Manuel & Thompson attorneys continue to visit area high schools and businesses
Manuel & Thompson attorneys continue to visit area high schools and businesses giving presentations on the Distracted Driving crisis. Firm attorneys have visited nearly every high school in recent months as well as various driver's education courses at some schools. Through this program, the fir...
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Partner Zack Taylor Teaching Distracted Driving Class
Zack Taylor Teaching a Distracted Driving Class during a Summer School class At Arnold High School [layerslider id="10"]...
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Gulf Coast Electric Co-op
Firm partner, Waylon Thompson, visited the Gulf Coast Electric Co-op locations in Southport and Wewahitchka to speak about Distracted Driving. This is a big issue for any company whose employees drive company vehicles daily. [layerslider id="5"]...
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Attorneys Zachary Taylor and Colin McMichen Present Distracted Driving Presentations to Local High Schools
Zach Taylor and Colin McMichen are at local high schools this summer speaking about Distracted Driving to local Drivers Ed classes- [layerslider id="6"]...
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Waylon Thompson, joined other community
Manuel & Thompson partner, Waylon Thompson, joined other community leaders for the 2018 Civic Leader Tour to the Reaper School House at Holloman AFB, NM this week. While at Holloman, the group got to see the MQ-9 Reaper up close. MQ-9 Reapers are unmanned aerial vehicles. The Reaper is the first...
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$1.2 Settlement: House Fire Leaves Child Disfigured
A Panama City rental home was recently engulfed in flames when the occupants were trying desperately to escape. Although the family made it out of the home, one of the occupants was a young child, only 10 years old at the time, and she’d suffered severe 3rd degree burns to 35% of her body. Despite l...
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$350,000 Settlement: Premises Liability/Worker’s Compensation Immunity
While on the job at a saw mill, our client had his foot crushed when the machine on which he was cleaning started due to a mechanical malfunction of which his employer had failed to repair and of which the employer had previous knowledge. This injury resulted in multiple surgeries and several hospit...
Read More$350,000 Settlement: Premises Liability/Insurance Coverage
While on the job, a woman sustained a scalping injury while working on a piece of machinery that was missing its protective guard. Her injuries were severe and required multiple surgeries and skin grafting procedures. The insurance company for our client’s employer argued that her injuries were not ...
Read More$400,000 Settlement: Jet-Ski Accident involving Alcohol
When our client, Ms. Smith, went to the beach a few summers ago, she had no idea that her casual afternoon would be the worst day of her life. While swimming with family and friends, the 35 year old nurse was struck by a jet-ski driven by a young woman. An investigation revealed that the woman on th...
Read More$1.2 Million Settlement: Motorcycle v. Semi-Truck
Our client suffered significant and multiple fractures when his motorcycle was struck by a tractor trailer truck which violated the right of way. Because our team of experienced trial attorneys has significant experience handling trucking cases, our investigative team was able to discover various fa...
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