Verdicts & Settlements
Most Firms list their entire case history. We believe you should know what we have been up to lately because what happened 10 years ago is irrelevant. Below is a list of Settlements and Verdicts obtained for clients since 2012 only:
$9,000,000
CAR ACCIDENT
For two clients badly hurt in a tractor-trailer accident.
$9,000,000
WRONGFUL DEATH TRUCKING ACCIDENT
On dash camera t-bone collision taking the life of a car sales lady in the prime of her life.
$5,750,000
CAR ACCIDENT
For a client badly injured in a tractor-trailer accident.
$5,300,000
WRONGFUL DEATH CAR ACCIDENT
Tragic death of mother of two in a car on car collision in Cobb County involving State Farm.
$1,400,000
CAR ACCIDENT
For a pedestrian client with a serious foot injury.
$1,500,000
CAR ACCIDENT
For two clients involved in a passenger vehicle wreck.
$1,200,000
CAR ACCIDENT
For a wrongful death case where the policy was only $1,000,000.
$1,500,000
SERIOUS INJURY
For a serious injury case.
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WRONGFUL DEATH
Confidential seven-figure policy limits settlement for man killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer.
$1.5 million
WRONGFUL DEATH
$1,500,000 for the wrongful death of a grandmother killed when making a left turn at an intersection that was negligently designed by the Department of Transportation, such that a guardrail blocked the lights of oncoming cars.
$1.2 million
WRONGFUL DEATH
$1,200,000 for the wrongful death of a father killed at work by a trash truck.
$1.1 million
WRONGFUL DEATH
$1,100,000 policy limits for a 65-year-old with undiagnosed plasma cancer and kidney failure who sustained a broken arm in a car accident that hospitalized him. Hospitalization resulted in pneumonia which resulted in his death.
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WRONGFUL DEATH
Confidential wrongful death settlement for the family of a Conyers man killed in a two-car collision on I-285.
$900k
BAD FAITH/CAR ACCIDENT
$900,000 bad faith settlement with an insurance company on a $25,000 policy where a man was rendered a quadriplegic in a car accident.
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WRONGFUL DEATH
Doubled the available wrongful death insurance for the family of a preschooler killed by a driver with minimum policy limits, by exploiting an exception to the Georgia Impact Rule involving State Farm and Geico Insurance.
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WRONGFUL DEATH/DUI ACCIDENT
Successfully litigated for a confidential settlement amount of three insurance policies with Allstate, Infinity, and Progressive involving the death of a Georgia student at the hands of a DUI illegal immigrant.
$750k
CAR V. BICYCLE ACCIDENT
$750,000 for a UGA student with facial scars from being hit by a church van while on a bicycle in Athens.
$650k
NEGLIGENCE/TRUCK HIT ROAD WORKER
$650,000 for a Dekalb County man hit by a tractor-trailer while performing roadway work. He sustained a broken leg and wrist, with $120,000 in medical bills. Extensive litigation proved the trucking company had terrible safety training and was lying about maintenance issues. Settled the case at mediation despite competing demands for $1,000,000 policy limits with two claimants, each with a surgery.
$500k
BAD FAITH/WRONGFUL DEATH
$500,000 bad faith insurance settlement on a $30,000 policy in a wrongful death case.
$395k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$395,000 settlement for a Paulding County woman with a spinal stimulator implant following a rear-end collision.
$350k
PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT
$350,000 for a pedestrian with rotator cuff surgery and meniscal surgery to the knee involving Cotton State Insurance.
$350k
PERSONAL INJURY
$350,000 settlement with State Farm insurance involving a veterinarian with two broken lower leg bones and $65,000 in medical bills.
$285k
SLIP, TRIP/FALL ACCIDENT
$285,000 settlement for an 80-year-old woman who tripped over a doorstop at a chain restaurant because the rubber guard had worn away over the years making the stop invisible. She sustained a fractured hip with surgery.
$275k
PREMISES LIABILITY/NEGLIGENT SECURITY
$275,000 for a young man shot by a criminal on the premises of an Atlanta apartment complex that refused to provide security despite numerous prior crimes.
$275k
PERSONAL INJURY
$275,000 policy limits for a man who sustained a femur fracture with an intramedullary rod, a broken wrist, and mild eyelid scarring involving Farm Bureau insurance.
$237k
PERSONAL INJURY
$237,000 verdict for a woman in Gwinnett County with a broken arm requiring surgery. She was a young African American female facing an all-white jury and was impeached with Twitter. The verdict was reduced by apportionment to the driver of the client’s vehicle but later recovered another $50,000 on that claim.
$225k
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
$225,000 for a Roswell man for a dissected carotid artery injury where Allstate vigorously contested medical causation for the injury.
$225k
PERSONAL INJURY
$225,000 policy limits for a New York dentist against State Farm and a cab driver for a compound femur fracture with intramedullary rodding.
$210k
NON-SURGICAL TRUCKING CASE
litigated case for neck and back injections needed to heal injuries sustained in trucking crash with Roadrunner Intermodal.
