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Wilson Elser Strengthens Miami Team with Three Leading Women Litigators
January 17, 2024
Amy Talisman handles all aspects of complex civil litigation and insurance matters in state and federal courts involving insurance and general liability defense matters, including general liability, premises liability, professional liability, negligent security, wrongful death and personal injury.
A skilled litigator, Amy also prides herself on her ability to evaluate her clients’ potential exposure early in litigation and in keeping the clients fully informed with continued analysis and updates throughout. She is frank in her assessment of a client’s liability exposure in any individual case so that a prompt, efficient resolution strategy can be created and maintained throughout the litigation.
Amy has successfully defended catastrophic injury cases brought against physicians, hospitals and managed care entities from the inception of the case through trial and post-trial motions. She also has defended premises liability matters and negligent security cases. In addition, Amy has experience with contractual disputes and drafting and enforcement of contracts as well as disputes between insurance carriers and policyholders.
Amy Talisman (Of Counsel-Miami) and Erica Weintraub (Associate-Miami) prevailed on a motion for final summary judgment in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami-Dade County, on behalf of a security services company client. The matter involved a wrongful death action arising from the fatal shooting of a woman in December 2017. The fatal shots were fired from the parking lot of a Miami-Dade County-owned regional library, where our client provided security services. The shooting occurred about two hours after the library closed, and the client’s personnel had left for the evening. The plaintiff alleged that the security company’s contract required it to make security recommendations and that it failed to do so. Amy and Erica succeeded on their motion for final summary judgment by establishing that the plaintiff was unable to prove that Wilson Elser’s client owed a duty to the decedent under the circumstances of the case, thus defeating a $6 million final demand against the security company.
Amy Talisman and Erica L. Weintraub