DEFENSE VERDICT FOR COMMERCIAL LITIGATION AND APPELLATE GROUP

3/19/2009

Attorneys Stephen Brown and Jeffrey Wiseman of the Commercial Litigation and Appellate Group received a defense verdict after a three day trial in which the plaintiff was represented by a large local firm. The client, a builder, was sued by the plaintiff who claimed to have fallen from a deck where the railing gave way on a house built by the client. The plaintiff claimed five broken ribs and a compression fracture in his back from the fall. In addition to the medical bills, the plaintiff also claimed substantial lost wages. After three days of testimony, the jury returned a verdict for Young Clement Rivers’ client and found that the client was not negligent in the construction of the railing system.