Top 50 Verdicts in Georgia in 2016
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $40,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stephen G. Lowry, Kristy S. Davies of Harris Penn Lowry LLP; Robert B. Langstaff, Jr. of Langstaff Law LLC |
| Case: | Jenkins v. Lambert, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck Accident |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $30,545,655.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel S. Weinstock, G. Scott Vezina, Carolyn M. Chopko of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig LLP; Jed D. Manton, Yvonne S. Godfrey of Harris Penn Lowry LLP |
| Case: | Louis v. Hearin, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Delayed Diagnosis; Medical Malpractice |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $30,485,664.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ben C. Brodhead, Ashley B. Fournet, Jennifer S. Mundy of Brodhead Law, LLC |
| Case: | Mezquital v. Almassud, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 4 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael L. Goldberg, Joseph A. Fried, Eric J.D. Rogers of Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC |
| Case: | Khan v. Moore Freight Service Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 4 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Darren Summerville, Mecca S. Anderson of The Summerville Firm; Jeffrey P. Shiver, Alan Hamilton of Shiver Hamilton, LLC |
| Case: | Kirschenbaum, et al. v. JamCo Properties |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Inadequate Security; Premises Liability |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lloyd Bell of Bell Law Firm |
| Case: | Nelson v. Emory Healthcare Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $8,608,781.00 |
| Attorneys: | Derrick L. Bingham, M. Michael Egan, W. Seaborn Jones of Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP |
| Case: | Chemence Inc., et al. v. Quinn, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Trade Secrets |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $5,352,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph W. Weeks of McNally Weeks; Andrew R. Lynch of Andrew R. Lynch, P.C. |
| Case: | Rinehart v. GFI Management Services Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Fall; Premises Liability |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $5,020,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jefferson C. Callier of The Callier Firm; Hardy Gregory, Jr., George H. Carley of Carley, Gregory & Gregory; Dustin T. Brown of Daughtery, Crawford & Brown, LLP |
| Case: | James v. CSX Transportation Inc. |
| Type: | Whistleblower; Retaliation; Employment |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $4,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Krugler, Andrew B. Cash of Cash, Krugler & Fredericks LLC |
| Case: | Estate of Smith v. McDonough Primary Care Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $3,312,189.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric P. Schroeder, Damon J. Whitaker, Edwin M. Cook, Aiten M. McPherson, Christopher P. Galanek, J. Bennett Clark of Bryan Cave LLP |
| Case: | WIKA Instrument Corp. v. Ashcroft Inc. |
| Type: | Consumer Protection; False Advertising; Unfair Competition & Business Practices |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $2,546,355.00 |
| Attorneys: | P. Keith Lichtman, Zack D. Anderson of Mills Paskert Divers |
| Case: | Guarantee Co. of North America v. Gary’s Grading & Pipeline Co. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Indemnity |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce A. Hagen, Myrlin D. Earle of Hagen, Rosskopf & Earle; James R. Hodes, Esther Panitch of The Panitch Law Group, PC |
| Case: | Lacoste v. White |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Pedestrian Accident |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $2,025,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alan J. Hamilton of Shiver Hamilton, LLC |
| Case: | Mckenzie v. Casselman |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $1,670,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher M. Simon of Christopher Simon, Attorney at Law; Michael Ruppersburg of Michael Ruppersburg, Attorney at Law; Leland H. Kynes of Kynes Law, LLC |
| Case: | Maust v. Pike Electric LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Work Accident; Negligent Supervision |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $1,262,844.00 |
| Attorneys: | James O. Wilson, Jr. of Law Offices of James Wilson; Lawrence B. Schlachter of The Schlachter Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Evans v. Sutton, M.D., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Failure to Diagnose; Medical Malpractice |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $1,070,288.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel Bullard, IV, Kevin A. Wangerin of Bullard & Wangerin, LLP |
| Case: | McAlister-Jones v. Foote |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $977,579.00 |
| Attorneys: | John D. Hipes of Hipes & Belle Isle LLC |
| Case: | Erebia v. Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Property Damage; Breach of Contract; Insurance Bad Faith |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert F. Glass, James A. Robson of Glass & Robson LLC |
| Case: | Martin v. Earthalene Greene Blue |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $816,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy K. Hall, Adam M. Collins of Law Offices of Timothy K. Hall LLC |
| Case: | Gottlieb v. Ashamole |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $739,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph A. Fried, Brian T. Mohs of Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC |
| Case: | Mavromatis v. Murphy |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David E. Oles of Law Office of David E. Oles |
| Case: | Harrison v. Parkway Law Group LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Libel; Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress; Invasion of Privacy |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $590,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew Q. Wetherington, Adam L. Hoipkemier, Michael L. Werner of Werner Wetherington, PC |
| Case: | McWilliams v. Bayona, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $572,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Russell Hodges of Hodges Law Firm, LLC; Stacey E. Carroll of Carroll Law Firm LLC |
| Case: | Avery v. Schwartz, et al. |
| Type: | Probate, Trusts & Estates; Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Fraud & Misrepresentation; Legal Malpractice |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $551,946.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory S. Ellington, William B. Hardegree of Hall Booth Smith, P.C.; LaRae D. Moore of Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, PC |
