2016
Congratulations to Jerri Johnson and Stephen Acker for Another Defense Verdict!
acker / 0 Comments /Plaintiff incurred a traumatic brain injury, multiple skull fractures, and other catastrophic injuries, when he drove his Jeep into the back end of defendants’ big rig stopped in the gore point on a freeway. Jurors, however, believed that the truck became disabled and the driver had stopped in the closest, safest spot out of travel lanes and therefore was not negligent.
2015
Congratulations to Jerri Johnson and Laurie Stayton for Another Trial Win!
acker / 0 Comments /Jerri and Laurie have obtained yet another defense verdict in Los Angeles, this time from a downtown jury in a trip and fall case. Plaintiff ran through a planter, instead of the designated walkway, in a mall parking lot and fell. He claimed a finger fracture and CRPS from his fall. Acker & Whipple represented the janitorial company defendant. Plaintiff settled with the property owner, the security company and landscaping company prior to trial and asked the jury for $1,700,000 from the janitorial company alone. The jury instead returned a defense verdict of no liability.
2015
Another Win for Defendants!
kimi / 0 Comments /Attorneys Jerri Johnson and Laurie Stayton achieved a defense verdict from a downtown Los Angeles jury in favor of their client, a janitorial company. Plaintiff was rushing back inside a mall and took a shortcut through a planter in the parking lot when he tripped and fell. He claimed a broken finger and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (“CRPS”).
Acker & Whipple was assigned the case on the eve of trial, with prior counsel retaining neither liability or damages experts. A rebuttal witness was used to demonstrate the flaws in plaintiff’s doctors’ opinions and destroy the credibility of the damages claims. Jurors also found no negligence on the part of the defendant.
2014
Acker & Whipple Has Been Certified!
kimi / 0 Comments /Acker & Whipple is now certified as a women’s business enterprise by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s largest third-party certifier of the businesses owned and operated by women in the country. We recognize the commitment to supplier diversity that is embraced by many corporations and government agencies today, and we can add diversity to your supply chain.
2014
Defense Verdict Affirmed on Appeal
kimi / 0 Comments /The Second District of California’s Court of Appeals recently affirmed in full the defense verdict for Acker and Whipple’s client in the matter of Torres-Medina v. San Luis Bay Inn Timeshare Association. The appellate court also awarded full recovery of costs. Attorneys Jerri Johnson and Laurie Stayton successfully tried the case to a San Luis Obispo jury in July 2013 and defended the case in the appeal that soon followed. To read more about this case and learn more about these outstanding litigators, please see the SUCCESSES and ATTORNEYS pages of our website.
2014
Jerri Johnson Joins Claims & Litigation Management Alliance
kimi / 0 Comments /Acker & Whipple is pleased to announce that Jerri Johnson has been invited to join the prestigious Claims and Litigation Management Alliance. The CLM is a nonpartisan alliance comprised of thousands of insurance companies, corporations, Corporate Counsel, Litigation and Risk Managers, claims professionals and attorneys. Through education and collaboration the organization’s goals are to create a common interest in the representation by firms of companies, and to promote and further the highest standards of litigation management in pursuit of client defense. Selected attorneys and law firms are extended membership by invitation only based on nominations from CLM Fellows.
2013
Congratulations to Jerri Johnson and Laurie Stayton
kimi / 0 Comments /who recently obtained a defense verdict in favor of the firm’s client, a time-share resort in San Luis Obispo. Local jurors were not convinced that plaintiff’s slip and fall accident was caused by any negligence of the resort. This victory was highlighted in DRI’s The Voice. Click on the title of this news story, then click here to read it.
2013
The Defense Wins
kimi / 0 Comments /The Defense Research Institute is featuring attorneys Jerri Johnson and Laurie Stayton and their prior jury trial win in this week’s The Voice. Click on the title of this news story, then Click Here to read the article. Click here for the full newsletter.
2013
Jerri Johnson Accepted into ABOTA
kimi / 0 Comments /The firm’s managing attorney Jerri Johnson has been accepted as a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. ABOTA prides itself on its exclusive membership, by invitation only, to trial lawyers “of high personal character and honorable reputation” who has also met qualifications of significant trial experience.