A Forsyth County jury has ordered a would-be developer on the losing end of a $1.2 million verdict involving a failed real estate deal to pay more than $500,000 in attorney fees, including those that were awarded during the first trial and more from the lawsuit seeking to collect them.
The two cases—which centered on a disputed oral contract between noted Georgia plaintiffs attorney Robert Cheeley and defendant John Zambetti, who hoped to develop a parcel of property owned in part by Cheeley family trusts—have twice gone to appeal, and the defense attorney has already filed notice that he will once again ask state Court of Appeals judges to review the issue.
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