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$5.3M Verdict in Fatal DUI Car Crash Sets Up Insurance Wrangle

The next phase of the fight will resolve liability against Safe Auto Insurance, which filed a federal declaratory judgment action three days before trial seeking to shield itself in the event of a judgment.
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Daily Report Online

$5.3M Verdict in Fatal DUI Car Crash Sets Up Insurance Wrangle

The next phase of the fight will resolve liability against Safe Auto Insurance, which filed a federal declaratory judgment action three days before trial seeking to shield itself in the event of a judgment.
13 minute read

Daily Report Online

Savannah Jury Awards $1.1M to Victim of Suspected DUI Driver

7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Savannah Jury Awards $1.1M to Victim of Suspected DUI Driver

Following a one-day trial, a Savannah jury awarded a woman seriously injured by an accused drunken driver more than $1.1 million. Lead defense attorney…
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Motorist Rejected Assertion She Struck Woman in Crosswalk

By | March 30, 2017
On April 25, 2011, plaintiff Nicole Harvey, a banker in her mid-30s, was in a crosswalk of a mall parking lot at 261 Old York Road, in Jenkintown. She claimed that she was struck on the left side of her body by a sport utility vehicle, causing neck and back injuries.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

With No Crosswalk, Pedestrian Stepped in Front of Car: Defense

By | March 16, 2017
On April 25, 2014, at about 11 p.m., Rhonda Douglas, in her mid-40s, was walking near a roundabout on Walnut Lane, in Northwest Philadelphia, when she was struck by a Chrysler Sebring. She was thrown onto the hood and hit the car's windshield; she landed on the road. She suffered an ankle fracture.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Davis v. Wright, PICS Case No. 17-0330 (Pa. Super. Feb. 27, 2017) Stevens, P.J. (23pages).

By | March 16, 2017
Trial court properly granted summary judgment to appellee in negligence action arising from a vehicle accident because appellee did not waive the protections of the dead man's statute, the dead man's statute precluded appellants from testifying and they did not provide any other competent evidence of fault. Affirmed.
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Daily Report Online

Settlement Adds $700K in Fees to $3.7M Verdict

Following a 2015 Gwinnett County verdict awarding $3.7 million to a man whose back was injured in an auto accident, his lawyers collected another $700,000 in attorney fees after settling claims under Georgia's offer of settlement statute.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Shanks v. Department of Transportation

By | March 10, 2017
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

High Court Clarifies Conditions Allowed in Settlement Demands by Motor Vehicle Accident Plaintiffs

A divided Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ruled that plaintiffs reaching a settlement agreement with an insurer over a motor vehicle accident can require the performance of a specific action—in this case, the time-limited payment of the demand.
13 minute read

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