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Atlanta, GA— In a ruling this week that overturned a decade-plus-old decision, the Georgia Supreme Court expanded counterclaimants’ potential rights to recover attorney fees and costs. SRM Group, Inc. v. Traveler’s Property Casualty Co. of America.
Topics: Georgia
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Update: Proceedings have been stayed through mid-April because of concerns over coronavirus and its impact.
Lawrenceville, GA— The lack of safety features in a tractor-trailer seat caused a trucker’s paralysis in a big rig rollover, an attorney for the trucker told jurors Tuesday as trial opened against the seat manufacturer. Hill v. Commercial Vehicle Group Inc., et al.. 17-C-07188.
Topics: Products Liability, Georgia, Trucking, Hill v. Indiana Mills & Manufacturing Inc., et al.
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Lawrenceville, GA— Trial is scheduled to begin next week against makers of a tractor-trailer seat and seat belt involved in a 2015 rollover crash that paralyzed a trucker. Hill v. Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc., et al., 17-C-07188-S1.
Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Trucking, Hill v. Indiana Mills & Manufacturing Inc., et al.
A powerful opening narrative about a plaintiff’s life and the magnitude of her loss often lays the crucial foundation for an effective damage claim. At a damages-only trial over an armored truck crash that shattered a Georgia woman’s arm, Joseph Wilson’s riveting opening about the wreck's lasting impact led to a six-figure verdict.
Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Hall v. Hollis, et al.
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Atlanta, GA— Jurors Thursday awarded a Georgia woman $584,000 for the 2017 armored truck crash that shattered her arm. Hall v. Hollis, et al., 18EV003141.
Topics: Georgia, Trucking, Hall v. Hollis, et al.
