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$11M Verdict Slams Papa John's in Brain Injury, Car Crash Trial

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Apr 26, 2016 9:53:10 PM

Keenan Nix delivers the closing arguments at trial against Robert Pollard and Papa John's Pizza Inc., for a collision Nix says left his client, Glenda Williams, with permanent brain damage. Jurors awarded Williams $11 million. 


Decatur, GA—A DeKalb County State Court jury awarded $11 million Monday to a woman who allegedly suffered long-term brain damage in a rainy evening collision with a Papa John’s Pizza delivery driver. Williams v. Pollard, et al., 14A52522-5.

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Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, Williams v. Pollard

Papa John's and Delivery Driver on the Hot Seat as Auto Wreck, Brain Injury Trial Opens

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Apr 21, 2016 11:05:40 PM

Keenan Nix shows images of Glenda Williams' car, totaled in a wreck with Papa John's delivery driver Robert Pollard's vehicle. Williams claims she suffered severe brain damage because of the collision.  


 Decatur, GA—Attorneys Tuesday sparred over the cause of a collision and injuries a Georgia woman suffered, as trial opened in a suit against Papa John’s Pizza and the delivery driver accused of hitting her. Williams v. Pollard, et al., 14A52522-5.

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Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, Traumatic Brain Injury, Williams v. Pollard

Atlanta Attorney Cleared in Defamation Suit

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 24, 2016 12:04:37 AM

Atlanta—Jurors last week cleared a Georgia attorney in a defamation claim, closing a chapter on more than five years of litigation that raised questions about public statements a lawyer may make about opposing parties during a lawsuit. Infinite Energy v. Pardue, et al., 11EV013747. 

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Topics: Defamation, Georgia, Infinite Energy v. Pardue

Georgia Jury Hits Drunk Driver with $45K Verdict in Collision Case

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Mar 3, 2016 3:42:41 AM

Jeb Butler delivers closings at trial against Debra Blake, who caused the accident Butler says injured his client, Veronica Uballe, and her daughter. Jurors awarded $45,000 in the case Tuesday. 


Atlanta—Jurors Tuesday awarded $45,000 to a mother and daughter injured in a 2013 collision with a drunk driver, but they refused to award punitive damages in the case. Uballe v. Blake, 14EV00917.

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Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, Uballe v. Blake

VERDICT UPDATE: $1.2M Award Hits Hospital, ER Doc Cleared of Fault in Georgia Med Mal Stroke Case

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Feb 26, 2016 10:46:00 AM

 

Lloyd Bell delivers closing arguments in trial of Shawn Evans' claim that ER staff failed to appropriately care for his wife Janice Evans, leading to strokes that left her permanently disabled. 


Update: 3/1/16 

Decatur, Ga—Jurors Monday awarded $1.2 million to a Georgia couple for the strokes that left a woman permanently disabled, but found the woman 49% responsible and cleared the doctor who treated her of liability. Evans v. Sutton, et al, 13A48465-4.

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Topics: Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Georgia, Evans v. Sutton