Neal Alexander Hoffman

Settled after the jury was sent to deliberate, on highly favorable terms.

The district court granted summary judgment in favor of my client

The jury found the employee not negligent and justified in using force for self defense, assigned 50% fault to the plaintiff and 50% to the retailer, and awarded the plaintiff $50,000.

Obtained summary judgment in favor of my client from the district court.

Obtained summary judgment from a federal district court by establishing a lack of actual or constructive knowledge by the retailer. The decision was affirmed by the Fifth Circuit on appeal.

Obtained summary judgment from a federal district court that the ice was naturally occurring, and thus not an unreasonably dangerous condition

A jury found that the retailer was not negligent and awarded no damages.

A jury found that the association was not liable for the incident.

After responding to a demand letter by refusing to take down the blog post and threatening a declaratory judgment action, the company advised that they would not bring suit and allowed limitations to expire on their claims.