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At last week’s Alabama State Bar meeting, Mike Cohan was elected Vice Chairman of the Alabama State Bar Workers’ Compensation Law Section.

Tamera Erskine obtained summary judgment in favor of her client in a real estate transaction dispute involving a $20 million contract. The plaintiff alleged claims of legal malpractice, fraud, suppression and misrepresentation against her client, the landowner defendant.

Scott Sasser obtained a defense verdict in a property damage case in which the plaintiff made a direct claim against the insurer. The plaintiff argued that the damage was a covered loss and due to be paid, while Scott argued that there was no coverage for the claimed loss. After hearing testimony, a defense verdict … Read More

Jeremy W. Richter’s thoughts on the status of the Alabama Workers’ Compensation statute have been published in the "News and Updates" portion of the June 2017 issue of CLM Magazine (p. 57): "Trial Court Declares State Workers Compensation Statute Unconstitutional".

On June 15, 2017, Mike Cohan was honored alongside other past presidents of the Montgomery Claims Association in celebration of the organization’s 50th anniversary.

You can read Jeremy Richter’s article, "Identifying Improper Requests for Admission," in the Spring 2017 edition of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association Journal.