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Authored By: Candace Whitman Advocate Capital, Inc. would like to congratulate our friend and client, Blake Johnson of Johnson Livingston PLLC who recently won a $300,000 verdict on behalf of his client. The Defendant appealed the verdict but was unsuccessful, which resulted in favorable law for all plaintiffs in Utah. The Plaintiff’s vehicle was struck b...

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Authored By: Ollie Lammers According to the FDA, World Water LLC issued a voluntary recall of Cold Pressed Juice Watermelon also known as WTRMLN WTR Original 12 packs. World Water LLC issued the recall because of the possibility of plastic pieces could be present in some of the bottled juice. The company did not release any information on how plastic piec...

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On January 31st, we ventured back in time, back to the ’80s! We wanted to fully embrace the totally rad decade with a custom 80’s playlist, PowerPoint slide show of employees in their 80’s glory, 80’s fashion, paper fortune tellers, decorations and a game of Jeopardy. Teams of four were created and assigned a classic 80’s movie as their team name. Teams s...

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The Employee Spotlight Award congratulates team members who personify our Company Core Values:  Professionalism, Integrity, Continuous Improvement, Teamwork and Service. The first winner of this honor from the Quality Assurance Review team is Ashley Harrison, Quality Assurance Analyst III. Ashley has been an integral part of the Quality Assurance Review t...

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Authored By: Ollie Lammers A case taken on by Public Justice, New Prime v. Oliveira, had a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court in favor of their client Dominic Oliveira. The case involves New Prime a trucking company and trucker Dominic Oliveira. The company required Oliveira to complete 10,000 miles hauling freight for free as an “apprentice.” Olivei...

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Last week, President and CEO Michael Swanson hosted a webinar, Law Firm Finance for Plaintiff Lawyers. In this webinar, Mike defines the most relevant financial concepts you need to know to guide the operation of your law firm. He helps identify the challenges that contingent-fee law firms face in the marketplace when seeking capital, and he discusses a f...

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Authored By: Ollie Lammers Our friend and client T. Gabe Houston with Houston Law of California recently obtained $8M on behalf of his client Joey Soulliere. The plaintiff was riding his 2009 Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle under the speed limit when a vehicle pulled out of a parking lot in front of him. When Joey Soulliere hit the brakes, they didn’t respond,...

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Congratulations to the team of Albert Stoll and Walter Haynes at Albert G. Stoll, Jr., A Law Corporation for securing a $9MM settlement on complex product liability case. On December 25, 2013, an electric oil-filled heater caught fire in a Bay Area home resulting in the death of one person, and the severe injury of another. In reviewing the case, the firm...

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In October 2018, Susan Hutchison and Chris Stoy of Hutchison & Stoy, PLLC tried a case in Tarrant County against a Dallas based insurance defense law firm. The team obtained a verdict for $1.13M for their client after a long, hard-fought, two-and-a-half-year battle. On January 21, 2016, the plaintiff was at his place of employment as a shipping superv...

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Our friend Jonathan Griffith of Griffith Law recently obtained a verdict of over $400K on behalf of his client Larry Vernon. When a dump truck sideswiped the plaintiff’s work van, the collision resulted in relatively minor damage. The Plaintiff felt “fine” at the scene and proceeded to work his normal work schedule that day. In the days that followed, the...

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