$200k
PERSONAL INJURY
$200,000 policy limits for a woman with a pelvic fracture and successfully negotiated with the Federal Government on her health care reimbursement liens to maximize client recovery.
$180k
WRONGFUL DEATH/DUI
$180,000 policy limits for a DUI fatality case with litigation ongoing regarding Dramshop claims and excess liability insurance coverage.
$160k
DRAMSHOP CASE
$160,000 litigated settlement against a bar in a Dramshop case for the actions of a bar in over-serving a drunk driver who injured a Conyers family.
$150k
PERSONAL INJURY
$150,000 policy limits for a college student with a compound femur fracture.
$150k
PERSONAL INJURY
$150,000 settlement for a man hit in the eye by a golfer resulting in optic nerve damage.
$145k
PERSONAL INJURY
$145,000 for a woman who sustained a concussion and low back strain with $31,000 in medical bills.
$145k
DUI ACCIDENT
$145,000 for a man struck on I-400 by a drunk driver where he sustained soft tissue injuries with epidural injections. The claim involved State Farm insurance.
$140k
PERSONAL INJURY
$140,000 of $150,000 in policy limits for a 24-year-old with a pre-existing C4-5 disc herniation with two prior collisions with an injury where the instant injury finally resulted in surgery.
$135k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$135,000 in tortfeasor and Uninsured Motorist Coverage for a 28-year-old with a non-displaced hip fracture with minimal follow-up care. The case involved Geico and Cotton States insurance.
$131k
DISPUTED LIABILITY CASE
$131,000 net verdict after a 25% apportionment by a Fulton County jury in a disputed liability case with two defendants and neck and back care for two plaintiffs.
$130k
AUTO ACCIDENT/DUI
$130,000 for a case with emergency room care at North Fulton Regional plus 2 months of physical therapy. The at-fault driver was DUI and insured by Liberty Mutual.
$125k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$125,000 for a cervical discectomy, with a good recovery, resulting from a car accident for a school teacher in Rockdale County venue.
$125k
DOG BITE/ATTACK CASE
$125,000 for a man attacked by a dog while riding his bike. The claim involved traveler’s insurance.
$125k
MOTORCYCLE V. CAR ACCIDENT
$125,000 policy limits for a motorcycle rider in Cobb County hit by a driver resulting in tendon surgery on his hand. The driver denied liability and we were able to prove with dashcam recordings that there were other witnesses and that defendant had changed her story.
$116k
PERSONAL INJURY
$116,000 for a Kennesaw man with a sternal fracture that resulted in atrophied muscles and required two months of in-house rehabilitative care. The claim involved Progressive insurance.
$115k
PERSONAL INJURY
$115,000 for an elderly Marietta Georgia couple with a nonsurgical leg fracture and hematomas.
$115k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$115,000 for an Alpharetta man in a low-impact rear-end car accident with a microdiscectomy. The claim involved USAA insurance.
$110k
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
$110,000 verdict in Cobb County for a motorcyclist with a leg fracture, who made an excellent recovery with no permanency.
$110k
TRUCK ACCIDENT
$100,000 settlement for a North Carolina man who sustained $14,000 in medical bills and a broken collar bone against Swift Trucking from a collision on I-85, where he was ticketed in the collision and we proved the tractor-trailer driver was lying through depositions.
$100k
MOTORCYCLE V. CAR ACCIDENT
$100,000 policy limits settlement for a motorcycle rider hit by a car and sustained a hairline fracture to their ankle and a lumbar discectomy. The challenge was the 5-month gap in treatment on the lumbar pain.
$100k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$100,000 policy limits from Liberty Mutual and $25,000 in uninsured motorist policy limits for a man from Villa Rica Georgia with a cervical surgery despite there being only $500.00 in property damage to the rear of his vehicle. He was a good witness and the medical evidence was persuasive.
$100k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$100,000 policy limits from Progressive for a Roswell mother who had a T-bone collision where Progressive denied that the crash caused the C5-C6 Disc Herniation until after the treating surgeon was deposed.
$100k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$100,000 policy limits for an Athens family when a rear-end collision resulted in surgery. The claim involved Allstate insurance.
$100k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$100,000 policy limits for a man who suffered a wrist fracture in a Georgia car accident.
$100k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$100,000 policy limits for the victim of a rear-end collision who sustained a concussion with a lingering post-concussive syndrome that lasted more than two years. The claim involved State Farm insurance.
$100k
HIT-AND-RUN AUTO ACCIDENT
$100,0000 policy limits from Progressive Insurance as the Uninsured Motorist carrier when a teenager sustained a broken leg after being hit by a hit-and-run driver. The focus of the case was ensuring that the money would go to the victim rather than as reimbursement to the health insurer.
$100k
PERSONAL INJURY
$100,000 policy limits from GA Farm Bureau for a client with a cervical fusion. The challenging part of the case was dealing with the client’s two prior collisions and their injury consequences.
