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Pensacola Attorneys Obtain Summary Judgment From The Florida First District Court of Appeal
Pensacola Attorneys Obtain Summary Judgment From The Florida First District Court of Appeal
The Florida First District Court of Appeal recently affirmed an order of summary judgment obtained by Dave Jester, Austin Moretz, and Jessica Scholl of the firm’s Pensacola office. The issue on appeal was whether the general contractor was entitled to…
Alabama Attorney Resolves Client’s Title Defect and Avoids Potential of Costly Litigation
Alabama Attorney Resolves Client’s Title Defect and Avoids Potential of Costly Litigation
George Gaston of the firm’s Mobile office resolved a client mortgage lender’s title defect without the necessity of filing potentially drawn-out and costly litigation. The matter regarded two defective deeds in the borrower’s chain of title, both of which failed…
St. Louis Attorney Obtains Set Aside of Bankruptcy Discharge Order
St. Louis Attorney Obtains Set Aside of Bankruptcy Discharge Order
Despite inflexible precedent followed throughout the federal judicial circuits construing the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and Bankruptcy Code, the Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri recently set aside an order of…
Judicial Estoppel Leads to Complete Dismissal of Plaintiff’s Wrongful Foreclosure Case
Judicial Estoppel Leads to Complete Dismissal of Plaintiff’s Wrongful Foreclosure Case
George Gaston of the firm’s Mobile office obtained a complete dismissal of a borrower’s wrongful foreclosure lawsuit in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Our client is a loan servicer and had been named as one of two defendants in the lawsuit based on alleged failures in…
Mobile Attorneys Obtain Summary Judgment in Negligent Procurement Case
Mobile Attorneys Obtain Summary Judgment in Negligent Procurement Case
Jonathan Minchin and Natalie Daugherty, both of the firm’s Mobile office, recently secured summary judgment on behalf of their clients, an insurance company and its agent, in a negligence and negligent procurement case in the Circuit Court of Winston County, Alabama. …
Mississippi Attorney Kathryn Breard Platt Prevails in a Sovereign Immunity Case
Mississippi Attorney Kathryn Breard Platt Prevails in a Sovereign Immunity Case
Kathryn Breard Platt of our Mississippi office recently prevailed in a sovereign immunity case filed in the Circuit Court of Pearl River County. In that case, plaintiff alleged an employee of the defendant, a public hospital, failed to properly secure her wheelchair…
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Hearing of SLFPA-E Lawsuit and LOGA & LMOGA Respond
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Hearing of SLFPA-E Lawsuit and LOGA & LMOGA Respond
“In 2013, the Board of Commissioners of SLFPA-E filed a lawsuit in Louisiana state court against 97 exploration and production oil and gas companies. The lawsuit alleged that the oil and gas companies’ activities had damaged coastal lands and “increased…
Galloway Earns 90 on Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 16th Annual Scorecard on LGBTQ Workplace Equality
Galloway Earns 90 on Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 16th Annual Scorecard on LGBTQ Workplace Equality
Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith received score of 90 on the 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workplace equality, administered…
Mississippi Attorney Kathryn Breard Platt Prevails on Appeal in Trucking Case
Mississippi Attorney Kathryn Breard Platt Prevails on Appeal in Trucking Case
Kathryn Breard Platt of our Mississippi office recently prevailed in an appeal before the Mississippi Court of Appeals in a trucking case involving a catastrophic injury. In Dillon v. PiCo, Dillon failed to timely answer PiCo’s Requests for Admissions. Several months…
Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Punitive Damages Are Available Under General Maritime Law
Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Punitive Damages Are Available Under General Maritime Law
Warren v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co. A boating accident occurred on navigable waters of Louisiana in May 2005 resulting in the death of a 22-year old passenger. As the boat was on plane, the hydraulic steering system manufactured by defendant, Teleflex, failed,…
Jason Waguespack Named to CityBusiness Power List for Port & Maritime
Jason Waguespack Named to CityBusiness Power List for Port & Maritime
Jason Waguespack, a Director and Firm Managing Director at Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, has been named to the 2026 Power List: Port & Maritime by New Orleans CityBusiness. The prestigious honor recognizes a small group of influential professionals and…
Galloway Announces Four Attorney Promotions to Director
Galloway Announces Four Attorney Promotions to Director
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith, a premier law firm with offices in Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Alabama, and Georgia, is pleased to announce that four attorneys have been promoted to Director, effective January 1, 2026. Since its founding…
Refining Removal? A Question for the U.S. Supreme Court
Refining Removal? A Question for the U.S. Supreme Court
New Orleans Maritime Attorney Published in “Following the Fifth” Kathleen Charvet, an admiralty and maritime attorney in Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith’s New Orleans office, has published an article in the inaugural edition of Following the Fifth, a new publication from the Bar Association…
Pay Transparency & FLSA Bonuses: Key Issues for Southeast Employers
Pay Transparency & FLSA Bonuses: Key Issues for Southeast Employers
Compliance Considerations for the End of the Year With many employers finalizing year-end bonuses and preparing for 2026 recruiting, questions continue to arise regarding pay transparency requirements and the proper classification of bonuses under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA).…
Tidings of Comfort and Custody: Navigating the Holidays After Divorce
Tidings of Comfort and Custody: Navigating the Holidays After Divorce
For some, the holiday season is a time of comfort and joy: holiday-card-picture perfect families with traditions, smiles, and laughter. Other parents are threading the needle carefully, and for those who are separated or divorced, the holidays are accompanied by…
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