granted mandamus relief to Certain Underwriter’s at Lloyd’s, London and Trisura Insurance Company, reinforcing…
Decoding Cyber Insurance: Building a Stronger Firewall for Digital Risk
Decoding Cyber Insurance: Building a Stronger Firewall for Digital Risk
Cyber insurance is often seen as the firewall of last resort, the last line of defense when technical safety measures fail. The truth is that many corporations need to further decode their cyber coverage policies. Carefully examining endorsements, exclusions, and…
New Orleans Litigator Ryan O’Connor Named Frank L. Maraist Award Finalist
New Orleans Litigator Ryan O’Connor Named Frank L. Maraist Award Finalist
Ryan O’Connor, a defense attorney in Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith’s New Orleans offices, has been recognized as a finalist for the Frank L. Maraist Award, presented by the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. The distinguished award, which will presented at an…
Turning Discovery into Dismissal: Galloway Wins Avocado Liability Case
Turning Discovery into Dismissal: Galloway Wins Avocado Liability Case
In one of the more unusual premises liability cases, Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith attorneys Autumn George and Catherine Arpen secured a strategic dismissal through disciplined case management and timely enforcement of discovery obligations in the case our Jacksonville team dubbed “the attack of…
Galloway Secures $800K Breach of Contract Trial Win in South Louisiana
Galloway Secures $800K Breach of Contract Trial Win in South Louisiana
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith attorneys Madeline Smith Hebert and Glenn Istre secured a significant trial victory in Franklin, Louisiana, on behalf of a land buyer in a breach of contract dispute involving a waterfront residential development on the Lower Atchafalaya…
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