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Attorney Compares Client's Injury to Football Concussion to Win 12-Year-Old Case: GA Trial Highlight

Posted by Steve Silver on Aug 25, 2015 4:43:07 PM

 

According to an old legal saying, “justice delayed is justice denied.” In a recent Henry County Superior Court case, plaintiff Nita King faced that very possibility, as her lawsuit resulting from a July 18, 2002, automobile accident did not finally go before a Superior Court jury until February, 2015, almost 12 ½ years later. Nita King v. Olin Wayne Davis (DECEASED) 2008-SU-CV-3386.

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Jogger Wins $7,500 Verdict After Accident Neither Party Remembers

Posted by Steve Silver on Aug 19, 2015 4:25:45 PM


Newnan, GA—A pedestrian who was knocked out of his shoes as a result of being struck by a motorist in an accident that neither party could remember at trial was awarded $7,500 by a Coweta County Superior Court jury. James Booth v. Joel Edge and Lisa Edge (2014-SU-V-13-JK)

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Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Booth v.Edge

Woman Wins $3.5M Verdict After Ambulance Rear Ends Her Car

Posted by Steve Silver on Aug 14, 2015 4:37:00 PM

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Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Nelson v. Beiner

Defense Attorney Praises "Amazing Job" Done by Plaintiff: GA Trial Highlight

Posted by Steve Silver on Aug 13, 2015 5:25:02 PM

Defense attorneys in personal injury cases often face the challenge of making sure that the natural jury sympathy for a badly injured plaintiff does not influence the jury’s determination of liability in a hard fought case. Merely informing the jurors that they shouldn’t let sympathy influence their decisions may not be enough, especially in situations in which the defense makes an issue of the plaintiff’s decisions leading up to the injury.

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Topics: Georgia, Berryhill v. Daly

Pedestrian Struck En Route to HS Football Game Tackles Driver for Six Figure Verdict

Posted by Steve Silver on Aug 12, 2015 6:20:39 PM


Atlanta—High school football can be a dangerous sport, but most injuries occur inside the stadium. However, one would-be spectator never even made it to the game, suffering a broken leg in an auto/pedestrian accident outside the stadium that led to a personal injury trial nearly five years later in Fulton County State Court. Sherma Dailey v. Denise Brock (11EV012807).

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Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Dailey v. Brock