Recent Cases:
- $7.3 Million Verdict - Obtained multi-million dollar verdict for business owner against City of Atlanta for allowing sewage to contaminate property
- Recently secured a $2.1 million judgment and a $850,000 judgment for victims of a ponzi scheme
- $1,025,000.00 settlement for wrongful death due to negligent security
- $298,000.00 Verdict – Storm Drainage and Buried Debris for a homeowner in Walton County, Georgia
- $275,000 for truck driver who injured knee in a car accident
- $185,000 for driver of a vehicle rear ended by an 18-wheel tractor trailer
- Confidential six figure settlement for parents of two young children who drowned in an oxidation pond owned by the City of Warrenton and managed by OMI
- $100,000.00 for passenger on scooter. Medicals exceeded $100,000.00 and there was only $100,000.00 of coverage. Was able to negotiate a significant reduction of the medicals so that client could receive the lion’s share of the money from the settlement.
- Successfully tried over 70 cases in State and Federal courts before juries
- Successfully negotiated settlements in over 200 cases with more than 20 six-figure settlements
- Won a record verdict in a termite damage case
- As an Atlanta truck accident lawyer, won verdicts in civil cases throughout the State of Georgia involving trucking accidents
- Won verdicts in many types of auto accident cases throughout the state
- Won verdicts involving crime victim representation
- As an Atlanta construction lawyer, won verdicts involving residential and commercial construction disputes
- Won verdicts involving contract disputes
- Recovered money for nursing home abuse and neglect victims and their families
- As an Atlanta wrongful death attorney, won verdicts for the families of wrongful death victims
- Extensively utilized arbitration and mediation
- Argued before the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court
- Recently became a member of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America (APITLAmerica)
- Is a member of the class of 2010 for Leadership Dekalb
Ongoing Matters:
The following cases are presently in litigation. These are merely a representative sample of our current lawsuits:
Devin Carter v. Six Flags et al. Attacked by a group of young boys while waiting to catch a bus. Several boys have plead guilty or have been convicted of being in a gang.
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Crawford v. Tri-State Deliveries et al. Client injured when safety loop for tractor trailer broke causing him to fall over 10 feet and sustaining serious injuries. Case pending in Phenix City, Alabama.
Stevens v. Da Brat, Jermaine Dupri, So So Def Productions, Inc. et al. Falcons cheerleader, who was serving as a waitress at Studio 72, was struck in the head by a liquor bottle by Da Brat during a Halloween party hosted by Dupri and So So Def.
Smith v. Lewis and Allstate. Young Kayla Smith was a passenger in a car involved in a serious automobile accident outside of Montgomery, Alabama. Young Kayla suffered a permanent traumatic brain injury.