After a litigation team's decision to bypass a $400,000 pre-trial settlement offer resulted in a $150,000 jury verdict, a northern Georgia judge has handed the Atlanta plaintiff attorneys another blow: denying their motion for additur, in a bid for a new trial on damages only.

Minerva Steele, with Steele Law in Atlanta. (Courtesy photo)

Steele Law principal Minerva Steele, W. Michael Smith of Calvin Smith Law and Michael Watson of the Watson Law Firm teamed to handle Mildred Collins v. Fire Mountain Restaurants LLC, a premise liability complaint by a patron against a restaurant.