About Us
Additional Services
As part of our role as National Litigation Counsel we also provide many other services to our clients including the following:
- Direction of the investigation and defense of multi-state food borne illness outbreaks involving hundreds of lawsuits and claimants;
- Coordination of the responses to discovery requests in large class action lawsuits;
- Monitoring lawsuits brought against our clients franchisees in order to protect our clients’ interests and trade name;
- Local counsel on cases in Rhode Island and Massachusetts state and federal courts.
Recent Accomplishments
Hawkins v. KFC, General District Court, City of Norfolk, Virginia, Case No. GV 11-050098-00
Defendant’s verdict. September, 2012. The plaintiff alleged a food borne illness causing permanent brain injury. Litigation Management Counsel coordinated a discovery strategy that resulted in the plaintiff ultimately being unable to establish causation at trial.
News
February 13, 2013
The 2d DCA ruled that it was proper to subpoena Dr. Scott Katzman's surgery center internal cost structure information as it was relevant to establishing a claim of unreasonableness of charges for medical services. The 2d DCA remanded the case to the trial court to conduct an in camera review to determine if the documents were protected as trade secrets and if so, to enter an appropriate confidentiality order.