Category Archives: Premises Liability
Attorneys Josie Rahn and Austin Walker Earn Orange County Defense Verdict
On Friday, April 19, 2024, after a five-day jury trial in Orange County, Florida, BBDG Partner Josie Rahn and BBDG Associate Austin Walker earned a hard-fought defense verdict in a premises liability case on behalf of the Florida Mall and its housekeeping contractor, Interstate Cleaning Corporation. In this case, the plaintiff alleged a slip… Read More »
Brandon Mall Recovers Fees and Costs Following Jury Verdict
Premises Liability lawyer Mack McCormick represented the Brandon Mall in its cross claim against its roofing contract, Ramcon, LLC. Ramcon, LLC refused to honor its contractual obligation to defend and indemnify the mall when one of the mall’s patron’s slipped, fell and pursued a personal injury lawsuit. Moreover, the roofing contractor’s insurance carrier also… Read More »
Trial Court Grants Directed Verdict for Firm’s Client Following Plantiff’s Case
Plaintiff slipped and fell at the Brandon Mall when she slipped on water that came from a roof leak in a recently replaced section of the mall’s roof. Plaintiff sued the Brandon Mall, its housekeeping subcontractor, Interstate Cleaning Corporation, and the roofing contractor that installed the roof that leaked causing her fall. The firm… Read More »
BBDG Wins Another Case
On October 4, 2019, after a three-day jury trial, Robert Bleakley and Josie Rahn obtained a defense jury verdict for the Sawgrass Mills Mall in Marangely Ibanez v. Sunrise Mills (MLP) Limited Partnership. The Broward County jury deliberated for approximately 45 minutes before fully exonerating the firm’s client.
Trial Court Grants Summary Judgement On Contractual Indemnification Claim Arising out of Premises Claim
Robert Bleakley and Darryl Beckman represented Westfield, LLC and Countryside Mall, LLC in a contractual indemnification against a plumbing contractor and its insurance carrier that refused to indemnify and insure the mall when a pipe upon which the plumbing contractor was working caused personal injury to a mall tenant. Mr. Beckman persuasively argued to… Read More »
Tripping and Falling While Walking Through A Landscape Bed is “Open and Obvious” – Trial Court Grants Summary Judgement
The firm represents the Sarasota Square Mall in premises liability claims. In this action, the Plaintiff tripped and fell while walking across a landscaping bed. Mack McCormick successfully argued the landscaping bed was an “open and obvious” condition, thereby obtaining summary judgment for the firm’s client.