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F&M Wins PJ Motion in Madison County

Foley & Mansfield’s Edwardsville and St. Louis defense team of Alexa Newton, Carla Storm, and Katie Slaughter succeeded in obtaining a dismissal of the firm’s client, a valve manufacturer (“Defendant”), for lack of personal jurisdiction in an asbestos personal injury action filed in Madison County, Illinois. Defendant is an out-of-state […]

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Foley & Mansfield Wins Appeal in Municipal Flooding Case After 17 Years of Litigation

Foley & Mansfield’s John Schaberg of the firm’s Edwardsville office recently won an appeal following 17 years of ongoing litigation. Beginning in 2001, the plaintiff-homeowners claimed that a private condominium development caused excessive flooding on their property, and claimed that our client, an Illinois municipality, should be ordered to fix […]

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Florida Medical Malpractice Team Wins at Trial, Appeal

Foley & Mansfield’s medical malpractice defense trial team consisting of Kevin O’Conner and Mary Street successfully defended our client physician at the trial level and through the plaintiff’s subsequent appeal, obtaining an appellate affirmance of the trial court’s dismissal of the case with prejudice. At the trial level, the defense […]

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Seattle Jury Rejects $3.6M Claim in Product Liability Trial

Foley & Mansfield of counsel Melissa Roeder and partner Terry Hall of the firm’s Seattle office successfully defended a cement company against products liability and negligence claims brought by the family of a retired employee of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard diagnosed with mesothelioma. Although a number of companies were sued […]

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Foley & Mansfield Los Angeles Scores a Published Appellate Victory for a Talcum Product Manufacturer

Foley & Mansfield’s Los Angeles defense team of appellate partner Margaret Johnson and partner Lou Klein, succeeded in obtaining a published reversal of a trial court order which denied the firm’s client, a talcum product manufacturer (“TPM”), all of its prevailing party costs under Code of Civil Procedure sections 1032, […]

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Miami Team Mounts Successful Personal Jurisdiction Appeal

Foley & Mansfield Miami attorneys Eddie Medina and Frank DelloRusso successfully represented our client, a joint compound manufacturer, receiving a decision from the Fourth District Court of Appeal reversing the trial court’s denial of our client’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction in a matter out of Broward […]

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Miami Med Mal Team Mounts Successful Physician Defense

Foley & Mansfield’s Miami trial team of Kevin O’Connor, Kelly Casey and Mary Street mounted a successful defense this month in a case that involved allegations against our client, a cardiologist. The suit alleged that our client negligently ordered a transesophageal echocardiogram for the Plaintiff, which ultimately resulted in a […]

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Double Victory for Clients in Los Angeles Superior Court

Foley & Mansfield scores a double victory in Department 15 of the Los Angeles Superior Court on June 27, 2018, winning summary judgment for two different clients on the same day before the newly installed Asbestos Judge Brian Currey. The significance of these victories go beyond just the wins for […]

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Appellate Victory, $100k+ Fees Awarded in HOA Dispute

Foley & Mansfield recently won a victory for our client, a homeowners association, in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The case alleged multiple and varied claims of civil rights violations, conspiracy, and violations of state laws regarding building use. The local township was also a […]

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Minnesota Construction Client Awarded Damages in Jury Trial

Foley & Mansfield recently obtained a jury verdict for Welter Construction, LLC, a Minnesota general contractor. Welter sought damages from Minneapolis-based Hoffman/Weber Construction, Inc., arising out of Welter’s sales work on a series of Wisconsin construction jobs.   Following a five-day trial, the jury awarded Welter Construction nearly $90,000.00 in […]

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Foley & Mansfield Obtains Summary Judgment in $3M Construction Dispute

Foley & Mansfield attorneys William Foote, Jeremy Staley, and Katie Slaughter won summary judgment on behalf of its client in a $3 Million construction claim in St. Louis, Missouri. The lawsuit was filed by an electrical subcontractor against the firm’s client, a large general contractor, arising from the construction of […]

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Wise Successfully Defends Civil Rights, Harassment Case

Foley & Mansfield recently won a victory for our client, the City of Roseville, Michigan, in a civil rights case in which Plaintiffs – an African American couple – sued both their Caucasian neighbors and the City for alleged unlawful ethnic intimidation.  The City was represented by attorney Matthew Wise […]

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