Verdicts and Settlements

Circuit Court, Jackson County Missouri at Kansas City (auto products liability/wrongful death action as a result of a defective roof and roof support system, settled under confidential agreements for an undisclosed amount).

Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia (multiple wrongful death actions involving a tractor-trailer, settled under confidential agreements for an undisclosed amount).

United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Rome Division (premises liability fire resulting in death of a 50 year old man, settled under confidential agreements for an undisclosed amount at mediation).

United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, Greensboro Division (wrongful death action resulting from motor vehicle accident, $1,850,000 settlement).

Circuit for Russell County, Alabama (auto product liability action for catastrophic brain injury resulting from defective hood restraint system and general un-crashworthiness, settled under confidential agreements for an undisclosed amount).

State Court of Fulton County, Georgia (auto products liability/wrongful death action as a result of defective seat belts, settled under confidential agreements for an undisclosed amount).

Tenet manipulated the Medicaid system by unlawfully paying bribes and kickbacks to clinics that unlawfully referred more than 20,000 Medicaid patients to Tenet hospitals. Undocumented pregnant women, were told that Medicaid would cover the costs associated with their childbirth and the care of their newborn only if they delivered at one of Tenet’s hospitals.

American Arbitration Association, (arbitration action filed pursuant to an indemnity agreement for legal expenses incurred in regard to certain civil or criminal litigation, final award from the arbitrator, including legal expenses and expenses related to the arbitration proceeding, totaled $21,498,696.60).

United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division (judgment in excess of $24 million affirmed by Eleventh Circuit in breach of contract action brought on behalf of AFC against its insurer to cover securities claims made against the company and its officers and directors).

United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia (train/tractor-trailer crash at private railroad crossing resulting in catastrophic brain injuries; settlement immediately prior to closing argument for $7 million).

United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division (Auto products liability/wrongful death for post collision fire resulting in death of 9 year old child. Verdict and judgment for $9 Million, upheld on appeal. At the time, the largest wrongful death verdict in Georgia).

State Court of Fulton County, Georgia (auto products liability/wrongful death action as a result of defective seat belts, $11 million verdict upheld on appeal, and, at the time, the largest wrongful death verdict in Georgia.).