Following a day-and-a-half trial, a Fulton County jury delivered a post-apportionment award of $2.1 million to a man injured when the SUV in which he was passenger flipped on its side. The driver of the vehicle, which was packed with friends who had been out bar-hopping, is facing drunken-driving charges and invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination throughout the trial, said plaintiffs attorneys Matthew Wetherington and Michael Werner of The Werner Law Firm.
The jury awarded a total $2.8 million, but deemed the plaintiff 25 percent liable for his injuries. A Jane Doe defendant was cleared of liability.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
