Hoover, AL
Consumer protection Lawyer at Hoover, AL
Practice Areas: Consumer Protection, Personal Injury, Employment & Labor
OUTCOME: The client won $1,030,000
We obtained a $1,030,000 arbitration award, including the maximum award of $500,000 in punitive damages allowed by Alabama law, for a lawyer and his wife for intentional fraud committed by Terminix. Th ... e Scott's home was severely damaged by termites and the company refused to make all the necessary repairs,
OUTCOME: The insurer for the termite company paid policy limits.
Mrs. Tucker bought a house in rural Walker County based on an inspection report that said the home was free of any evidence of termite infestation. The infestation could have been seen with a adequate ... inspection.
OUTCOME: The Clients won $362,500
Plaintiffs bought a home in rural Arkansas. Terminix had the home under a termite prevention warranty for many decades and knew it was eaten-up with termites. Nonetheless, Terminix issued an inspecti ... on report that the preacher and his wife relied upon. Terminix's fraudulent inspection report that said there was no serious issue. The home needed to be torn-down. The home cost $72,500. The Arbitrator awarded the full cost of the home plus $290,000 in punitive damages which he specifically found was the maximum allowed in his view by the U.S. Constitution.
OUTCOME: $310,000 settlement
A landlord knew its complex was heavily infested with bed bugs but continued to lease apartments to the unsuspecting. A poor family with a first-grader lived in one unit and could not afford to move. T ... hey were essentially economic prisoners of the landlord. The girl was bitten repeatedly over months, became hysterical when forced to go home, was ostracized at school and suffered PTSD. Lawyers who routinely practice in the field represented to the Court who approved a trust for the benefit of the minor child that the payments was the largest on record for a bed bug settlement.
OUTCOME: Jury awarded $435,000
Alabama Professional, in keeping with its normal practice, failed to vaccinate this disabled widow's home from termite infestation. When floors sunk, the company's termite department head said the prob ... lem was not due to termites and got her to pay to jack-up the floors from her meager savings. The damage was really from termites. The jury was out just 19 minutes and awarded $435,000.
OUTCOME: Settled for policy limits
This was a class action for all termite customers. The company failed to provide complete termite treatments. The case was certified as a rare "limited fund" and policy limits for several polices wer ... e paid to the class members who collected up to $50,000 each.
OUTCOME: Payment of $2,781,000
The termite company routinely failed to vaccinate homes it placed under termite prevention contracts with the proper application of termite chemicals. After suit was filed and litigated for a while, th ... e company filed bankruptcy. A "limited fund" class action was certified over objection by the company and its insurers. The case settled for $2,781,000 which was essentially all of the insurance coverage available.
OUTCOME: Jury awarded almost $1,000,000
A young family bought a cabin ona lake near Birmingham to begin a family. As he prepared the nursery for the couples' first-born, termite damage that made the modest home a total loss was discovered. ...
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