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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

Cancer-Stricken Painter Takes Georgia Pacific & Union Carbide To Trial Over Asbestos Claims

Posted by David Siegel on Aug 9, 2015, 8:41:00 PM

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Topics: Products Liability, Asbestos, Florida

Non-Returned Phone Calls Lead to $3.5M Verdict Against Medical Practice

Posted by Steve Silver on Aug 6, 2015, 6:21:53 PM


Jonesboro, GA—A non-returned phone call is generally an annoyance, but two telephone calls from a concerned patient’s wife to a surgeon’s office that were never returned led to a wrongful death case in Clayton County State Court and, ultimately, a $3.5 million verdict, after the patient died within hours of the telephone calls. Pamela Douglas Banks v. South Atlanta Neurosurgery PC (2008 CV 08001).

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Topics: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Georgia

Expert Witness Says Law Firm's Services Worth Nearly Double the Amount Client Refused to Pay: GA Trial Highlight

Posted by Steve Silver on Aug 5, 2015, 11:54:16 AM

If an attorney needs an expert witness on a particular subject, it’s always good to be able to say that the witness “wrote the book” on the subject. In a recent Fulton County Superior Court case, plaintiff’s attorney was able to do precisely that, calling a recognized Georgia authority on eminent domain law to give an opinion regarding the value of the legal services the plaintiff law firm had provided in an eminent domain case. Chamberlain, Hrdlicka v. Elie Karam et al. (2014CV242261)

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Lung Transplant Recipient Awarded $11M in Suit Against Philip Morris

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Aug 4, 2015, 9:56:00 PM

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Topics: tobacco, Engle Progeny, Florida, Jordan v. Philip Morris