Williams Kastner Trial Team: Successful Defense in a Negligence and One-time Discrimination Case Against Walmart
Williams Kastner trial team consisting of Eddy Silverman, Ashley Langley, Tristan Pirak, Xavier Gardner, and Nick Sacco successfully defended a negligence and one-time discrimination case against Walmart, prevailing outright on 2-of-3 of the plaintiffs’ causes of action and persuading the Federal Court jury to award only $5,000 total on the plaintiffs’ remaining claim. The case...
Williams Kastner Trial Attorneys Rodney Umberger and Eddy Silverman Obtain Defense Verdict in $50 Million Premises Liability Trial
Seattle attorneys Rodney Umberger and Eddy Silverman, with the help of Seattle paralegal Tristan Pirak, recently obtained a defense verdict in a $50 million premises liability/product liability case following a three-week in-person trial in King County, Washington with Superior Court Judge Chad Allred presiding. The case, Strout v. Walmart arose out of allegations that Walmart...
Scarred by SCCAR and Marred by MAR: Why to Avoid Arbitration Like COVID in the COVID Era (And What to Do When You Can’t)
I. Introduction I was crestfallen after my first arbitration. Here I was, on my own finally: “Eddy on the case.” I had total creative control…I had a defense-minded arbitrator…I felt comfortable during the process. I was a regular Clarence Darrow in there. And then the result came back: a decision in the Plaintiff’s favor. I had...