A Fulton County jury awarded a man $4.2 million for spinal injuries suffered in a multicar wreck after an insurer refused to settle for $100,000 nearly a decade ago.

Plaintiffs lawyer Ben Brodhead said the total award handed down Thursday should rise significantly with the addition of more than $700,000 in prejudgment interest and what he estimates is nearly $2 million in fees from Georgia’s Offer of Settlement statute are added in. 

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