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Wilson Elser Names 19 New Partners
January 18, 2022
Lindsay Gray focuses her practice on personal injury, premises liability, bad faith and insurance coverage claims. She defends individuals, national insurers, motor carriers, manufacturers, national restaurants, medical facilities, and other regional and national companies in connection with personal injuries, coverage disputes, negligence and claims of bad faith. Lindsay has significant experience in all stages of litigation, including pre-litigation dispute resolution, arbitration, pretrial discovery, large-scale electronic document collection and review, and trial.
Lindsay served as an adjunct professor at the University of Louisville, providing students with an overview of the law, including business ethics, torts and product liability. Prior to that she was an adjunct professor of economics and business administration at Hanover College, where she taught an overview of the law in negligence, contracts, intellectual property, real property, secured transactions, negotiable instruments, and administrative law.
Lindsay Gray focuses her practice on personal injury, premises liability, bad faith and insurance coverage claims. She defends individuals, national insurers, motor carriers, manufacturers, national restaurants, medical facilities, and other regional and national companies in connection with personal injuries, coverage disputes, negligence and claims of bad faith. Lindsay has significant experience in all stages of litigation, including pre-litigation dispute resolution, arbitration, pretrial discovery, large-scale electronic document collection and review, and trial.
Lindsay served as an adjunct professor at the University of Louisville, providing students with an overview of the law, including business ethics, torts and product liability. Prior to that she was an adjunct professor of economics and business administration at Hanover College, where she taught an overview of the law in negligence, contracts, intellectual property, real property, secured transactions, negotiable instruments, and administrative law.
Lindsay M. Gray (Partner-Louisville) and Trey Shoemaker (Associate-Louisville) prevailed on a motion to compel arbitration and stay proceedings in Jefferson County Circuit Court, Louisville, Kentucky, on behalf of a transportation network company (TNC) client. The plaintiffs, a TNC driver and a rider, asserted that the TNC was required to maintain uninsured motorist coverage; that the written agreements between the plaintiffs and the TNC were, in part, agreements to maintain insurance; and that the arbitration provisions in the written agreements were contracts of adhesion or otherwise unconscionable. Following extensive briefing, Lindsay and Trey filed a motion to compel arbitration and stay proceedings, arguing that the plaintiffs were bound by the arbitration provisions and that the Circuit Court was not the mutually agreed-upon venue for resolving the dispute. The court granted the Wilson Elser team’s motion, finding that the arbitration provisions in the written agreements were binding and that there was no evidence that the agreements were contracts of adhesion, unconscionable, or otherwise non-binding as a matter of public policy. This ruling strengthens Kentucky precedent supporting the validity of arbitration provisions in written agreements used by TNCs, so long as they meet basic requirements for notice and reasonable opt-out provisions. The court also denied the plaintiffs’ subsequent motion to make the order final and appealable.
Lindsay Meredith Gray and Jonathan Shoemaker