Monthly Archives: September 2024

Sam Johnson Wins 19-Minute Defense Verdict

Reports of “Nuclear Verdicts” have been greatly exaggerated by the media.  In Weeks v. True, Sam Johnson recently obtained a defense verdict in Penobscot County Superior Court after the jury deliberated for a total of 19 minutes.  The case involved an auto accident in which liability was not contested, but the causal connection between the… Read more »

Pattershall Secures Dismissal for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction

Brad Pattershall recently secured the dismissal for his client Tommy Woodward, Inc. d/b/a Columbia Diesel Castings (“Columbia Diesel”), a Mississippi corporation, when the United States District Court determined it lacked personal jurisdiction over Columbia Diesel. The case was initiated by a local company called Three Girls Fishing, LLC (“Three Girls”), that owned a commercial fishing… Read more »