Trent Speckhals delivers his opening statement at trial over the head-on collision that killed Fatima Bird.
Decatur, GA—Jurors Wednesday awarded $5.35 million for the role a drunk driver played in the 2008 crash that killed a 22-year-old mother of two. Mitchell v. The Estate of Otis South, 09A03669.
Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Mitchell v. Estate of South
Attorneys drew battle lines at trial over the brain trauma a nursing student suffered in a fiery tractor trailer crash. While a settlement during deliberations ultimately carried the case, Bob Cheeley's stirring closing rebuttal helped sway jurors to deliver an eight-figure verdict. Richards v. Total Transportation of Mississippi LLC, SUV2015000174.
Topics: Georgia, Transportation, Richards v. Total Transportation, et al.
Topics: Negligence, Transportation, California
It’s often difficult to prove liability against a company for the actions of an individual it did not directly employ. That’s the situation Slappey & Sadd’s Jay Sadd faced at trial against a medical transport company for a paratransit accident he argued left a passenger a double amputee. Sadd’s closing argument, however, established the connection the jury needed to find the company responsible for a share of the accident.
Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, Smith v. Logisticare
