Peter A. Law

Peter A. Law is the senior principal of LAW & MORAN, a five-lawyer trial firm dedicated to the representation of individuals who have suffered injuries and death due to the negligence of others. Pete Law has been recognized by various independent surveys as one of Georgia's top trial lawyers and selected as one of Georgia's Top 100 Lawyers. (Atlanta Magazine, Super Lawyers, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - present). The Georgia business community also selected Pete as a top trial lawyer, selecting him as a "Georgia Legal Elite," (Georgia Business Trend, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - present). In the past few years, the firm has approximately $100,000,000.00 worth of jury verdicts. Pete is also rated by his peers as AV rated, the top designation available by legal publication Martindale Hubbell, and is listed annually in the Best Lawyers in America trade publication.

Areas of practice include automobile accidents, trucking accidents, premises liability, negligent security, and virtually all types of cases involving injury or business torts. Pete has been counsel for the Plaintiff in more than 80 recoveries each exceeding one million dollars, including dozens of multi-million dollar jury verdicts, as well as more than 200 recoveries exceeding $100,000.00. In addition to trying cases, Pete regularly speaks at Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminars required of all Georgia attorneys.

SIGNIFICANT CASE RESULTS:

• $ 54,000,000.00 Tractor Trailer Negligence -12 person jury verdict for death of a 50 year old woman killed by PFG Milton, Inc.'s tractor-trailer. Jury awarded $10,420,000.00 in compensatory damages and $44,000,000.00 in punitive damages (punitive damages of this nature are currently capped at $250,000). $4,000,000.00 settlement offer from AIG and Great West Insurance was rejected at trial.
• $ 9,091,548.05 Premises Liability - jury verdict of $8,333,333.00 for woman raped at an apartment complex due to negligence of owners and management. Pre-judgment interest of $758,215.05 added by Judge.
• $ 9,000,000.00 Premises Liability  - record Georgia jury verdict for woman raped at an apartment complex due to negligence of owners and management.
• $ 9,000,000.00 Premises Liability  - record Alabama jury verdict for woman raped at an apartment complex due to negligence of owners and management.
• $ 5,000,000.00 Premises Liability  - insurance policy limits recovery for burn injury to young man.
• $ 4,408,641.60 Tractor Trailer Negligence - Georgia jury verdict for Indonesian student temporarily visiting the United States on a work visa. Believed to be the largest Georgia wrongful death jury verdict for a non- resident visitor. Pretrial settlement offer from insurance company of $1,000,000.00 rejected - verdict paid in full.
• $ 4,250,000.00 Premises Liability  - Confidential recovery for a catastrophic injury involving a young child.
• $ 4,100,000.00 Tractor Trailer Negligence  - wrongful death recovery for Indonesian student temporarily visiting the United States on a work visa involved in a multi-fatality truck wreck.
• $ 4,000,000.00 Premises Liability - Confidential recovery for an injury to a young child at an apartment complex.
• $ 4,000,000.00 Automobile -  recovery for death of a middle aged school teacher killed when a motorist crossed center after allegedly suffering a diabetic event. Disputed liability.
• $ 4,000,000.00 Fire/Premises Liability  - insurance policy limits recovery as the result of a fire at an apartment complex.
• $ 3,500,000.00 Premises Liability  - confidential recovery for woman raped and killed at an apartment complex due to negligence of owners and management.
• $ 3,500,000.00 Medical Negligence  - Confidential recovery for serious injury.
• $ 3,250,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence  - Wrongful death recovery for 44 year old man killed by a food services truck.
• $ 3,250,000.00 Premises Liability  - significant injury to young man injured in an industrial elevator accident.
• $ 3,237,500.00 Premises Liability  - Confidential recovery for death of elderly man at a metro-Atlanta hotel with inadequate security;
• $ 3,100, 000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence  - Wrongful death recovery for intersection collision involving a train.
• $ 3,002,633.00 Malicious Prosecution  - Record jury verdict for a seventh grade child who was wrongfully profiled, arrested, detained and prosecuted by AMC movie theater employees.
• $ 3,000,000.00 Product Liability  - Wrongful death verdict for 76 year old woman killed when her Ford Motor Company seat collapsed upon impact, ramping her rearward, causing injuries and death.