$87k
SLIP, TRIP/FALL ACCIDENT
$87,000.00 for a 72-year-old trucker who tripped and fell at a truck stop and required rotator cuff surgery.
$80k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$80,0000 for a pizza delivery driver rear-ended by a Stephens County Deputy Sheriff requiring epidural injections and physical therapy.
$75k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$75,000 for a hairline compression fracture stemming from a crash on I-85, with $16,000.00 in medical bills. The claim involved Liberty Mutual insurance.
$75k
PERSONAL INJURY
$75,000 from State Farm for our client who suffered a non-displaced foot fracture with hematoma.
$75k
PERSONAL INJURY
$75,000 policy limits for a computer programmer from Alpharetta who suffered a non-displaced fracture of the ulna.
$70k
PERSONAL INJURY
$70,000 of $75,000 in policy limits for a former Liberty Mutual adjuster for a shoulder separation with arthroscopic surgery.
$70k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$70,000 for a woman in Toccoa, Georgia who was rear-ended by a police deputy.
$61.5k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$61,500.00 for a Memphis woman injured in Marietta crash resulting in a year of orthopedic medical care despite her significant pre-existing medical history. We were able to prove the new injuries were far more severe.
$57k
PERSONAL INJURY
$57,000 for our 23-year-old client from Jonesboro Georgia from USAA insurance, in litigation for collapsed lung with $24,000 in medical bills and little follow-up past the ER.
$55k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$55,000.00 for a young woman who sustained minor internal bleeding with one follow-up visit after a Cobb County car accident.
$55k
DISPUTED LIABILITY CASE/MOTORCYCLE
$55,000 from Geico in a disputed liability case involving a motorcycle rider who laid his bike down to avoid striking the defendant’s car. The case settled after multiple depositions and despite the client being proven incorrect about the location of the vehicles.
$50k
SLIP, TRIP/FALL ACCIDENT
$50,000 for a slip and fall victim in Popeye’s Chicken.
$50k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$50,000 policy limits for a 24-year-old woman with a post-concussion diagnosis and $17,000 in medical bills despite only a small dent in the rear of the car.
$50k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$50,000 policy limits for a Clayton County family for a fractured finger stemming from a car accident. The claim involved USAA insurance.
$50k
PERSONAL INJURY
$50,000 for a woman with a neck injury when the ceiling on an American Airlines plane suddenly fell onto her head while the airplane sat on the tarmac in Mexico City.
$50k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$50,000 policy limits for a Roswell man with a back sprain and orthopedic care resulting from a rear-end car collision.
$50k
PERSONAL INJURY
$50,000 policy limits from USAA insurance for a soldier in the 101st Airborne who sustained a disc herniation.
$50k
PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT
$50,000 for a pedestrian with $21,000 in bills but where the pedestrian received the ticket and bad liability facts existed.
$48k
PERSONAL INJURY
$48,000 for a woman with back and neck sprains and epidural injections. The claim involved Allstate insurance.
$47k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$47,000 for a woman rear-ended by a tractor-trailer with $8,500 in medical bills.
$45k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$45,000 for a woman rear-ended by a semi-truck with emergency room care only.
$45k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$45,000 for a man with cracked ribs from a passenger car collision.
$42k
AUTO V. TRUCK ACCIDENT
$42,000 settlement from Carolina Casualty Insurance for a man rear-ended by a tractor-trailer with no visible damage to his vehicle and the injury was a difficult-to-prove concussion.
$41.5k
PERSONAL INJURY
$41,500 for an Athens, GA college student who fell off the roof of a fraternity party, sustaining fractures. There were challenges related to our client’s comparative negligence.
$37k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$37,500 for a woman in a low-speed impact who had to deliver her healthy baby 6 weeks early.
$36.5k
AUTO V. TRUCK ACCIDENT
$36,500 for a woman who collided with a tractor-trailer and had Emergency room care only.
$35k
AUTO V. TRUCK ACCIDENT
$35,000 for a woman rear-ended by a semi-truck who had two follow-up visits with an orthopedist for shoulder pain after her emergency room care.
$34k
PERSONAL INJURY
$34,000 for a woman in Conyers with a mild compression fracture to her spine.
$30k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$30,000 for a man from Valdosta who sustained a hairline sternal fracture after a police car negligently ran into him at high speed.
$30k
AUTO ACCIDENT
$30,000 for a Buckhead woman who was rear-ended but had no police report and little property damage despite legitimate orthopedic care.
$25k
HIT-AND-RUN/BICYCLE ACCIDENT
$25,000 policy limits from Allstate as the Uninsured Motorist carrier when a client on a bicycle was struck by a hit-and-run driver and sustained a non-displaced pelvic fracture. Allstate denied the claim initially because the police did not write up a report. The John Doe statute requires reporting a hit-and-run to the police but does not require a report. After 3 depositions, Allstate finally saw the light and paid the limits.
$25k
PERSONAL INJURY
$25,000 in policy limits for a man with torn ligaments in his hand.