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Georgia Truck Accident Attorneys Win $40 Million in Cobb County Trial

September 28, 2011

Last Friday, a Cobb County jury returned a record-setting verdict in a wrongful death case stemming from a truck collision over four years ago. After a two-week jury trial and a total of six-and-a-half hours of deliberation, the jury announced that the Landstar Ranger, Inc. was liable for nearly $40.2 million in damages to Theresa […]

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Verdict of $1.75 Million against Strip Club in dramshop, auto accident case

September 24, 2011

On Tuesday, September 20th, a DeKalb County jury returned a $1.75 million verdict against an Atlanta strip club for its role in a fatal 2008 collision. On Labor Day weekend three years ago, 41-year-old Otis South of Mableton drove the wrong direction down I-20 with a blood alcohol level of 0.398. Calls from drivers soon […]

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Carbon Dioxide in Pooler McDonald’s leads to death of elderly Florida woman

September 9, 2011

An 80-year-old Florida woman, Anne Felton, died on September 7 after succumbing to a carbon dioxide leak at a Pooler, Georgia McDonald’s. Authorities believe carbon dioxide used to make soft drinks leaked into the women’s bathroom causing Felton’s death. Emergency personnel were called to the McDonald’s shortly after Ms. Felton and Carol Berry, a 56-year-old […]

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Chatham County Deacon Awarded $125,000 for False Accusations by Pastor

August 6, 2011

On February 8, 2011, a Chatham County jury found in favor of a church deacon who claimed he was defamed by the visiting pastor of his church. After one and a half hours of deliberation, the jury awarded the plaintiff $125,000 for damage to his reputation and emotional distress. Edward Heyward was accused of theft […]

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Housing Authority Must Pay $1.5 Million to Family of Murder Victim

August 6, 2011

In October 2011, a Newton County jury found the Covington Housing Authority 90% at fault for the 2006 shooting death of twenty-year-old Tammara “Erica” Reed after it leased a housing unit to Reed’s murderer despite his criminal record. The jury awarded Newton’s minor children $1.5 million, half for the full value of her life and […]

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