Experience

Garry Rhoden’s Trial, Arbitration, and Appellate Experience Includes

Trial & Arbitration

A registered security broker/dealer for the unsuitable sale of securities.
A skilled nursing facility for failing to timely turn and reposition a resident that resulted in an amputation and death.
A commercial landlord for breaching a commercial lease.
A general partnership dispute between general partners to a mortgage brokerage firm.
An uninsured motorist carrier for failing to pay benefits stemming from a car crash.
A skilled nursing facility for failing to timely turn and reposition a resident that resulted in a pressure sore, infection, and death.
A homeowner’s association for failing to maintain common areas that resulted personal injuries to one of the members.
A homeowner for failing to maintain their sidewalk that resulted in personal injuries to a pedestrian.
A spouse and parent in domestic relations involving several children and significant assets.

A skilled nursing facility for failing to properly manage a feeding tube that resulted in aspiration and death.
A skilled nursing facility for failing to properly supervise someone with dementia who fell, fractured their hip, and died.
An independent living facility for failing adequately maintain a pool that resulted in a resident suffering a broken hip.
A skilled nursing facility for an unexplained leg fracture in a bedridden resident.
A skilled nursing facility for failing to properly supervise a resident that resulted in a fractured hip and death.
A skilled nursing facility for failing to timely turn and reposition a resident that resulted in pressure ulcers and death.
A skilled nursing facility for failing to properly supervise a resident that resulted in a pressure ulcer and death.
A spouse and parent regarding a permanent protection order involving domestic violence.

Reported Court Decisions

Fuller v. Becker &Polikoff

Fuller v. Becker &Polikoff, et al., 197 F.R.D. 697 (M.D.Fla. 2000) (concerning whether a law firm could be a debt collector under the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act)

Schneidler v. NOW

Schneidler v. NOW, et al., 537 U.S. 393 (2003) (on behalf of one of the Amicus Curiae concerning the question of whether the conduct of pro-life protestors violated the Mann Act as a predicate offense to civil liability under the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO))

Jacobs v. Home Depot U.S.A

Jacobs v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 213 F.R.D. 607 (S.D.Fla. 2003) (concerning whether individuals allegedly injured by chemicals emanating from pressure treated wood could be organized together into a class under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure)

Stiksma v. Southern Exchange Bank

Stiksma v. Southern Exchange Bank, 861 So.2d 36 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003) (concerning whether it was appropriate to grand summary judgment in a mortgage foreclosure action)

Thompson v. Douds

Thompson v. Douds, 852 So.2d 299 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003) (concerning whether the actions of police officers towards a disabled man during a detention was entitled to qualified immunity under 42 U.S.C. section 1983)

Veal v. J.P. Morgan Trust Co.

Veal v. J.P. Morgan Trust Co., et al., 955 So.2d 843 (Miss. 2007) (concerning an appeal from trial court order that disallowed an amended complaint adding bondholders and lenders as defendants in a nursing home case)

Campbell v. Cordova Rehabilitation

Campbell v. Cordova Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 2008 WL 11322226 (W.D. Tenn. 2008) (concerning a motion to dismiss)

Hill v. Sun Healthcare Group

Hill v. Sun Healthcare Group, Inc., 2009 WL 2058809 (W.D. Tenn. 2009) (concerning a motion to dismiss complaint)

Harris v. GGNSC Southaven

Harris v. GGNSC Southaven, LLC, 2010 WL 11520692 (N.D. Miss. 2010) (concerning a motion to amend complaint)

Cook v. GGNSC Ripley

Cook v. GGNSC Ripley, LLC, 786 F.Supp.2d 1166 (N.D.Miss. 2011) (concerning opposition to a motion to compel arbitration)

Choate v. U.S. Postal Service

Choate v. U.S. Postal Service, 2011 WL 4436147 (W.D. Tenn 2011) (concerning a motion for preliminary injunction)

Bergman v. SSC Monroe Operating Co.

Bergman v. SSC Monroe Operating Co., LLC, 2011 WL 6296653 (W.D.NC 2011) (concerning a motion to compel arbitration)

Anderson v. Woodlands Extended Care

Anderson v. Woodlands Extended Care, Inc., et al., Case No. 5D16-2292 (5th DCA 2017) (concerning whether it was appropriate for a trial court to dismiss the owner of a skilled nursing facility on the facts of the case as presented to the trial court)

Suncoast Nursing Centers, Inc. v. Littman

Suncoast Nursing Centers, Inc. v. Littman, 293 So.3d 1056 (5th DCA 2020) (concerning an appeal by a nursing home from a trial court’s order denying its motion to compel arbitration)

Fonville v. Zeid

Fonville v. Zeid, 327 So.3d 658 (Miss. Ct. App. 2021) (concerning an appeal from medical malpractice jury verdict involving a related injury).

Nelson v. Encompass PAHS Rehabilitation Hospital

Nelson v. Encompass PAHS Rehabilitation Hospital, LLC, 2023 CO 1 (concerning the appropriate venue to sue a CO LLC)

McMichael v. Encompass PAHS Rehabilitation Hospital

McMichael v. Encompass PAHS Rehabilitation Hospital, LLC, 2023 CO 1 (concerning the appropriate venue to sue a CO LLC and the setting aside of a default judgment against a defendant for not responding to a complaint)

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