Jessica Seares was featured on Court TV as a contributor on February 23, 2022.  Ms. Seares was asked to comment on two highly prominent ongoing trials.  The first case was the so-called “popcorn murder trial” in Florida, in which former police captain Curtis Reeves shot and killed Chad Oulson [...]

Laura Eschleman, who served as Vice Chair of DRI’s Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee, was honored to share her take on defending 30(b)(6) depositions with attendees at this annual seminar.  Having devoted many hours throughout her career to defending corporate representatives [...]

Laura Eschleman and Molly McCall presented the Theater of the Courtroom workshop at DRI’s 2021 Annual Meeting on October 14, 2021.  They spoke to other DRI members about trying cases in the Covid-era, with socially distanced, masked jurors who wish they had never been summoned.  Laura and Molly [...]

Laura Eschleman and Henry Williams, a former judge and long-time medical malpractice defense attorney, combined talents to present the Theatre of Courtroom workshop on October 15, 2021 at DRI’s Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.  They offered other DRI members their most effective trial [...]

Laura Eschleman was appointed to serve as Chair of the DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee, a Committee made up of around 1,500 medical liability and health care attorneys and claims professionals across the country. Ms. Eschleman is a trial lawyer whose practice includes [...]

Mike Hostetter and Molly McCall convinced the Georgia Court of Appeals that the trial court erred by denying their client’s motion to dismiss. The case arose from a post-discharge suicide. The plaintiff filed suit against a psychiatric facility but failed to serve it for over three months. [...]

Matthew B. Jager and Laura D. Eschleman recently secured a dismissal in Alabama circuit court in favor of a surgeon and his practice. The plaintiff in that case alleged that a vascular deficiency prior to his surgery caused a post-operative infection, as well as extensive injury and years of [...]

Laura and Molly conducted voir dire via Zoom and tried an in-person case on behalf of their client, an OB-GYN, in a socially distanced courtroom where everyone was masked, including the jury, which was seated in the gallery, 18 feet behind the parties and counsel, where the public would [...]

Mike Hostetter obtained a complete dismissal for a company that provides drivers for special events. The Plaintiffs claimed the company was vicariously liable for the actions of one of its drivers who crashed a luxury shuttle van with guests attending a racing event in north Georgia. Mike was [...]

Mike Hostetter and Jacob Madsen successfully argued that the statute of limitations barred three wrongful death cases arising from a shooting at a house party. The Plaintiffs claimed the shooter had been improperly discharged from a psychiatric facility. The trial court agreed with their [...]