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Rushton Stakely associate JC Love, III ’01 continues to win cases and break barriers in Montgomery and throughout Alabama From www.rushtonstakeley.com
JC Love joined Rushton Stakely as an associate in 2013. He practices civil litigation with an emphasis on medical malpractice, insurance defense, professional liability, education, economic development, and labor and employment. Prior to joining Rushton Stakely, Love practiced law in Atlanta, Georgia where he received mayoral and city council appointments to the boards of Invest Atlanta, Inc., the Procurement Appeals Board, the License Review Board, and the Taxicab and Vehicles for Hire Board for the city of Atlanta, Georgia. JC graduated cum laude and served as student government president, student trustee, and a charter member of the college’s Omicron Delta Kappa circle. He is a Spring 2001 initiate of the 'Grand' Pi chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.. He received his law degree from Boston College Law School where he particpated in the law school’s civil litigation clinic and served as a research assistant. RECENT PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS Bailey and Love were recently granted summary judgment in a collision between two tractor-trailers. They were able to show that Plaintiff did not have insurance on his vehicle at the time of the accident and argued that this barred Plaintiff ’s recovery of loss of use damages. With Paul James, recently won summary judgment on behalf of a Southeast Regional Property Management Company who was sued as result of a slip and fall in West Central Alabama.
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With L. Peyton Chapman, obtained summary judgment in favor of hospital on all counts of medical malpractice in case involving claims of reaction to and overdose of medications, and inappropriate discharge from hospital With T. Grant Sexton, achieved a defense verdict in favor of a local hospital involving a slip and fall accident. The jury began its deliberations on the third day of trial and returned a defense verdict. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT JC is married to Dr. Portia Bradford Love, a Montgomery dermatologist. He is a member of Mt. Zion A.M.E. Zion Church and regularly attends St. Jude Catholic Church. Mr. Love serves as Vice President of the Capital City Bar Association and President of the Montgomery Chapter of the Morehouse College National Alumni Association. He also serves on the boards of the Capri Theater and the Britton YMCA.