Atlanta—A Fulton County Superior Court jury awarded a prominent Atlanta law firm nearly $750,000 in damages for unpaid attorney’s fees in a suit brought against clients it represented in an eminent domain case, despite never having a signed fee agreement with the clients. Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry v. Elie Karam et al. (2014CV242261)

Courtroom View Network crews are on hand to provide gavel-to-gavel coverage of three significant commercial trials going on at the same time in Fulton County Superior Court.

Savannah, GA—Trial continues in Chatham County State Court in the med mal case of a Savannah cardiologist who allegedly failed to properly warn a patient regarding strenuous activities following surgery, which resulted in an accident that left the patient paralyzed from the chest down. Shane Berryhill and Pamela Berryhill v. Dale Daly MD et al. (STCV1102180)

In the recent Clarke County Superior Court case of Rammohan Rao Balasu and Kavita Bitra v. Kathy McLeod Allen (SU13CV0618), Plaintiff Balasu claimed over $200,000 in damages as a result of a 70-mile-per-hour automobile collision on I-85. Defendant Allen admitted liability for the accident, in which her car rear ended Balasu’s car and spun it into a ditch at the side of the interstate highway. Balasu lost consciousness in the accident and was taken to a nearby emergency room for treatment. The impact also caused Allen’s vehicle to veer left, across the opposite lanes of traffic on I-85, before colliding with a billboard at the opposite side of the road and finally coming to rest.