ASHLEY AND HEATHER PERSEVERE IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
A Win for Our Team and a Win for the People of Texas
Our firm recently celebrated a big win on a product liability case with our attorney Ashley
Of the win, Ashley says, “It felt great. It takes a lot of work to win at the trial level, and then to win again at the appellate level. Even more importantly, because those opinions are published, other lawyers in the state of Texas can use our case to support theirs. It’s pretty exciting.” Ashley worked diligently on this case with our co-counsel attorney Heather Long. Ashley shares, “Heather handled the majority of the writing for the case at the appellate court level, and she was able to simplify complex medical terms to explain what went wrong, why the complaints before and after ours were discoverable, and why we should have access to them.” Heather was instrumental to the case’s success. Congratulations to Ashley, Heather, our client, and the entire Button Law Firm team for this win and for another positive result that will benefit anyone who finds themselves injured by a company’s negligence.
taking the lead. Not only was this a win for our client, but the results of the case and our team’s efforts will also have reverberating effects for others who’ve been victims of faulty medical devices. After our client was injured by a company’s medical device, we won a motion for the company to share documents with us of prior complaints about the device. However, even though we’d won the motion at the trial court level, the company wanted to take it up on appeal, arguing that we should only be allowed access to limited documents. The trial court kept the motion in our favor, telling the company this access to limited documents wasn’t good enough. When the company took the issue to the appellate court, the motion was sustained. The appellate court reaffirmed that in cases like this, all information related to similar incidents is discoverable, not just information for the same incident that happened to the plaintiff.
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moment you walk through the door. He’s done a great job of building a team of people who are just as committed as he is to the ultimate goal of serving and helping their clients. He practices what he preaches, and I’m so appreciative that he allowed me to step into his circle and see it. Anyone who’s worked with Russell also knows how selfless he is. Most people listen to you talk for an hour, then expect you to return the favor. But there’s none of that with Russell; he never looks to cash in his chips. When confronted with a situation where they have to make an instinctual decision, most people trust their gut. Russell doesn’t trust his gut — he trusts his heart. You probably know one or two people in your life who, regardless of your flaws, see the best in you. Most of the time, those people are your parents. Some of us are lucky enough to meet other humans who are that unconditionally giving. That’s Russell. –Todd Bailess
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