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How Plaintiff's Lawyers Went 'Beyond Sympathy' to Return $14M After a Child's Wrongful Death

"We'd gone through focus groups, and everyone's reaction was the same: 'This is horrible, but how do you put a dollar value on it?'" Plaintiffs' attorney Bruce Hagen said. "We tried to focus the trial on the human loss."
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Daily Report Online

$1.5M Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Over N. Ga. Prison Inmate's Death Due to Inadequate Medical Care

In the midst of the U.S. Department of Justice's ongoing investigation into civil rights abuses in Georgia state prisons, a case against the state Department of Corrections has settled for $1.5 million for the death of an inmate allegedly caused by inadequate medical care.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Defense Win: In-House Counsel's Power Move Helps FPL Defeat $30M Claim

"This is one of those cases where there is a blank line on a verdict form in a sophisticated jurisdiction against very capable plaintiff's counsel," said Luis Suarez, a partner at Heise Suarez Melville who teamed up with in-house counsel for FPL.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

$2.3M Settlement Is Latest in Georgia Firm's String of 7-Figure Outcomes

Plaintiff counsel credit Butler Kahn's latest $2.3 million settlement to lawyers' adherence to four key strategies, beginning with trial preparation.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

$1.6M Georgia Settlement After Pedestrian Killed in Grocery Store Parking Lot

"Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 33-7-11, [underinsured motorist] coverage applied to our wrongful death case, even though the decedent was a pedestrian, because the death 'arose from' the use of a motor vehicle," wrote Butler Kahn plaintiff counsel.
5 minute read

Law.com

Massachusetts High Court Sides With Big Tobacco Companies, Holding Wrongful Death Action Was Time-Barred

"In GGNSC ... we were unequivocal that, in Massachusetts, we follow the majority rule that wrongful death liability is derivative," Justice David A. Lowy wrote on behalf of the court. "Accordingly, we follow the majority approach precluding recovery for wrongful death where the statute of limitations on the decedent's underlying claims ran before the decedent's death."
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

End in Sight for 2 Law Firms Who Spent 7 Years Fighting for Fees

On each tort claim, the appeals court said the Gibson parties' summary judgment motion "presented no ground to the trial court that disproved any element" of the Padua parties' claims.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Defense Lawyer's 'Shush' Becomes Plaintiff's Strategy in $1.65M Philadelphia Verdict

"It's one of those moments in court where you say to yourself, 'Did that just happen?'" Zajac & Padilla partner Eric Zajac said.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Bibb County Jury Returns $40M Verdict Against Hospitals After Deaf Woman's Death

"The jury's finding of no-fault as to Dr. William Hsu despite their $40 million award to the Sanford family tells us that they understood what this case was truly about: justice for the Sanfords, and fairness for Dr. William Hsu," said defense counsel Shawn H. Choi of Nall & Miller in Atlanta.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Court of Appeals Eyes Presumption of Death Statute in Case Over Mental Health Discharge

Defendant-appellees said they are not aware of any prior Georgia cases where the missing person statute has been used to assert a wrongful death claim.
6 minute read

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