Healthcare Liability

Defense Victory in the Court of Appeals

We are proud to announce that attorneys Tricia Derr, Heather Fuller, and Phoebe Coddington secured a significant win in the North Carolina Court of Appeals! Through their strategic approach and meticulous defense, the Court affirmed our Motion for Summary Judgment […]

Trial Win in Mecklenburg County

Join us in congratulating Sara Lincoln, Scott Addison, and Erin Alfaro on securing another defense verdict in Mecklenburg County on Tuesday, September 3rd!! This case involved medical treatment for a heel pad degloving injury following a motorcycle accident. Plaintiff’s injury […]

Lincoln Derr Secures Defense Verdict in York County

Lincoln Derr, PLLC is pleased to report that Scott Addison, Sara Lincoln, and Erin Alfaro secured a defense verdict on Friday, May 24th in York County, South Carolina! The case involved a permanent injury from a known complication that occurred […]

If Roles Were Reversed

This poem was written by Tricia Morvan Derr, a malpractice defense trial lawyer, to her surgeon on the eve of surgery. (All went well, BTW…)   IF ROLES WERE REVERSED…. I would tell you, “Don’t worry! My job is to […]

5 Lincoln Derr Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America 2023

Congratulations to Sara Lincoln, Tricia Derr, Scott Addison, Heather Fuller, and Ashley Bartolucci for being recognized in the 29th Edition of Best Lawyers in America© and Ones to Watch. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become […]

Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict for Lincoln Derr

Lincoln Derr is pleased to announce that Tricia Derr, paralegal Christian Whittington, and co-counsel Adam Peoples (of Hall Booth Smith) recently secured a medical malpractice defense verdict in a three-week jury trial litigated in Asheville, North Carolina. This recent result marks the third defense verdict for Lincoln Derr in the last month.

The case was a wrongful death case involving an intraoperative complication. During surgery, the surgeon attempted to clip an artery with a device. The device did not control the bleeding and the patient suffered extensive hemorrhage that caused her death.