Attorney Ron Barcena Jr. obtained a final summary judgment in favor of his client Gateway Centre Property Owners’ Association, Inc. The case at issue, which was pending in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Pinellas County Florida, involved claims where the Plaintiff sued Gateway alleging that Gateway failed to maintain MCI Drive, the roadway adjacent to Gateway’s property which caused the Plaintiff to lose control of his motorcycle and suffer catastrophic injuries. Ultimately, the Court granted Final summary judgment in favor of Gateway Centre Property Owners’ Association, Inc., ruling that Gateway owed no duty to maintain a roadway which they had no ownership of.

Attorneys Manuel Alvarez, Matthew Holtsinger, and David Hoffman recently won a case with a Motion for Summary Judgment, saving our client the expense and uncertainty of trial. The case involved a slip and fall on a transitory foreign substance at the Defendant’s barbecue restaurant. Plaintiff was alleging to have suffered permanent injuries from this alleged accident. She was claiming over $500,000 in past medical bills and over $800,000 in future medical bills plus non-economic damages. Prior to trial, Defendant filed motion for summary judgment, arguing that the Plaintiff had failed to prove actual or constructive notice of the transitory foreign substance prior to Plaintiff’s fall.

The Judge agreed and granted judgment in favor of the Defendant.

Rywant Alvarez Jones Russo & Guyton are proud to announce Carla M. Sabbagh has been named the newest partner at the firm.

John Guyton obtained a defense verdict following a jury trial.  The claim was a traumatic brain injury following an intersectional accident between a bicyclist and attorney Guyton’s client.  The pre-trial demand exceeded 2 million dollars.

Rywant Alvarez is proud to be a sustaining law firm supporting Bay Area Legal Services for the past 10 years

Manny Alvarez, Esquire and Matt Holtsinger, Esquire tried a case to a verdict in Hillsborough County, Florida in the case of Jerry Ivey & Tambra Ivey v. National Environmental Technology, Inc. The trial was a jury-trial and lasted a full two (2) weeks. The case involved claims for personal injury made by Jerry Ivey and a claim for loss of spousal consortium by his wife Tambra Ivey following a motor vehicle collision between a bus (driven by Mr. Ivey) and a truck and trailer owned by NET, Inc. The accident occurred when upon the two vehicles passing each other, a gull wing door on our Client’s vehicle (which was accidentally left open) impacted the driver’s side of the bus and windshield, sending glass onto Mr. Ivey. Video inside the bus depicts Mr. Ivey slumping over afterwards, and he appeared to be knocked out; at a minimum, he was dazed. At trial, Mr. Ivey contended he suffered neurocognitive, psychological, and vestibular injuries, including an acute balance disorder, dizziness, vertigo, loss of hearing, memory loss, PTSD, and major depressive disorder. He also was seeking lost past and future wages (he was 62 at the time of the MVA), future medical damages, and pain and suffering. At trial Mr. Ivey asked for the jury to award something between 5.5 million dollars and 11 million dollars. The defense asked the jury to return a verdict between $30,000 and $67,000. The jury deliberated for approximately two hours and returned a total verdict of 36,000.