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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 19:49:40+00:00

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Joe is a Partner and has been at Starnes Davis Florie LLP since 1992. His practice is devoted to defending physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers in medical malpractice cases. Joe has participated in trying approximately 75 cases to juries throughout the State of Alabama. He regularly speaks at legal and medical seminars regarding medical malpractice litigation.
•Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Past President, Vice-President and Treasurer of ABOTA's Alabama Chapter.
•Member of the Professional Liability Defense Federation.
•Super Lawyer in Alabama by Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine.
•Listed in Best Lawyers in America .
•Obtained a defense verdict for an obstetrician in a case claiming negligence in failing to remove a sponge from the patient’s body after vaginal delivery, resulting in alleged permanent pelvic floor injury.
•Obtained a defense verdict for a defendant gynecologist after a 5 day trial in a case alleging negligent failure to diagnose breast cancer, resulting in mastectomy and chemotherapy.
•Obtained a defense verdict for an emergency physician after a 7 day trial in Federal Court in Memphis, Tennessee in a case alleging negligent failure to diagnose and treatment acute coronary syndrome, resulting in myocardial infarction and permanent heart damage in a 36 year old patient.
•Obtained a defense verdict for an emergency physician in an 8 day trial of a case alleging negligent failure to diagnose septic arthritis, resulting in below the knee amputation.
•Obtained a defense verdict for an emergency physician in a 5 day trial of a case involving alleging negligent failure to diagnose an aortic dissection, resulting in death of a 29 year old patient.
•Obtained a defense verdict for a pediatrician in an 8 day trial of a case alleging negligent failure to diagnose subarachnoid hemorrhage in a 15 year old girl, resulting in brain surgery and brain injury.
•Obtained a defense verdict for a defendant gynecologist in a 9 day trial of a case involving alleged negligent administration of anticoagulant medications and negligent failure to consult a hematologist, resulting in death of a hospitalized post-operative patient.
•Obtained a defense verdict for a dentist in a 5 day trial of a case alleging improper application of short-term orthodontic appliances, resulting in jaw surgery.
•Obtained a defense verdict for two obstetricians in an 8 day trial of a case alleging negligent failure to timely diagnose pre-eclampsia, resulting in the complication of Purtscher’s-Like Retinopathy and maternal blindness following cesarean section.
•Defending Fetal Death Cases: CLE Presentation at medical malpractice conference for Alabama attorneys.
•Medical Expert Witnesses - Why Do We Have Them and What Do They Go Through? CLE Presentation regarding legal challenges facing healthcare providers, Cumberland School of Law.
•Depositions in a Medical Negligence Case From a Defendant’s Point of View. CLE Presentation. The Art of Taking and Defending Depositions, Birmingham, Alabama.
•Strategies for Working with Evidence at Trial. CLE Presentation.
Joe is a member of Canterbury United Methodist Church, and supports various local charities. Joe and his wife, Elizabeth, have two sons.
Reported Cases; United States ex rel. Atkins v. McInteer, 470 F. 3d 1350 (11th Cir. 2006). United States ex rel. Atkins v. McInteer, 345 F. Supp. 2d 1302 (N.D. Ala. 2004). Sawyer v. Tobiassen, 904 So. 2d 258 (Ala. 2004). Osborn v. Champion Int. Corp., 892 So. 2d 882 (Ala. 2004). Wells v. Storey, 792 So. 2d 1034 (Ala. 1999). Pope v. Elder, 671 So. 2d 730 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995). McAfee v. Baptist Medical Center, 641 So. 2d 265 (Ala. 1994).

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