Testimonials
At Gene Phillips, Inc. we are determined to provide top quality services in Tennessee, and throughout the South and Southeast! Here are just a few responses from past clients:
Dear Mr. Phillips: May I express my appreciation of your investigation in the above-entitled case which proved that •••• was a champion liar and a malingerer and it was on the basis of your investigation that we were able to get Attorney Steinberg and the claimant to withdraw their claim with prejudice.
Without your investigation we would not have been able to win this case.
With kindest personal regards. Very truly yours.
A. Baron Holmes, III
Holmes, Thompson, Logan & Cantrell
18 Broad Street
Charleston, SC 29402
Dear Gene:
I cannot thank you too much for your great help and assistance on this file! As I have said, both to your face and behind your back, you are “the greatest”!
It will be difficult for Mr. XXXXXXXXXX to’ say he was not properly served, and if we encounter any problems about this later, we may want you to give a further affidavit, but I don’t think there will be any question but that XXXXXXXX Company must, now, concede that Mr. XXXXXX has been properly served.
Gene, I am enclosing, herewith, our office check in payment for your bill and expenses. I am not certain to what extent the insurer, whom we represent, will offer partial reimbursement of the bill, but that is our problem and not yours. I negotiated and contracted with you, and our firm deeply appreciates-your great efforts in our behalf.
Hopefully, I can work with you often again in the future. I hope that you and your family will have a Happy Thanksgiving, Christmas and Happy New Year!
James C. McLeod, Jr.
Wilcox, Hardee, O’Farrell, McLeod, Buyck & Baker
248 West Evans Street
Florence, South Carolina 29503
Dear Fred:
This letter will confirm our telephone conversation of this morning regarding the settlement of the above-captioned case. We have settled with the plaintiff for $1,800 on a clincher basis.
As I mentioned this morning, the hearing went extremely, well. The film that Gene Phillips was able to develop was the most significant evidence we had, and frankly, it carried the day. Gene did a marvelous job as a witness, and his work in obtaining the film was done with such secrecy that neither Mr. ••• nor his attorney suspected anything.
We caught them completely by surprise. I am preparing a clincher and as soon as I have the check from you, I will mail the closing’ documents to Attorney ••. In the meantime, I will alert commissioner Douglas that the case has been settled.
Yours very truly,
Stanford E •. Lacy
Nauful & Lacy
Suite 901, Barringer Bldg.
1338 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Dear Gene:
I have received from you a copy of your work record on the above claimant which was to be sent to Commissioner Brown for his records. However, because of the very good testimony and quality film that
you got of the claimant, the commissioner advised the claimant’s attorney that he was going to stop payment of temporary total benefits in this matter. Of course, since this lady had a compensable claim and had been rated by several doctors as having some degree of permanent impairment to her back, we went’ ahead and settled the case with her very reasonably. Without your fine assistance, that probably would not have taken place.
I, therefore, thank you for your efforts and look forward to working with you in the future.
Very truly yours,
Wallace G. Holland
YOUNG,CLEMENT, RIVERS & TISDALE
28 Broad Street
Charleston, SC 29402
Dear Jim:
Enclosed herewith please find a Xerox copy of a report of Gene Phillips, investigator, with regard to this matter. Also I enclose for you a copy of the itemized bill which I would appreciate you paying as soon as possible.
As you know, we have been able to settle the case for what was previously offered based upon the investigation of Mr. Phillips. We certainly could not have done that without his assistance. I therefore request that you please immediately forward your check to me in the sum of $621 so I can pay this expense.
Very Truly yours,
Wallace G. Holland
YOUNG,CLEMENT, RIVERS & TISDALE
28 Broad Street
Charleston, SC 29402
Dear Mr. Phillips:
I recently received a telephone call from Commissioner Brown of the S. C. Industrial Commission requesting that I draft an order ending this case. We won a complete victory on every issue raised by the allegedly injured employee. There is therefore no need for any more investigation.
I would like, however, to extend my sincere thanks and appreciation for your excellent investigative services. You certainly deserve your excellent reputation and I will most definitely be requesting your services again in the future.
With warm personal regards, I am sincerely,
Lawrence C. Kobrovsky
Stuckey & Kobrovsky
10 State Street
Charleston, SC 29402
Dear Gene:
I just wanted to drop you a note and let you know that I received word today that the claimant you had under surveilence in this case has agreed to settle his claim for a very reasonable amount of money.
I feel that the main reason for being able to reach this settlement was the excellent surveilance and video tape which you provided me and I look forward to working with you in the future as necessary.
Thanks again for your help and if I can be of any help to you in Atlanta, please give me a call.
Very Truly Yours,
Richard A. Hurley
Bayly, Martin & Fay, Inc
148 International Blvd., Suite 812
Atlanta, GA 30043
Dear Gene:
I am writing to provide feedback on the surveillance you did in-the matter of John Q. Employeevs.-,CCCT, ,a case that settled during mediation last week.
You may recall Mr. Employee is the permanently disabled railroad machinist who underwent right rotator cuff surgery and then quickly got back to his career as an amateur basketball player. Somehow, you got surveillance footage of Mr. Employee doinq some serious hooping at the YMCA in Louisville, including behind-the-back passes, shot blocks, three-point jumpers and court length passes. Mr. Employee said he was ‘unaffected” by your work, yet his attorneys were more impressed.
As it turned out, there was more than one, because-when his first attorney sent him the surveillance tape, Mr. Employee promptly fired him. When the second attorney took over the case, I mentioned surveillance to him and he requested it from Mr. Employee, who refused to provide it.
Alas, we had saved a copy and were able to present it both to Mr. Employee, his attorney and the mediator at last week’s conference. His attorney called it “devastatinq,” the mediator called in “soberlnq”; and Mr. Employee said, “anybody on that court can tell you I’m not one-tenth of the player I used to be”, To which the mediator responded: “That would be a great argument if you made your living in the NBA”;
JOSEPH P. MILTON
Milton, Leach & D’Andrea
1660 Prudential Dr. Suite 200
Jacksonville, FL 32207