• $ 3,000,000.00 Premises Liability  - significant injury to the right eye of a young girl at Defendant's retail premises.
• $ 2,975,000.00 Automobile/Dram Shop  - Significant injury to a young man injured by a drunk driver. Recovery of primary and excess automobile insurance and primary and excess dram shop insurance.
• $ 2,600,000.00 Premises Liability  - negligent property maintenance causing injury to several young woman.
• $ 2,500,000.00 Truck/Premises Liability  - wrongful death recovery for young man run over at Defendants business.
• $ 2,434,600.73 Negligent Security  - Premises liability jury verdict of $2,200,000.00 for a man shot in the leg and $22,229.00 of medical expenses. Pre-judgment interest of $234,600.73 added by Judge.
• $ 2,100,000.00 Trucking/commercial vehicle - Young man killed by garbage truck.
• $ 2,000,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence  - Wrongful death recovery for 21 year old woman killed by a slow moving tractor-trailer on I-16. Total policy limits recovery from trucking company and driver.
• $ 2,000,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence - Cargo fell off of flatbed trailer striking passing motorist.
• $ 2,000,000.00 Medical negligence  - Doctor failed to diagnose and treat a routine allergic reaction leading to death. Total policy limits of insurance recovered.
• $ 2,000,000.00 Premises Liability  - negligent property maintenance causing death.
• $ 2,000,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence  - Partial settlement against one insurer due to a tractor-trailer striking a pedestrian during a backing incident.
• $ 1,950,000.00 Negligent Security  - rape at major hotel chain by third party criminal assailant.
• $ 1,815,000.00 Premises Liability  - Serious injury at store - policy limits of all Defendants.
• $ 1,800,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence  - Two tractor-trailers collided causing injuries to professional driver.
• $ 1,500,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence  - Death and an injury resulting from a highly disputed tractor-trailer collision.
• $ 1,500,000.00 Automobile negligence - Corporate vehicle struck and injured a child that allegedly "darted-out" in traffic.
• $ 1,350,000.00 Premises Liability  - recovery for illegal alien shot and killed by third party criminal assailant at an apartment complex.
• $ 1,300,000.00 Automobile negligence - Fireman/EMT volunteered assistance at a collision and was hit by a passing car 15 minutes later - herniated disc injury.
• $ 1,300,000.00 Medical negligence - Negligent failure to monitor a bed sore on a severely disabled patient resulting in death.
• $ 1,250,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence  - Record jury verdict against an armored truck company on a non-surgical fractured hip with $30,000.00 of medical bills.
• $ 1,250,000.00 Automobile negligence - Corporate vehicle struck and killed oncoming motorist.
• $ 1,200,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence - Flatbed boom-truck struck and killed 79 year old woman.
• $ 1,100,000.00 Automobile -train crossing  - intersection collision leading to serious injuries to young woman.
• $ 1,153,343.00 Sexual harassment  - Record jury verdict for Georgia sexual harassment.
• $ 1,067,000.00 Automobile/Dram-shop  - policy limits of bar and driver, as well as additional contribution for drunk driver and dram shop claim.
• $ 1,015,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence - Under-ride collision with slow moving tractor-trailer, causing injury to passenger of under-ride vehicle.
• $ 1,009,500.00 Tractor-trailer negligence - Under-ride collision with slow moving tractor-trailer, causing death of driver who rear-ended truck.
• $ 1,000,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence - Rear-end collision with $850 of property damage to Plaintiff's vehicle. Lumbar disc injury.
• $ 1,000,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence  - Wrongful death collision - policy limits of trucking company insurance.
• $ 1,000,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence  - Wrongful death collision - policy limits of trucking company insurance due to collision at intersection with flatbed tractor-trailer hauling sod.
• $ 1,000,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence  - Wrongful death of young mother - partial settlement for insurance policy limits by one of the trucking companies involved.
• $ 1,000,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence  - Injury to two woman rear-ended by trucker driver who tested positive for drugs - policy limits of trucking company insurance.