Tobias & Comer Law

Desi V. Tobias

A Mobile attorney whose practice has focused on representing injured victims since 1995.

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Location1203 Dauphin St, Mobile, AL

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Professional background

About Desi V. Tobias

Desi Tobias is a graduate of The University of Alabama and the Cumberland School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1987. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1987 and the Alabama State Bar in 1989.

He began his legal career serving with the Florida Attorney General in Tallahassee, Florida. In 1989, he returned to his hometown of Mobile to practice with an insurance defense firm. Since 1995, his practice has focused on the representation of injured victims. During his career, he has tried more than 100 civil bench and jury trials.

A graduate of McGill-Toolen High School, Desi attended Washington and Lee University before The University of Alabama. He has served on the McGill-Toolen Catholic High School Advisory Board and the St. Mary School Advisory Board.

Desi was formerly on the Board of Directors of the Alabama Association for Justice and is on the Executive Committee of the Mobile Bar Association. He is chairman of the Mobile Bar Association Civil Practice Committee for State and County courts. He is a frequent lecturer at CLE seminars and has written on litigation-related topics.

He is married to the former Cecelia Mills of Mobile. They reside in Mobile with their four children, Desmond III, Michael, and twins Jack and Macy.

Professional details

Credentials and affiliations

Education

J.D., Cumberland School of Law, 1987
The University of Alabama
Washington and Lee University
McGill-Toolen High School

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Florida, 1987
Alabama, 1989

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

Alabama State Bar
The Florida Bar
Former Board of Directors, Alabama Association for Justice
Executive Committee, Mobile Bar Association
Chairman, Mobile Bar Association Civil Practice Committee for State and County courts

Recognition

AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell
Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2019, 2020, and 2022 through 2025

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Attorney record

Reported results

Personal Injury

A $12,300,000 settlement for a maritime injury.
A $12,000,000 bench verdict in an industrial accident.
A $3,400,000 award for a man blinded in a crane accident.
A jury verdict of $1,600,000 in a case against a repossession agent who poured dishwashing liquid on a carport in order to assist in repossessing the car. The plaintiff later went onto the carport and slipped on the dishwashing liquid, thereby injuring his back.
A $1,176,530.29 verdict in a car wreck case.
A settlement of $860,000 in a premises liability action where the plaintiff suffered a brain injury after being struck on the head by a falling object.
A settlement of $520,000 for a man injured in an industrial accident.
A settlement of $500,000 in a trip and fall case, which occurred in a parking lot.
A settlement of $400,000 in a slip and fall case involving a recently mopped floor.
A settlement of $325,000 for a man who suffered damage because of fraud committed by a title company. A jury verdict of $160,000.00 in a case tried in Marion County (Ocala), Florida. In this case, a forklift knocked a load of steel onto the plaintiff’s leg, thereby causing a blood clot. The medical specials were less than $10,000.00 and the plaintiff received a 2% impairment rating to the lower extremity.
A $250,000 verdict in a car wreck case in Baldwin County, Alabama.
A bench verdict of $200,000 in punitive damages and $165,000.00 in compensatory damages in a case arising from the wrongful termination of an employee in retaliation for a work injury.

Wrongful Death

Verdict: $7,500,000 jury verdict for wrongful death drowning case.
Settlement: $940,000 wrongful death settlement arising from highway conditions.
Settlement: $625,000 for a man killed in a work place accident.
Settlement: $600,000 in a wrongful death action arising from a fall occurring at an industrial plant.
Settlement: $450,000 in a wrongful death action arising from a shooting death at an apartment complex.

Defective Products

Settlement: $7,000,000 dollars in a product liability action brought against the manufacturer of a product which malfunctioned and caused a fire, thereby injuring an entire family.
Jury Verdict: $3,400,000 in a defective product industrial accident case (Williams v. Manitowoc Cranes, LLC).
Settlement: $2,500,000 in a defective product case arising from a mower rollover.
Settlement: $2,350,000 in a wrongful death case arising from an industrial accident.
Settlement: $875,000 in a products liability action brought on behalf of a small child who sustained a partial amputation of his a finger when a vending machine caused an electrocution shock.
Settlement: $850,000 on behalf of a man injured when his hand was caught in a roller.
Settlement: $625,000 on behalf of a man who was injured in a fall from a roof.
Settlement: $500,000 in a defective product case involving injuries caused by a boat motor.

Automobile / Trucking Accidents

A jury verdict of $5,000,000 dollars against an underinsured motorist carrier arising out of a traffic accident.
A jury verdict of $1,800,000 dollars in a case arising from a truck accident which occurred in a parking lot. The plaintiff’s injuries were soft tissue injuries with medical specials less than $10,000.00.
Settlement: $1,000,000 dollars in a case arising from a trucking accident on I-65. The plaintiff sustained several broken bones in his left leg with medical specials of $100,000.00.
Settlement: $1,000,000 dollars in a case arising from a trucking accident on I-65. The plaintiff sustained a back injury.
Settlement: $750,000 in a trucking accident which occurred in New York state.
Settlement: $350,000 trucking accident case.

Alcohol - Related Injuries

A jury verdict in the amount of $2,800,000 dollars in a dram shop case against a local bar.
Settlement: $2,000,000 dollars in a wrongful death dram shop case against a local retailer who sold alcohol to a minor who was subsequently fatally injured in a motor vehicle accident.

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Published resources

Desi’s Papers

What Does Admiralty or Maritime Law Mean?Alabama Uninsured / Underinsured Motorist Law – 2020 Maritime Personal Injuries 2005 UM and Law Update Advanced Uninsured / Underinsured Motorist Law Bad Faith Dram Shop Litigation and Laws in Alabama Medicare, Medicaid and Hospital Liens

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Meet the Tobias & Comer Law team

Bryan E. Comer Lacey D. Smith

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