Practices

Business Litigation
Medical & Healthcare
Intellectual Property
Labor & Employment
Telecommunications
Long Term Care & Nursing Home Litigation
Collegiate Sports
Education

J.D., University of Alabama School of Law (1999)
B.A., Millsaps College (1994)
Bar Admissions

Alabama (1999)
Courts

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

John Peter Crook McCall
Partner

John joined the firm in 2002.  He is a partner at Starnes Davis Florie and practices out of the Mobile, Alabama office.

Practice

John has worked on a broad variety of litigation matters, including professional liability, complex commercial litigation, construction litigation (surety and fidelity), intellectual property, labor and employment, and telecommunications. His practice has a particular emphasis on healthcare and professional medical liability, where John has successfully defended numerous hospitals, physicians, and nursing homes within the state.

Highlights

* After nineteen days of trial, obtained judgment as a matter of law on behalf of an internist in a wrongful death case involving allegations of failure to diagnose a liver hematoma in an ICU patient.

*  Obtained a jury verdict in favor of a defendant colon and rectal surgeon in a seven-day trial involving the alleged improper cessation of steroid therapy.

* Obtained a jury verdict in favor of an orthopedist in litigation stemming from the transection of the popliteal artery during an arthroscopic procedure.

* Obtained jury verdict in favor of cardiologist in litigation stemming from sudden cardiac death.

* Represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in an intellectual property dispute over PEGylation technology, resulting in a $25 million dollar settlement for the client.

* Obtained dismissal and appellate affirmance for an OB/GYN in a wrongful death action by arguing that the Plaintiff's retained medical experts had established that fetal demise was earlier than demonstrated within the medical records, thereby making the claim untimely filed.

* Obtained a complete dismissal for distributor who marketed air purifiers in Brookstone stores in a potential class action dispute.

* Obtained jury verdict for emergency medicine physician in litigation stemming from the alleged failure to diagnose acute diverticulitis

Honors And Awards

After receiving his undergraduate degree from Millsaps College, John was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for academic study in Yucatan, Mexico.

Community Involvement

John is a member of the Paul W. Brock Chapter of the American Inns of Court and the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Advisors. He also serves on the Board of the Friends of the Museum of Mobile.  John and his family attend St. Paul's Episcopal Church, in Mobile, Alabama.

Reported Cases

Elaine Leiser v. Raymond R. Fletcher, M.D., P.C., 978 So.2d 700 (Ala. 2007).

Matthews v. Brookstone Stores, Inc., 469 F.Supp.2d 1056 (S.D. Ala. 2007).

Ziade v. Koch, 952 So.2d 1072 (Ala. 2006).

Matthews v. Brookstone Stores, Inc., 431 F.Supp.2d 1219 (S.D.Ala. 2006).

Ex parte Mendel, 942 So.2d 829 (Ala. 2006).

Abner v. Mobile Infirmary Hospital, 149 Fed. Appx. 857 (11th Cir. 2005).

Estate of Bradley v. Mariner Health, Inc., 315 F.Supp.2d 1190 (S.D. Ala. 2004).

East Alabama Behavioral Medicine, P.C. v. Chancey, 883 So.2d 162 (Ala. 2003).

Health Ins. Corp. of Alabama v. Smith, 869 So.2d 1100 (Ala. 2003).

Coates v. CTB, Inc., 173 F.Supp.2d 1200 (M.D. Ala. 2001).

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