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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 02:20:12+00:00

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Joseph joined Starnes Davis Florie upon graduating law school in 1997 and became a partner in 2004. His practice is devoted to civil litigation, with an emphasis on professional liability matters in which he represents physicians, hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare providers. Joseph has tried over 40 complex civil cases to a jury verdict, has arbitrated several cases to a final binding decision, and has represented facilities in administrative proceedings. He is licensed in both Alabama and Tennessee.
•Obtained a defense verdict following a 3 day arbitration in a case alleging the defendant nursing home’s unsanitary environment and its failure to properly clean, treat, and monitor a surgical incision site caused the resident to develop an infection that necessitated amputation of the resident’s leg.
•Obtained a defense judgment following a nursing home malpractice case involving the death of a resident alleged to have resulted from a medication error and the failure to appropriately treat the resident’s condition and monitor the resident’s hydration status.
•Obtained a defense judgment following an arbitration of a nursing home malpractice case involving claims of personal injury and wrongful death arising out of a fall and the subsequent development of a bedsore.
•Obtained a defense judgment following a four day arbitration of a nursing home malpractice case involving claims of personal injury and wrongful death.
•Obtained defense verdict on behalf of a surgeon in a wrongful death case in which the patient died at home of a perforated colon only hours after being evaluated by the surgeon in his office.
•Obtained judgment as a matter of law during jury trial for general surgeon accused of negligently failing to prescribe anticoagulants following an intra-operative surgical complication.
•Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a nursing home following a five day jury trial in a case involving a rehabilitation resident who was assessed on admission as a high fall risk and who later fell, sustaining a depressed skull fracture with resulting brain injury.
•Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a gastroenterologist following a seven day jury trial in a case involving a patient who suffered a cardio-pulmonary arrest during an endoscopic procedure performed under conscious sedation.
Joseph serves on the Board of Directors of the Morris L. Mayer Award, which was established in 1994 honoring Dr. Morris Mayer and given annually to one University of Alabama senior student and faculty member. Joseph is also involved in coaching youth sports. Joseph, his wife Amy, and his two sons are members of the Church at Brook Hills.
Reported Cases; Ex parte Noland Hospital Montgomery, LLC, No. 1110240, Alabama Supreme Court, released August 10, 2012. Thompson v. Patton -- 6 So. 3d 1129 (Ala. 2008). Holcomb v. Carraway -- 945 So. 2d 1009 (Ala. 2006). Patton v. Thompson -- 958 So. 2d 303 (Ala. 2006). Bradley v. Mariner Health, Inc., 315 F. Supp. 2d 1190 (S.D. Ala. 2004). Bassie v. Obstetrics & Gynecology Assocs. of Northwest Alabama, P.C., 828 So. 2d 280 (Ala. 2002). Hauseman v. University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, 793 So. 2d 730 (Ala. 2000). Brookwood Medical Center v. Lindstrom, 763 So. 2d 951 (Ala. 2000).
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