Brannock Berman & Seider Defends Big Verdict Against R.J. Reynolds
Less than three business days after oral argument, the Fifth District Court of Appeal affirmed a $6 million judgment for a living smoker, rejecting an appeal brought by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company that challenged an evidentiary ruling made at trial
Brannock Berman & Seider Obtains Reversal in Dispute Over Country Club Bylaws
In an opinion written by Chief Judge Meredith Sasso just before her appointment as the newest Florida Supreme Court Justice, the Sixth District Court of Appeal embraced arguments made by Brannock Berman & Seider on behalf of a Lee County country club
Brannock Berman & Seider Wins Reversal from New Florida Appellate Court
After presenting the first and second ever oral arguments in Florida’s new Sixth District Court of Appeal, Brannock Berman & Seider obtained one of the court’s first written reversals too—a complete turnaround of a merits judgment and two attorney’s fee judgments the trial court had entered against the firm’s clients
Brannock Humphries & Berman Wins Speedy Reversal in Trust Case
Less than a month after oral argument, the Fifth District Court of Appeal issued a written reversal fully embracing Brannock Humphries & Berman’s arguments in an appeal involving removal of a trustee without service of process on all indispensable parties
Brannock Humphries & Berman Helps Prevent Another Challenge to Sarasota Development Project
The Second District Court of Appeal rejected a third attempt to stop a mixed-use project from going forward on 23.8 acres located at the busy intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and Stickney Point Road, near the entrance to Siesta Key
Brannock Humphries & Berman Obtains Reversal of Order Granting New Trial
After the trial court undid the jury’s favorable verdict for the plaintiff in an underinsured-motorist case, the Second District Court of Appeal agreed with Brannock Humphries & Berman that the trial court applied the wrong legal standard in granting Progressive Select Insurance Company’s request for a new trial
Brannock Humphries & Berman Prevails in Hard-Fought Ballot Challenge
Following extensive summary-judgment briefing and hours of oral argument, a Hillsborough County circuit court judge struck a proposed transportation tax referendum from the 2022 ballot, agreeing with arguments cultivated by Brannock Humphries & Berman that the ballot language misled voters in violation of Florida law
Brannock Humphries & Berman Obtains Precedent-Setting Decision from Mississippi Supreme Court
In its latest state supreme court victory, Brannock Humphries & Berman convinced Mississippi’s highest court to unanimously overturn a lower court’s dismissal of a product-defect lawsuit seeking damages for an exploding lithium-ion battery – and, in the process, to clarify Mississippi law on personal jurisdiction
Georgia Supreme Court Sides with Brannock Humphries & Berman
For the fourth time in less than a year, Brannock Humphries & Berman has prevailed in a Georgia appellate court on a hotly litigated personal jurisdiction issue related to exploding lithium-ion batteries
Brannock Humphries & Berman Wins Election Appeal
A mere two weeks after a Leon County trial judge disqualified a Tampa Bay area congressional candidate from running in the 2022 election, Brannock Humphries & Berman secured a reversal from the First District Court of Appeal, restoring him to the ballot