Madison County Partners Adam Johnson and Zachary Shelton and Associate William Saunders recently secured a defense verdict on behalf of a Lewis Brisbois client in St. Clair County, Illinois. It was the team’s second defense verdict within three weeks.

Phoenix Partner and Chair of the firm’s Sports Practice Gregg Clifton and Reno Managing Partner Brandon Wright recently obtained a preliminary injunction against the NCAA that paves the way for their client, wide receiver Cortez Braham, Jr., to play college football in the upcoming 2025-26 season. 

Los Angeles Partner Rod Cappy recently obtained summary judgment for his electric company client in a lawsuit brought by an electrician who claimed he developed mesothelioma in part due to exposure to asbestos-containing products distributed by the client.

Madison County Partners Adam Johnson and Zachary Shelton and Associate William Saunders recently secured a defense verdict on behalf of a Lewis Brisbois client in Sangamon County, Illinois. The matter arose from a motor vehicle accident that occurred in Spaulding, Illinois.

Los Angeles Partners Demian Casey and David B. Shapiro recently obtained a favorable verdict for a property owner client in a high-stakes slip-and-fall case in which the plaintiff had sought an eight-figure award. 

Sacramento Partner Paul Baleria and Walnut Creek Associate Danielle Weller recently obtained a jury verdict for the defense in a medical malpractice case on behalf of an emergency medicine physician during a two-week trial in Alameda County Superior Court.  

In Tucker v. All Metro Home Care Servs., Inc., ___ A.D.3d ___, 2025 NY Slip Op 03640 (1st Dep’t 2025), the plaintiff alleged to have been rendered quadriplegic after falling from the window of his second-story apartment in 2013. At the time of his fall, the plaintiff was a mentally disabled adult under the 24/7 care of a home health agency (which was also a named co-defendant). The firm represented the landlord/owner of the building in the action, brought in Supreme Court, Bronx County. The plaintiff’s primary theory of liability was that, given the plaintiff’s known mental infirmities, the landlord had a “heightened duty of care” under the common law to install window guards in the apartment.

Los Angeles Partner George Romain and Associate Fabiola Martinez, along with co-counsel from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani and O’Hagan Meyer, secured a complete defense verdict for their client in a jury trial in Fresno Superior Court (Oracle Anesthesia, Inc., and John Juve v. Central Vallely Anesthesia Partners, Inc., et. al.)

Dallas Partner Mark Cronenwett recently obtained a decision from the Texas Court of Appeals dismissing personal injury claims against his bus operator client based on lack of personal jurisdiction.

Los Angeles Partners Dana Alden Fox and Laurie Stayton secured a complete defense verdict for their public entity client in a high exposure personal injury case in Tulare County Superior Court. The plaintiff, a 13-year-old boy, suffered a severe and permanent traumatic brain injury and serious orthopedic injuries after being struck by a vehicle going 45 mph while attempting to cross a state highway at an unmarked crosswalk.