SIGNIFICANT CASE RESULTS*

Before starting his own law firm, Pete had the privilege to defend some of the nation’s biggest corporations and insurance companies. However, after years of defending large entities, Pete started his own practice dedicated to helping individuals seek recoveries for the negligent, wrongful and intentional acts of others.

On behalf of individuals, Pete has worked with a wide variety of attorneys, experts, and individuals in cases involving automobile injuries, truck wrecks, medical negligence, premises liability, products liability, fire related injuries, and virtually all areas of injury cases. In addition, Pete handles select business tort or contract cases that must be resolved through litigation.

Pete has been involved in dozens of million dollar and multi-million dollar recoveries. Some of the cases Pete has been retained or associated to handle include:

• $ 54,420,000.00 - 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 & $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.

• $ 9,000,000.00 - 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.

• $ 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 - Disputed liability wrongful death recovery for 44-year-old man killed by food services truck.

• $ 3,250,000.00 - Premise Liability - Significant injury to a 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 seventh-grade customer accosted at movie theater.

• $ 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 retial 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 women.

• $ 2,500,000.00 - Truck/Premises Liability - Wrongful death recovery for young man run over at Defendant's 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 - Cargo fell off of flatbed trailer striking passing motorist.

• $ 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 - Partial settlement against one insurer due to a tractor-trailer striking a pedestrian while backing up.

• $ 2,000,000.00 - Medical Negligence - Doctor failed to diagnose and treat a routine allergic reaction leading to death.

• $ 2,000,000.00 - Premises Liability - Negligent property maintenance causing death.

• $ 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 Defendant's insurance.

• $ 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 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. Plaintiff 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 a 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 woman rear-ended by truck driver who tested positive for drugs-policy limits of trucking company insurance.

A Few Verdicts of Interest

We have handled over 200 cases exceeding $100,000.00; here are a few jury verdicts of interest:

• $ 850,000.00 - Premises Liability Jury Verdict - non-surgical pelvis fracture and post concussion symptoms. Of interest: Plaintiff rejected the insurance company's $45,000 offer to settle before trial.

• $ 514,518.81 - Commercial Vehicle/Pedestrian Jury Verdict - Plaintiff, a very heavy smoker, was disabled before the event. Of interest: Plaintiff rejected the insurance company's top offer of $95,000 to settle pre-trial.

• $ 475,000.00 - Malicious Prosecution Jury Verdict - $155,000 compensatory and $320,000 punitive verdict. Of interest: rare jury verdict where jury found corporation had specific intent to harm Plaintiff, resulting in punitive verdict exceeding statutory cap.

• $ 267,200.00 - Tractor Trailer Jury Verdict - torn rotator cuff. Of interest: Plaintiff rejected Offer of Judgment of $160,000.00 - Federal jury trial.

• $ 266,000.00 - Slip and Fall Jury Verdict - fractured hip. Of interest: Plaintiff rejected top offer of $25,000 from insurance company - Federal jury trial.

• $ 215,817.43 - Automobile negligence Jury Verdict - disputed auto collision where my client had fractured toe joint. Of interest: Plaintiff rejected Statement Farm's $40,000 offer of $100,00 insurance policy (verdict paid in full). Insurance company paid more than double their insurance limits.

• $ 212,500.00 - Automobile negligence Jury Verdict - torn rotator cuff. Of interest: Plaintiff rejected Allstate's untimely $50,000 offer of $50,000 insurance policy (verdict paid in full within days of verdict, all paid by Allstate).

*These prior case results are not representative of the value of any other cases and no case results are guaranteed. Each case is different and the results differ based on the facts of the individual case. Also, some of the above referenced cases were handled with the assistance of co-counsel or with the aid of an attorney that hired our firm.

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