A Walton County jury awarded $2.5 million to a DeKalb County police officer struck as he investigated a 2011 wreck on I-20, rejecting defense claims that the driver who caused the original wreck should shoulder liability for the officer’s injuries.
Lead plaintiffs attorney Bruce Hagen of Hagen, Rosskopf & Earle said his task was complicated by the fact that the officer—whose injuries included a badly shattered leg—had recovered enough to go back to work, only to wreck his motorcycle two years to the day after the first accident, breaking the leg again.
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