In September, 2017, Lee Pruett tried a case before a Barrow County jury and, along with Co-Counsel Bill Cowsert of Cowsert Heath in Athens, obtained a verdict in an amount which was more than $10,000 less than their client’s last offer at mediation one month prior.
Read MoreOn July 28, 2015, in a big win for DeKalb County, the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed itself on the issue of whether lay testimony as to speed, based only on the experience of impact, constituted admissible evidence to defeat summary judgment.
Read MorePlaintiff alleged that on October 1, 2010, he ate chicken nuggets purchased at Defendant’s franchise restaurant and, approximately three-and-a-half hours later, began to experience nausea and diarrhea.
Read MorePlaintiff was a patient at Newnan Hospital where he was treated and discharged the same day. He had been given narcotic medication and was told not to drive for a certain number of hours. Plaintiff denied anyone gave him such an instruction. Soon after being discharged, Plaintiff drove from the hospital.
Read MorePlaintiff alleged she was severely injured when she turned left from a stop sign on a side street and was struck by another vehicle on the main road. Plaintiff sued the driver of the other vehicle, his employer, the county, and Gourmet Concepts, owner of the property adjacent to the intersection.
Read MoreIn Covault, Plaintiff and Defendant were involved in an automobile accident while traveling northbound on Peachtree Street in Atlanta. Plaintiff alleged he was injured in the accident and filed suit on January 26, 2015.
Read MorePlaintiff was injured in an automobile collision with a pick-up truck owned by Defendant Fowler and operated by his farmhand. Plaintiff alleged that the driver of the pick-up truck failed to yield the right of way at a stop sign and that she suffered serious leg injuries as a result of the collision.
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