An Atlanta law firm has secured a $750,000 verdict for its client in a bizarre hit-and-run tractor-trailer case.

Following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia, a jury has found in favor of James “Jim” DeFrancesco, a truck driver from upstate New York whose 18-wheeler was reportedly struck a second 18-wheeler driven by John Stephens, who was accused of leaving the scene.

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