Henry County State Court jurors have returned a $29.4 million verdict against a hotel owner and operator whose employee repeatedly sexually assaulted a minor guest on its premises.

The eight-figure outcome outshines pre-trial negotiations, including a $2 million settlement offer by collaborating defense counsel from Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin and Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, and a $16 million insurance limit demand made by plaintiff counsel with the Butler Kahn Firm.