Douglas H. Morris, II
Top rated Medical Malpractice attorney in Louisville, Kentucky
Morris & Player PLLCPractice Areas: Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Professional Liability; view more
Licensed in Kentucky since: 1976
Education: University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
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1211 Herr LaneSuite 205
Louisville, KY 40222 Visit website
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Attorney Douglas H. Morris represents clients from Louisville, Kentucky, and throughout the surrounding areas. He is a partner of the firm Morris & Player, where he handles cases primarily in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and product liability.
Mr. Morris is a Felllow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, is board certified by the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification and by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. He has been selected for inclusion in Kentucky Super Lawyers from 2007.
He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 1976. He has obtained numerous jury verdicts and settlements for his clients as lead or sole trial counsel, including a settlement with the Transit Authority of River City (TARC) for $7.2 million, and a settlement of $10 million against an oil refinery for a worker injured in an explosion. He was co-counsel is a $25 million settlement for victims of clergy sexual assault against the Archdiocese of Louisville.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff, Professional Liability: Plaintiff, Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Class Actions, Construction Accident, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Dram Shop Laws, Medical Devices, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Pharmaceutical, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 40% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 20% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
- 20% Professional Liability: Plaintiff
- 10% Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff
- 10% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1976, Kentucky
Professional Webpage: https://www.morrisplayer.com/attorney/douglas-h-morris-ii/
- Member, Louisville Bar Association
- Member American College of Trial Attorneys
- Member, Kentucky Bar Association
- Past President of the Kentucky Justice Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, American Association for Justice
- $7.2 million dollar settlement with the Transit River Authority (TARC), 2008
- $5 million dollar trial verdict against a drug manufacturer
- $6 million dollar settlement on behalf of a worker injured in a trucking accident
- $824,000 trial verdict involving a contract employment dispute
- $10 million dollar settlement against an oil refinery for a worker injured in an explosion,
- $3 million dollar trial verdict for the negligent design of a fork lift
- $3.5 million dollar settlement on behalf of the estate of a man wrongly mistaken for another by police and who was shot and killed
- $25 million dollar settlement for victims of clergy sexual assault against the Archdiocese of Louisville
- $6 million dollar settlement for the failure to diagnose and treat Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- $2.15 million dollar settlement on behalf of a patient negligently treated by an impaired physician
- Board certified civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and Board Certified in Medical Malpractice by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys.
- In 2014 awarded the Peter Pearlman Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Kentucky Justice Association., Peter Pearlman Trial Lawyer of the Year, Kentucky Justice Association, 2014
- Murray State University, B.S. - Business Management, 1971
- "Making the Best of Bad Medical Records," Louisville Bar Association, April 1991
- The current state of Kentucky Law on insurance companies' bad faith denial of insurance coverage for its insureds., Lecture, Bad Faith Denial of Insurance Coverage, 2020
- "Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage," Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, April, 1989
- Trial by Jury Mock Trial, Kentucky State Fair, 1989, 1990
- Trial Demonstration-Direct and Cross-Examination of Defendant's Expert in Medical Malpractice, University of Louisville School of Law, June 1986
- "Medical-Legal Problems of the Office Nurse," Northern Kentucky Nurses Association, Covington, Kentucky, October 1982
- "Insurance Salesman-Whose Agents Are They?" Kentucky Bar Association, 1982
- Co-Instructor with Joseph G. Leibson, Trial Practice Seminar, School of Law, Columbia University, New York, New York, 1980
- "The Best Case I ever Lost," Indiana Trial Lawyers Seminar, Oct., 2008
- "Subrogation After Arkansas Dept. of Health and Human Services vs. Ahlborn," Governmental Affairs & Leadership Convention, Providence, RI, November 2007
- "Realities of Medical Malpractice and Medical Malpractice Insurance," University of Louiseville, School of Medicine, April 2004
- "Closing Arguments," December 2001
Office location for Douglas H. Morris, II
1211 Herr Lane
Suite 205
Louisville, KY 40222
Phone: 502-999-9783
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