Attorney Erin Kathryn Russell's Legal Cases

Litigation

Woodruff v. J.R.S. et al.

Dec 19, 2007

OUTCOME: successfully mediated claims of over 90 plaintiffs

More than 90 residents of a rental community in Atlanta filed a putative class action lawsuit seeking damages for alleged exposure to mold. After defeating class certification, conducting extensive di ... scovery and eliminating a number of the plainitffs' claims at summary judgment, a comprehensive mediation was held at which all claims were settled for a fraction of the amount demanded, saving the clients in excess of $1M.

Civil rights

Jackson et al. v. Whitworth, et al.

N/A

OUTCOME: Motion to Dismiss granted

Plaintiffs, convicted felons who had been granted parole, filed a civil rights action against past and present members of the Georgia Department of Pardons and Paroles and several private probation com ... panies alleging constitutional violations based upon fees charged for electronic monitoring.

Litigation

Ruddy v. Holiday Inn Midtown

N/A

OUTCOME: summary judgment granted

This matter arose from a slip and fall accident on the premises of the client's hotel. The Plaintiff broke her ankle, which required surgery. However, Plaintiff was unable to satisfy the legal standa ... rd for a slip and fall case in Georgia because she was unable to show that the defendants had superior knowledge of an alleged hazard on the property. Plaintiff's deposition testimony pertaining to what she saw in the area in which she fell was excluded at summary judgment under the Prophecy rule.

Intellectual property

Guava, LLC v. Skyler Case

N/A

OUTCOME: pending

This is a copyright case dressed as a computer hacking case. Plaintiff has sued a single defendant, but is issuing subpoenas to customers of over 300 Internet Service Providers in an attempt to obtain ... their personal identifiers, after which they will solicit settlement payments and make threats to sue.

Erin Kathryn Russell's Legal Cases (4)

Woodruff v. J.R.S. et al.

Jackson et al. v. Whitworth, et al.

Ruddy v. Holiday Inn Midtown

Guava, LLC v. Skyler Case