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Atlanta—Jurors next week will consider whether medical negligence or a vicious infection caused the death of a man who first came to a Marietta emergency room with head and neck swelling, as trial is scheduled to open against the medical staff that treated him. Harper v. Vick, et al., 2008-EV005552A.

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CVN Georgia has covered million-dollar verdicts on the most critical litigation throughout the state, from headline-grabbing products liability suits against General Motors to traumatic brain injury claims. Three of the awards were handed down in the first five months of 2015 alone, including eight-figure verdicts against Emory Healthcare and Papa John's Pizza. 

Dr. Angela Ashley "knows more about the human brain in her thumbnail than all of us in this courtroom put together!" Keenan Nix says in his closing argument against Papa John's. 

How does a jury shown no more than $225,000 in past medical expenses—no future lost wages, no future medical expenses—return an $11 million verdict in a traumatic brain injury trial?

James Scarbrough delivers his closing argument on behalf of MARTA at trial over the death of Jeffrey Usher, who died after his motorcycle struck a MARTA paratransit vehicle. 

Atlanta—A Fulton County Superior Court jury Wednesday cleared the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority of fault in the death of a motorcyclist who collided with a MARTA paratransit vehicle. Lynn v. MARTA, 2015CV259595.

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Atlanta—Jury selection is set to begin Monday at trial over MARTA’s alleged role in the death of an Atlanta-area motorcyclist. Lynn v. MARTA, 2015CV259595.