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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

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

Landmark $150M Jeep Fuel Tank Verdict Slashed By Judge

Posted by David Siegel on Jul 30, 2015 11:17:00 AM

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Topics: Products Liability, Georgia, automotive

Defense Attorney Explains Paying Expert Witness More Than Plaintiff's Treating Physician's Charges: GA Trial Highlight

Posted by Steve Silver on Jul 29, 2015 4:37:00 PM

Expert witness fees often raise credibility issues with juries, but rarely more so than in one recent DeKalb County State Court case. In Evan Terrell v. Alexandria Hamilton (14A51260), the defense’s expert witness claimed that the fees charged by plaintiff’s treating physician were excessive but then revealed on cross examination that his own fee was greater than the treating physician’s entire bill.
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Topics: Georgia, Terrell v. Hamilton

Former Waitress Gets Stiffed by Defense Verdict in Personal Injury Auto Case

Posted by Steve Silver on Jul 27, 2015 7:13:00 PM


Dalton, GA—A former restaurant waitress who has been receiving pain management treatments since an automobile accident in 2012 lost her personal injury lawsuit in Whitfield County Superior Court against the driver who rear ended her, following defense suggestions that two chiropractors who treated her during this time may actually have caused the pain. Christy Carr Fowler v. Shelby McFarland (14-CI-197-J)

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Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Fowler v. McFarland