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|VIDEO| Who Served Up the Key to an $11M TBI Verdict Against Papa John’s?

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Jun 3, 2016 2:06:20 AM

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?

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

MARTA Prevails in $13M+ Trial over Fatal Motorcycle Crash

Posted by Arlin Crisco on May 19, 2016 2:56:52 PM

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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Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, Lynn v. MARTA

Trial Begins in Deadly Motorcycle-MARTA Crash Next Week

Posted by Arlin Crisco on May 13, 2016 10:05:36 AM

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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.

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Topics: Negligence, Georgia, Transportation, Lynn v. MARTA

UPS Accused of Responsibility for Fatal Tractor-Trailer Collision

Posted by Arlin Crisco on Apr 29, 2016 10:37:12 AM

Randall Bassett delivers the opening statement for UPS, accused of responsibility for the late-night collision that killed James Hope Jr. 


Update: The parties settled the case during trial for an undisclosed sum. 

Jacksonville, FL—Attorneys debated whether a UPS tractor-trailer driver caused the late night collision that killed two men, as trial opened Thursday against the delivery service giant. Hope v. UPS, 2011-CA-005747.

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Topics: Negligence, Transportation, Hope v. UPS

$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