Carmen Weite

Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, “Rising Star,” 2023 Cumberland School of Law Trial Advocacy Board, Outstanding Senior Member Award, April 2018 Florida National Trial Advocacy Tournament, November 2017 Best Advocate First Place Team Baylor Law School Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition, Best Use of Courtroom Technology Award, June 2017 Obtained summary judgment for dialysis provider in medical malpractice lawsuit. Holmes v. Fresenius Kidney Care of Tuskegee, No. 3:21-CV-578-ECM, 2023 WL 8719447 (M.D. Ala. Dec. 18, 2023). Obtained dismissal of health care providers based on plaintiffs’ failures to exhaust administrative remedies in lawsuits alleging violation of prisoners’ civil rights. Parks v. Centurion of Florida, LLC, No. 3:19-CV-631-MMH-PDB, 2023 WL 3947897 (M.D. Fla. June 12, 2023); Rogers v. Centurion of Florida, LLC, No. 3:20-cv-00725-MMH-MCR (M.D. Fla. Mar. 1, 2023). Obtained Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of health care provider accused of deliberate indifference to a prisoner’s serious medical needs. Ward v. Centurion Health, Case No. 6:21-cv-01887-PGB-DCI (M.D. Fla. Jan. 31, 2023). Obtained dismissal of nurse based on improper service in case alleging deliberate indifference to a prisoner’s serious medical needs. Hamze v. Jackson, Case No. 3:21-cv-565-MMH-JBT (M.D. Fla. Nov. 15, 2022). Obtained summary judgment for doctor accused of deliberate indifference to a prisoner’s serious medical needs. Reed v. Toledo, No. 3:20-CV-214-MMH-MCR, 2022 WL 16785234 (M.D. Fla. Nov. 8, 2022). Served as lead attorney in obtaining affirmance by the Alabama Supreme Court of trial court’s summary judgment dismissal of premises liability lawsuit against car dealership. Henderson v. Sunny King of Birmingham, Inc., No. 1200459, appeal from Jefferson County Circuit Court Case No. CV-20-120 (Ala. Dec. 3, 2021). Obtained summary judgment dismissal of breach of contract, fraud, and unjust enrichment claims against a coal mine and one of its executives. Darty v. Cedar Lake Mining, Inc., Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama (Birmingham Division), Case No. CV-2017-408 (July 31, 2020 Order, Doc. 152). Obtained favorable pre-litigation settlement of Alabama Deceptive Trade Practices Act claims arising out of boat dealership’s failure to disclose and satisfy an outstanding mortgage of $277,159 and other liens prior to the sale of a used boat. Represented 71 former tenants of the Metropolitan Apartment Complex in a lawsuit arising out of a fire and subsequent eviction, which resulted in a favorable confidential settlement. Represented Switzerland-based manufacturer of metal bending machine in personal injury, product liability lawsuit in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Represented distributor of concrete sealant products in product liability lawsuit in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.