A Floyd hospital employee who rejected a $2 million offer to settle his suit after losing his leg when a hospital vehicle collided with his motorcycle was awarded $8.6 million last week by a jury in Rome.
Michael Werner, an attorney for plaintiff William “Cleve” Corley, said the case went to trial after he countered with an offer to settle the suit for $6.25 million. “I must have had 100 people tell me I was nuts not to consider $2 million because in Rome I would never get over a $2 million verdict,” Werner said.
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