Verdicts & Settlements
US Agrees To Pay $225K of $250K Judgment
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The U.S. government agreed this week to pay $225,000 to satisfy a $250,000 judgment for a log truck driver struck by a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier's Buick in rural South Georgia, according to attorneys on both sides.
Jury: No Fault In Toxic Fume Injury Claim Case
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Following an eight-day trial, a Fulton County jury took about an hour to render a defense verdict in the case of a former ironworker who claimed he had been permanently disabled when he was exposed to fiberglass dust and chemical fumes on the job.
Jury Doesn't Fault Doctors in Stillborn Case
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Seeing pictures of a stillborn baby girl in a dress did not keep a DeKalb State Court jury from finding Gynecology & Obstetrics of DeKalb and its physicians not liable for her death.
$4.5M Settlement in Workers' Comp Case
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A man who was crushed by a falling tree limb as he sat in his work truck has reached a $4.5 million settlement with his employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier, after what his attorney said were firm but amicable negotiations with his opposing counsel.
$1.3M awarded to woman who fell, lost sight
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A Clayton County State Court jury awarded $1.3 million to a woman who lost sight in her left eye after she fell into the bagging station of a grocery store. "The case came down to whether or not the jury actually believed she tripped over the floor mat," said plaintiff's lawyer Shone Broadnax (above) of Broadnax & Martin in Morrow.
Gunshot victim wins $17.5M award
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A DeKalb County jury has awarded $17.5 million to a young man and his parents, who claimed Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory University and several medical staffers were responsible for brain damage that occurred after the man was treated for a gunshot wound.
$3M awarded in newborn death
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A Bryan County jury awarded $3 million last week for the death of a baby in a car crash case so emotional that even the judge cried, the plaintiffs' lawyers said. The plaintiffs' team included (from left) Lloyd Murray, Brent Savage Sr. and Brent Savage Jr., who recalled jurors weeping at testimony about the baby's premature birth and death.
Injured Marta bus rider wins $239,000 from Fulton jury
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The lawyer for a man injured as he walked through a moving Marta bus said the jury pool seemed so unfavorable to his client that he almost dismissed the case during voir dire.
Doctors win defense verdict in suit over girl's blindness
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An attorney for a 6-year-old girl who was left sightless by complications of her premature birth said he will appeal a defense verdict won by two doctors accused of failing to properly treat the child.
Settlement in truck-car collision nets injured woman $5.1 million
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A young woman who was gravely injured when her car was struck twice by a tractor-trailer truck in Virginia has settled for $5.1 million, said Anne Douds, Washington, D.C.-based special counsel for Atlanta's Federal & Hasson.
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