A routine fender-bender case in Gwinnett County that yielded $30,000 in punitive damages last month may be a gauge of how conservative, suburban juries view civil suits stemming from drunken collisions, attorneys for both sides said.
Plaintiff Amber Hand was a passenger in a Honda Civic that was stopped at a traffic light at the end of the I-85 North exit ramp onto Steve Reynold Boulevard when it was struck from behind by a truck July 24, 2009. She filed a civil suit against the driver Jan. 27, 2010, in Gwinnett County Superior Court.
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