January 5, 2016
Forman Watkins attorneys Tanya Ellis and Benton York recently obtained a big win at the Mississippi Supreme Court on behalf of their client Illinois Central Railroad Company.
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October 21, 2015
Fred Krutz, Daniel Mulholland, and Caroline Upchurch won plaintiffs’ consolidated appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court of summary judgments in seventeen silica cases entered by the Jackson County, Mississippi Circuit Court.
October 21, 2015
Nick Giallourakis, Joshua Metcalf and Daniel Roberts, along with Delaware local counsel, successfully petitioned the Delaware Supreme Court to accept an interlocutory appeal on the issue of whether a company that registers to do business in Delaware but has almost no other contact with the state is subject to general personal jurisdiction there.
October 19, 2015
Joshua J. Metcalf and Nick Giallourakis of Forman Watkins & Krutz persuaded the trial judge to grant a new trial based on attorney misconduct in an Oregon wrongful death action arising from decedent’s alleged exposure to asbestos.
August 3, 2015
On August 3, 2015, The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in its unanimous opinion, affirmed summary judgment for Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP clients Precision Packaging and Clemco Industries in Robinson v. Mine Safety Appliances Co. et al., a silica case filed in the Eastern District of Arkansas.
July 7, 2015
Partner, Jennifer Studebaker, recently won summary judgement for client, Wal-Mart, in the wrongful death case of Heather Phillips on behalf of herself and all wrongful death beneficiaries of Gage Allen plaintiff vs. Wal-Mart Stores East LP.
April 21, 2015
Krutz & Mulholland represented Google Inc. in an action under 28 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Mississippi Attorney General in Mississippi federal court. Google claimed that the Attorney General had violated Google’s rights under the First Amendment, the Communications Decency Act, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
April 17, 2015
Forman Watkins recently won two significant summary judgments for its client Moldex-Metric, Inc. in Ruby Jean Mealer, et al. v. Moldex-Metric, Inc. and R. C. Harris v. Moldex-Metric, Inc. Both of those cases are on the docket in the Circuit Court of Jones County, Laurel, Mississippi.
February 2, 2015
FW Sports is excited to welcome Deterrian Shackelford, former Ole Miss Linebacker, as a client of the firm’s Sports Representation practice group. As the first-ever two-time winner of the Chucky Mullins Courage Award, Shackelford proved to be the heart-and-soul of an Ole Miss defense that ranked #1 in the country in scoring defense, propelling the Rebels to a national top-10 ranking for much of the season.
January 17, 2015
Forman Watkins Signs Former Ole Miss Quarterback, Bo Wallace, as Client of the Firm’s Sports Management Group, FW Sports Management