The firm represented the Governor in a Quo Warranto action involving the Board of Trustees at Alabama State University.The firm successfully petitioned the Circuit Court of Montgomery to place the Governor’s appointee to the Board of Trustees, and successfully defended the Order of the trial court before the Alabama Supreme Court.
The Means Firm represented five (5) plaintiffs, including the families of two (2) victims killed and two (2) victims who were left with serious permanent injuries, as a result of the racially motivated shootings at the Lockheed Martin facility in Meridian, Mississippi, on July 8, 2003, by one of its employees, Doug Williams.
The families and victims sued Lockheed Martin for failure to provide for the safety and security of its employees and for allowing the creation and perpetuation of the racially charged work environment, which resulted in fourteen (14) people being shot, including Williams, who turned the gun on himself. An independent investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) concluded that African-American employees were racially harassed, intimidated and threatened with death, and that Lockheed Martin was aware of the severity and extent of the racially charged and hostile environment created by Williams.
Because of the company’s inadequate handling of the matter, Lockheed Martin permitted the racially charged atmosphere to grow in intensity, culminating in the shooting of 14 people (EEOC letter, June 6, 2004).
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The driver of an automobile was catastrophically injured when the automobile rolled over and its roof crushed him causing a serious spinal injury. We were able to prove that the automobile manufacturer improperly designed and manufactured this type automobile.
The driver of an automobile was catastrophically injured when his vehicle rolled over and he was ejected from the vehicle. We were able to prove that the injuries occurred as a result of the vehicle manufacturer’s decision to install a defective door latch that would fly open during impact.
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The driver of a sport utility vehicle (SUV) was killed and is two young sons were injured when his SUV rolled over after he attempted to avoid striking a clothes dryer that had not been properly secured in the bed of a pickup truck after it was purchased at a department store.
We were able to prove that the department store was negligent in failing to secure the dryer before the truck left its premises and also that the roof structures of the SUV were not properly designed to withstand the forces of a foreseeable rollover accident.
Two teenagers were fatally injured following a rear-end collision with a drunk driver. We were able to prove that the drunk driver caused the wreck that fatally injured the two teenagers.
The driver of a sport utility vehicle (SUV) suffered catastrophic head injuries and died several days later after the roof of his vehicle collapsed in a rollover accident.
The rollover occurred when he attempted to avoid striking another vehicle that pulled into his path. We were able to prove that the manufacturer of the SUV failed to design the roof structures of the vehicle in such a way that they would withstand the forces of a foreseeable rollover accident.
Two people died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a water heater that was defective and improperly maintained. Although the family occupying the apartment had called the gas company to inspect the water heater, it was not brought up to working order.
We filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family of the two people who died and were able to prove that the owner of the apartment complex was negligent in the maintenance of the water heater and that the gas company was negligent in its inspection of the water heater.
A family of three rented an apartment house that was governed by the federal government Section 8 program. The family died one evening from carbon monoxide poisoning because a space heater had been vented into a capped off chimney. The carbon monoxide (product of combustion) was unable to escape through the chimney and was returned into the family’s bedroom. We were able to prove that the landlord negligently capped the chimney, that the housing authority negligently inspected the apartment for occupation and that the gas company negligently inspected the space heater and venting system.
The rear wheel tandem of a commercial dump truck disengaged and rolled over a pedestrian and fatally injured him in the presence of his minor child.
We were able to prove that the trucking company negligently performed its pre-trip inspection and also, that the tire service center that serviced the wheel negligently stripped its mounting lugs.
Two people were killed as a result of injuries suffered in a conversion van rollover. We were able to prove that the van manufacturer failed to manufacture, test and assemble conversion vans that were safe for use.
Specifically, the conversion van used a window system that would pop out upon impact thereby allowing its occupants to be ejected and killed.
An Alabama native soldier stationed at Ft. Campbell, KY died in an airplane crash in Newfoundland, Canada. We were able to prove that the airplane crash was caused by an improperly maintained aircraft. We were also able to prove that the crew of the airplane failed to properly de-ice the plane before takeoff.
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