- Automobile Wreck - failure to yield right of way, Grady County Georgia (2008)
A distracted driver ran a stop sign, crashing into my 36-year-old client and disabling him. The negligent driver's insurance company paid a $1.25 million pre-suit, policy limits demand to avoid excess liability.
- Defective Attic Ladder, United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (2009)
An international ladder manufacturer paid a confidential settlement on the eve of trial. The company's shoddy manufacturing process left a rung poorly aligned between an attic ladder's rails. My client, an electrical contractor lost his balance, fell, and suffered serious injuries.
- Automobile / Farm Equipment Wreck, Mitchell County, Georgia (2006)
A $250,000.00 pre-suit settlement for policy limits against a farmer and his employee. The farm worker lost control of a trailer he was towing on a rural highway. The trailer crashed into apickup driven by my client's 56-year-old father. My client's father was killed, and the farm worker's blood tested positive for cocaine. The insurance company paid its policy limits to avoid excess liability against the farmer when we made a time-limited demand.
- Carroll v. Thomas, et al., Thomas County, Georgia, Superior Court (2009)
A $250,000.00 verdict against a log truck driver who drove heedlessly into an intersection, striking a left-turning mini-van and killing a 32-year-old mother. Because of perceived difficulties with liability, the truck driver's insurance company had offered only $10,000.00 prior to trial.
- Automobile Wreck - failure to yield right of way, Circuit Court Orange County Florida (2008)
A $235,000.00 settlement prior to trial for a Disney cast-member in Orlando, Florida. My client's legs were severely injured when a negligent driver ran a red light and crashed into her in an intersection.