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Automobile-Truck Collisions
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Case name and location |
Type of case and injuries involved |
Verdict or settlement |
| Williams v. McLendon Trucking Co. Inc. et al (Superior Court of Fulton County) | AUTO / TRUCK COLLISION: Loose tandem wheels--personal injury resulting in cervical laminectomy and 12% disability to body of plaintiff as a whole |
Jury Verdict10/85 $1,212,326.81 ($300,000 general damages, $875,000 punitive damages, $28,558 lost wages, $8,768.81 medical) Affirmed Georgia Court of Appeals 9/87 $1,500,000.00 Consortium claim settled 11/88 $70,000.00 |
| Zachery et al v. Schneider Truck Lines et al (United States District Court Northern District of Georgia) | AUTO / TRUCK COLLISION | Jury Verdict 10/90 $23,200,000.00
($10,000,000 Wrongful death, $8,200,000 Personal Injury, $5,000,000 Punitive Damages) |
| Norma Fox (Hailey Putnam) v. W. Supply Co. (State Court of Bibb County) |
AUTO / TRUCK COLLISION / WRONGFUL DEATH: Instant Death of 57 year old white female with no income and no dependents |
Jury Verdict07/17/91
$780,000.00 |
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Oliver v. Lucas Systems (4th Judicial Circuit Court, Duval County, Florida) |
AUTO / TRUCK COLLISION: Multiple acute contusions of neck, back, left pelvis, right knee & right ribs; trauma affecting integrity of discs & spine L5/S1, L4/5, T12/L1 & L2/3; cervical & lumbar strain/sprain; attendant nerve damage | Settlement 10/96 $100,000.00 |
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Niemi v. Williams Trucking Svc., et al. (Superior Court of Laurens County) |
AUTO / TRUCK COLLISION: Fractured pelvis, dislocation of the left hip, multiple rib fractures, closed head injury, traumatic brain injury, liver lacerations, fractured transverse process of lumbar spine, right perinephrenic hematoma, multiple abrasions/lacerations, multiple contusions, pulmonary contusion, deviated septum, vertigo |
Consent Judgment: 01/29/96
$875,000.00 |
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Lareau v. Murrow Enterprises, et al. (Superior Court of Putnam County) |
AUTO / TRUCK COLLISION: Father, son & daughter injured in accident | $185,775.12 |
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Gleaton v. Ryder, et al. (Superior Court of Peach County) |
AUTO / TRUCK COLLISION: Head abrasion & laceration; Cervical, lumbar sprain/strain; Thoracic compression fracture; labral strain, left shoulder; myofascial pain | Settlement: 7/2001
$65,000.00 |