Recent Verdicts, Awards & Settlements

Auto Negligence
An allegedly drunk driver rear-ended a car  containing four family members who were all seriously injured in the collision.

Murray v. Moore, et al., 07-900774
Plaintiff’s Lawyer: Jim Roberts, Townes Woods & Roberts. P.C., Gardendale
Defense: J. Richard Wallis and James S. Lloyd, Lloyd Gray and Whitehead. P.C., Birmingham, for Moore Jr.; John B. Brunson, Leeds, for Moore Asphalt

Verdict: $3,050,000 for plaintiffs 
(comprised of $800,000 in compensatory damages and $1,500,000 in punitive damages against Moore Jr. and $250,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages against Moore Asphalt)
Circuit: Jefferson, 8-28-09, Judge: Tom King, Jr.

After dark on 2-9-06, Christopher Murray was driving southbound on U.S. 31 in Warrior. Next to him in the front passenger seat was his wife, Kristy, and in the back seat were the Murrays’ young son, Cody, and older daughter, Shay. Murray approached a gas station and stopped to wait for northbound traffic to clear before making a left turn into the parking lot. He never completed his left turn. As Murray waited for traffic to clear, a Cadillac Escalade driven by Rayburn Moore Jr. came up behind the Murrays’ Ford Mustang and rear-ended it. It was later alleged that Moore Jr. was drunk at the time, while driving the car on a company errand. The wreck nearly killed the children in the back seat of the Mustang.

Breach of Contract
Claim made by Budget Mini Storage, Inc. Seller, against Gardendale POB, LLC, Buyer, for breach of contract and failing to close.

Plaintiff’s Lawyer: Jim Roberts, Townes Woods & Roberts. P.C., Gardendale
Defense: Jeremy Hazelton, Birmingham

In The Matter of the Arbitration Between
Budget Mini Storage, Inc. v. Gardendale POB, LLC
Verdict: $123,862.00 for plaintiff