Jason E. Wilson

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Director

  Firm Name

  Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a restaurant client in an intentional tort case, after employee was injured in an altercation with another employee. In finding the altercation arose out of a purely personal matter, the Court found the Employer was not vicariously liable for the tortious actions of employee
  dismissed the Employer.
  Achieved a complete defense verdict following a workers' compensation trial in Lafayette against a commercial roofing contractor. The claimant alleged he fell through a roof while working for the Employer. Despite testimony from an eyewitness who claimed he saw the accident, the Court found the claimant ultimately failed to establish an accident occurred in the course
  scope of his employment with the Employer. All claims for medical
  indemnity benefits, penalties,
  attorney fees were denied.
  Successfully obtained a complete defense verdict during bench trial in Iberia Parish, resulting in dismissal of Firm's client. The Court found the Plaintiff failed to demonstrate the engine service performed by the Firm's client was the cause of damage to plaintiff's vehicle.
  Secured a favorable settlement on behalf of the Firm's client in a wrongful death case pending in Federal Court in the Middle District of Louisiana. After defeating plaintiff's attempts to strike Defendant's toxicology expert, the case was resolved at 10% of the Plaintiff's $3,000,000 dem
  at mediation.
• Additional Links
  https://www.gallowaylawfirm.com