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Litigation: Appellate

Alabama

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Provided by Sybil Newton

USA

Work Highlights

Obtained a favorable ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court to enforce their client’s arbitration agreement in a nursing home malpractice case.

Obtained a favorable ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court, affirming summary judgment on tort of outrage claim against third party administrator arising from administration of workers’ compensation claim.

Secured a favorable ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court affirming a Rule 12 dismissal for our client on Tort of Outrage and Wrongful Discharge in Violation of Public Policy claims.

Obtained favorable ruling from Florida First District Court of Appeal, affirming summary judgment in favor of condominium association on claims that association’s board of directors exceeded statutory authority, and awarding attorney’s fees to client on appeal.

Secured favorable Supreme Court opinion on behalf of termite and pest control company in a case involving claims of fraud, negligence, wantonness, and breach of contract.

Obtained an affirmance by the Alabama Supreme Court of a defense verdict in favor of an OB/GYN in a retained foreign body/surgical sponge case.

Obtained from the Alabama Supreme Court a reversal and remand of a plaintiff’s verdict and judgment in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a defendant anesthesiologist due to the plaintiff’s failure to produce a qualified expert witness during trial.

Practice Areas

Sybil Newton is a partner at Starnes Davis Florie and has practiced with the firm for over thirty years. She heads the firm’s Appellate Law and Written Advocacy Group. Prior to her position as head of the firm’s Appellate Group, Sybil had an active trial practice, participating in over twenty jury trials, defending primarily medical malpractice actions across the state. She has handled a variety of appeals on behalf of litigants and is also regularly retained by non-litigants to intervene in appeals as amicus curiae.

Career

She has been appointed by the Alabama Supreme Court, and currently serving in her fifth 3-year term as a member of the Standing Committee on Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure until October 2024.

She has been recognized as a leading Appellate practitioner in the Eleventh Circuit Benchmark: Appellate, Listed in Best Lawyers in America® for Appellate Law & Medical Malpractice Law, is an AV Peer Rating by Martindale Hubbell for over 25 years, and listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers® magazine as one of the top attorneys in the state of Alabama. She is also a member of The American Society of Legal Advocates, which selects less than 1.5% of lawyers nationwide for membership.

Education

University of Alabama School of Law

J.D.

1986 - 1989

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

B.A.

1982 - 1986

Expert in these Jurisdictions

U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama

United States Supreme Court

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