Attorney David Alexander Burkhalter II's Legal Cases

Discrimination

Deborah Jennings v. The University of Tennessee & Dave Hart (E.D. Tenn.) 3:12-cv-00507

Oct 10, 2014

OUTCOME: Case settled for $320,000 and for other provisions at mediation

This was a hard fought discrimination/retaliation case. After battling several motions, the case settled at mediation in Fall of 2014.

Personal injury

Lilliand Stephens v. Kroger Limited & Stanley Access Technologies, Circuit Court for Knox County, Tenn. No. 3-201-10

Jan 27, 2012

OUTCOME: $294,000 Verdict for the Plaintiff

My client was injured when a defective automatic door at a grocery store closed on her and knocked her down. We settled with Stanley at the beginning of trial, and received a jury verdict against Krog ... er.

Wrongful termination

Crane v. Monterey Mushroom, Inc. 910 F. Supp.2d 1032 (E.D. Tenn. 2012)

Jan 01, 2012

OUTCOME: Court denied Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment

This was an Americans with Disabilities Act case where the client was terminated after the company learned he had been diagnosed with an illness.

Employment and labor

U.S. ex rel. Salmons and Brocco v. Hill Rom, (E.D. Tenn.), Case Nr. 3:05-cv-210

Sep 27, 2011

OUTCOME: Whistleblowers were awarded $8.3 Million.

This was a whistleblower, False Claims Act case alleging Medicare Fraud. It resulted in a recovery of $41.8 Million for the government and the whistleblowers' award was $8.3 Million.

David Alexander Burkhalter II's Legal Cases (4)

Deborah Jennings v. The University of Tennessee & Dave Hart (E.D. Tenn.) 3:12-cv-00507

Lilliand Stephens v. Kroger Limited & Stanley Access Technologies, Circuit Court for Knox County, Tenn. No. 3-201-10

Crane v. Monterey Mushroom, Inc. 910 F. Supp.2d 1032 (E.D. Tenn. 2012)

U.S. ex rel. Salmons and Brocco v. Hill Rom, (E.D. Tenn.), Case Nr. 3:05-cv-210