| Case: | The Grand Reserve of Columbus LLC v. Property-Owners Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Property Damage; Insurance Bad Faith; Breach of Contract |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $533,580.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan A. Johnson of Ryan A. Johnson, PC; Alan J. Hamilton of Shiver Hamilton, LLC |
| Case: | Wolpe v. Littlewood |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Underinsured Motorist |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $530,648.00 |
| Attorneys: | Berrien L. Sutton of Law Offices of Berrien L. Sutton, LLC |
| Case: | Nixon v. Zurich American Insurance Co., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Truck Accident |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $522,490.00 |
| Attorneys: | Douglas L. Brooks of Douglas L. Brooks, PC |
| Case: | Epstein Becker & Green PC v. La Famiglia Family Trust, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Unpaid Legal Fees |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $522,295.00 |
| Attorneys: | Cale H. Conley, Alyssa Baskam, Andre T. Tennille, III of Conley Griggs Partin LLP; Dana B. Miles of Miles Hansford & Tallant, LLC |
| Case: | Cheeley Investments LP, et al. v. Zambetti |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Unpaid Legal Fees |
| 29 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | T. Andrew Miller of The Law Offices of T. Andrew Miller LLC; Eric L. Jensen of Graham & Jensen, LLP |
| Case: | Shack v. Waddell |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 29 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas G. Tidwell of The Tidwell Law Firm LLC |
| Case: | Hardy v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Civil Rights Violation; Assault and Battery; Excessive Force; False Imprisonment; Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $350,667.00 |
| Attorneys: | Randal A. Mangham of Randal A. Mangham LLC |
| Case: | Henderson v. Watkins |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car v. Pedestrian Accident |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $331,556.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam M. Cain of Law Offices of Adam M. Cain LLC |
| Case: | Club Babaloo Inc. v. Black Mane Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Fraud & Misrepresentation |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $325,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Quinton S. Seay, Eugene Felton, Jr. of Stewart, Seay & Felton |
| Case: | Ford v. West Georgia Medical Center |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $306,195.75 |
| Attorneys: | Jon David W. Huffman, Daniel A. Greene of Poole Huffman LLC; Kevin A. Maxim of The Maxim Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Palloto, et al. v. Neri, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Fraud |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William Morgan Akin of Akin & Tate PC; W. Curtis Anderson of Downey & Cleveland LLP |
| Case: | Millwood v. Maronie |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $290,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason W. Graham, Mary E. Meyer of Graham & Jensen, LLP |
| Case: | Smith v. American Family Insurance Co., et al. |
| Type: | Insurance Bad Faith; Breach of Contract; Promissory Estoppel; Fraudulent Inducement |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $270,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J.L. King, J. Shane Hudson of Hudson King LLC |
| Case: | Sheffield v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., et al. |
| Type: | Property Damage; Breach of Contract; Insurance Bad Faith; Fraud & Misrepresentation |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Regina S. Molden, Alec C. MacInnes of The Molden Law Firm LLC |
| Case: | Cheney v. Fulton County, Georgia |
| Type: | Age Discrimination; Race Discrimination; Hostile Work Environment |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $227,368.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael E. Mayo of Martin Snow LLP |
| Case: | George v. Wagner, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $219,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Norman R. Miller of Miller Legal Services LLC; A. Joel Williams of Joel Williams Law LLC |
| Case: | Rosen v. Engel, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck v. Car Accident |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $213,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Matthew Dwyer Jr. of Dwyer Law Group |
| Case: | Witkowski v. Cutzu, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Underinsured Motorist |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $199,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher D. Gunnels of Rohan Law PC |
| Case: | Kushner v. Estate of Simonton |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Underinsured Motorist |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $189,520.00 |
| Attorneys: | Regina S. Molden, Alec C. MacInnes of The Molden Law Firm LLC |
| Case: | Carroll v. ATA Retail Services Inc. |
| Type: | Sexual Harassment |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $174,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kimberly N. Martin, Thomas F. Martin of Martin & Martin LLP |
| Case: | Pollard v. Metro Dental LLC |
| Type: | Wrongful Termination; Sexual Harassment; Retaliation |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $153,218.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason T. Schneider, Robert M. Hammers, William R. Musgrove, Enrique A. Fernandez of Schneider Hammers LLC |
| Case: | Monjaraz, et al. v. Davis |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Foy R. Devine, Kyle M. Baker of Taylor English Duma LLP |
| Case: | Walker v. MAC Acquisition LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Fall; Premises Liability |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $135,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew Lampros of Hall & Lampros, LLP; Timothy D. Roberts, George T. Major Jr., Lauren E.H. Meadows of Oliver Maner LLP |
| Case: | Green v. Lung |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $125,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | G. Brian Spears of G. Brian Spears, PC |
| Case: | Berger v. Lawrence |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation; Personal Injury; Excessive Force |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $115,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael R. Braun, Steven J. Jackson of Jackson & Braun, LLP |
| Case: | Allen v. Worrall |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $110,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey P. Shiver, Alan J. Hamilton, R. Scott Campbell of Shiver Hamilton, LLC |
| Case: | Magbegor v. Triplette, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck v. Car Accident |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $101,261.00 |
| Attorneys: | C. Caleb Connor, Kenneth L. Connor, Laura S. Jordan of Connor & Connor LLC; Tracee R. Benzo of Hasner Law |
| Case: | Estate of Anderson v. Tenet HealthSystem GB Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice |