A Fulton County jury’s $5 million verdict will help provide around-the-clock care for a 63-year-old amputee who lost her right arm and the use of her only remaining leg when she was jolted from her wheelchair while riding in a non-emergency transport van, said one of her attorneys.
But the jury apportioned only 35 percent of the responsibility—an estimated $1.75 million—for the 2012 accident to defendant Logisticare, the company that contracted and arranged for the transport services that plaintiff Patricia Ann Smith relied on for her thrice-weekly trips to dialysis, according to lawyers on both sides of the personal injury case. The jury apportioned 55 percent of the responsibility for the accident to Valdosta non-emergency transport firm MIDS Inc., which hired the driver who transported Smith, and 10 percent to Smith, said attorney Glenn Bass of Atlanta’s Scrudder Bass, who defended Logisticare. MIDS paid $1 million to settle the claims against it and the driver prior to trial, said Smith’s attorney, R. Michael Stillwell.
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