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Hills Seeking $549M in Attorney Fees in Ford $1.7B Verdict
"Fundamentally, if you think about this, contingency fees are critical to allow people who are hurt by big corporations to hold them responsible," said Michael Terry, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys.
Atlanta Startup Aims to Offer Remote Legal Proceedings Without the Glitches
"We built Calloquy to be a safer, more efficient virtual environment than the mass-market platforms that were hastily deployed in response to the pandemic," said Calloquy founder and CEO and Womble Bond Dickinson partner David Carter.
Interest Clock Is Ticking While Ford Appeals $1.7B Verdict
Gwinnett State Court Senior Judge Joseph Iannazzone has ordered Ford to pay compensatory damages of $16.8 million and punitive damages of $1.7 billion—plus interest at a rate of 8.5% annually while the appeal is pending.
Litigator of the Week: The Ga. Lawyer Who Hit Ford With a $1.7 Billion Product Liability Verdict
The punitive damages win last week by Jim Butler of Butler Prather for the family of a couple who died after the roof of their F-250 pickup collapsed in a rollover crash marked his eighth verdict of more than $100 million.
Litigator of the Week: The Georgia Lawyer Who Hit Ford With a $1.7 Billion Product Liability Verdict
The punitive damages win last week by Jim Butler of Butler Prather for the family of a couple who died after the roof of their F-250 pickup collapsed in a rollover crash marked his eighth verdict of more than $100 million.
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'Heard Round the World:' Ford Hit With $1.7B Punitive Damages Verdict in Ga. Trial
Plaintiffs attorney Jim Butler said the award was the "largest verdict by far in Georgia history." Ford has promised to appeal.Ga. Jury Reaches $16.8M Verdict Against Ford, With Punitive Damages Phase to Come
Plaintiffs' attorney Jim Butler Jr. asked the jury to make a finding that would influence the company to issue warnings or recalls for the current owners of F-250s like the Hills' truck.
'Visibly Upset' Georgia Judge Won't Step Down From Case After Failed Recusal Request
"No fair-minded, impartial person would conclude that Judge Brasher harbors bias against Petitioner, stemming from an extra-judicial source, of a nature and intensity as would interfere with the exercise of impartial judgment," wrote Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rachel Krause.
'Civil Death Penalty': Ford Trial Opens With Unusual Jury Instructions
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