Richard “Rick” Albert Brown Jr., a widely-respected attorney and avid motorcyclist, died on Monday, October 16, after a motorcycle accident in Camden County, Georgia. He passed away in Shands Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, later that day. Rick Brown was born…

Steven Blackerby successfully defended a restaurant in a lawsuit alleging that a defective handicap ramp had caused the plaintiff to trip and fall. Despite evidence that the ramp did not comply with building codes and that it deviated from the…

On December 9, 2016, Steven Blackerby filed a suit on behalf of numerous retirees of the City of Waycross. The suit involves the City Commission’s decision to discontinue providing health insurance to retirees. The suit alleges that the retirees have…

On August 17, 2016, Steven Blackerby and Rick Strickland obtained a favorable jury verdict in the trial of an excessive-force case in federal court. They represented a Sheriff’s Deputy accused of using excessive force while arresting the Plaintiff, whose arm…

On October 6, 2015, Steven Blackerby obtained a favorable decision for a Georgia municipality in an employment-discrimination. The plaintiff was a former employee who alleged that he was denied a promotion due to his race and that he was the…

On October 28. 2015, Steven Blackerby served as co-chair for a seminar presented at the Georgia State Bar Headquarters. The seminar was entitled “Nuts and Bolts of Civil Appellate Practice.” The seminar included presentations by several accomplished attorneys on various…

Since 1998, the Georgia Court of Appeals has conflated the sovereign and official immunity analysis in the context of medical-care claims, and has held that “because medical care is a fundamental right and is not discretionary in requiring medical care,”…

On March 17, 2015, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted summary judgment in favor of Paul Scott’s client, an industrial chain manufacturer, on all claims asserted against it. In this products-liability lawsuit, the chain manufacturer was…

In a case handled by Rick Strickland and Paul Scott, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that Georgia sheriffs are entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity with regard to employment claims filed under Section 1983 and the ADA. Pellitteri v.…

On February 12, 2015, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted summary judgment in favor of the City of Brunswick on all claims asserted against it by Kennedy Funding, Inc. Kennedy Funding is a commercial…