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.
Pete has worked with a wide variety of attorneys, experts, and individuals in cases involving automobile injuries, truck wrecks, 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
$ 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 and $44,000,000.00 in punitive damages. $4,000,000.00 settlement offer from AIG and Great West Insurance was rejected at trial. Settled on appeal after verdict.
$ 15,750,000.00 Automobile Wreck - Result for significant injuries to a family;
$ 10,200,000.00 Product Liability/Automobile Collision - Significant settlement in burn-related case involving a single plaintiff sustaining burn injuries;
$ 9,100,000.00 Premises Liability - 12 person jury verdict involving lack of security for a woman raped by unknown assailant. Insurance company's top offer prior to trial only $50,000. Verdict of $8,333,333,33 plus pre-judgment interest resulting in total award.
$ 9,000,000.00 Premises Liability - Record Georgia jury verdict for woman raped at an apartment complex due to negligence of owners and management. Settled on appeal after verdict.
$ 9,000,000.00 Premises Liability - Record Alabama jury verdict for woman raped at an apartment complex due to negligence of owners and management. Settled on appeal after verdict.
$ 7,500,000.00 Commercial Vehicle Negligence - Settlement during third day of jury trial for middle age man injured in traffic accident.
$ 5,000,000.00 Premises Liability - Insurance policy limits recovery for burn injury to young man. Case settled one week before trial where Defendants initially offered no money, claiming Plaintiff was at fault.
$ 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 rejected - verdict paid in full. Companion case settled promptly thereafter (below). Case resulted in a total recovery of over $8,500,000.00 for both cases after insurance company initially offered less than $1,000,000.
$ 4,250,000.00 Premises Liability - Confidential recovery for a catastrophic injury involving a young child. Case involved negligent maintenance of a pool.
$ 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. (See companion case above.)
$ 4,000,000.00 Premises Liability - Confidential recovery for an injury to a young child at an apartment complex due to lack of appropriate security measures.
$ 4,000,000.00 Automobile- Recovery for death of a middle aged school teacher killed when a motorist crossed the 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.
$3,750,000.00 Construction Accident - Pretrial settlement for young man with badly broken hip caused by the boom of a concrete dump truck.
$ 3,500,000.00 Premises Liability - Confidential recovery for woman raped and killed at an apartment complex. Lack of security alleged against owners and management. Liability disputed.
$ 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. Highly disputed liability wherein Defendants and their insurance company claimed decedent wrongfully climbed under a tractor-trailer to change a tire without telling anyone.
$ 3,250,000.00 Premises Liability - Significant injury to young man injured in an industrial elevator accident. Disputed liability where Plaintiff was allegedly not observing all safety hazards.
$ 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 Automobile Product Liability - Jury verdict against Ford Motor Company for defective seat which collapsed rearward in a rear-end collision, causing the death of a 76-year-old woman.
$ 3,000,000.00 Premises Liability - Significant injury to the right eye of a 4-year-old girl at Defendant's retail premises. With recovery, the child was able to obtain significant medical attention and is doing much better.
$3,000,000.00 Tractor-Trailer Negligence - Significant jury verdict for individual who's head was caught between the rear of a tractor-trailer and a dock wall. Jury verdict represented all of Defendant's insurance in a highly disputed case. Defendants blamed injured victim for putting his head by the wall, but jury sided with Plaintiff and made significant award.
$ 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.
$ 2,900,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence - Recovery during third day of jury trial for woman seriously injured after tractor-trailer rear-ended her.
$ 2,750,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence - Wrongful death recovery for gentleman with less than five years life expectancy left when his tractor-trailer was struck from behind by another tractor-trailer on the highway, causing it to flip and overturn.
$ 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 Defendants business. Disputed liability where Defendant alleged Plaintiff was at fault for failing to lock out a truck he was working on.
$ 2,500,000.00 Premises Liability - Recovery for woman raped at an apartment complex due to lack of security and negligence of owners and management of apartments.
$ 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. Settled on appeal after verdict.
$ 2,100,000.00 Trucking/commercial vehicle - Young man killed by garbage truck. Disputed liability wherein Defendant claimed decedent failed to wear safety equipment given by his employer.
$ 2,000,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence - Wrongful death recovery for 21 year old woman killed by driving under 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. Plaintiff's demand for settlement was paid in full upon the completion of a two-week jury trial.
$ 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 Premises Liability - Policy limits of insurance recovery against day care after a child was dropped and injured due to soap application being applied to clean floor.
$2,000,000.00 Nursing Home Negligence - Policy limits of insurance recovery against nursing home after 88-year-old woman died due to neglect.
$ 1,950,000.00 Negligent Security - Rape at major hotel chain by third party criminal assailant.
$ 1,937,500.00 Automobile/Family Purpose Negligence - Very rare seven-figure jury verdict in Cobb County, Georgia against 16-year-old driver and her parents (family purpose doctrine) due to negligence of driver pulling in front of a motorcycle. Insurance company's last offer before trial was $725,000.00. Case settled with no appeal.
$ 1,900,000.00 Premises Liability - Negligence security recovery for a young woman assaulted an apartment complex based on various allegations of failure to maintain security.
$ 1,815,000.00 Premises Liability - Serious injury at store where a wall fell - policy limits of all Defendants.
$ 1,800,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence - Two tractor-trailers collided causing injuries to professional driver. Herniated disc injury.
$1,700,000.00 Automobile Negligence - Representation of a young woman injured in single car collision that rolled over causing orthopedic injuries.
$ 1,675,000.00 Tractor-trailer negligence - Significant recovery for tractor-mower injury clipped from behind by tractor-trailer on the interstate.
$ 1,550,000.00 Commercial Vehicle Collision - Significant recovery after jury verdict of $1,200,000.00 for a 79-year-old man who was killed instantly by another driver. The decedent had no dependants, was not working and was in poor health.
$ 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.
$1,500,000.00 Premises Liability - Negligent security case where a young woman was assaulted because security gate was not operational.
$ 1,500,000.00 Premises Liability - Cobb County, Georgia jury verdict wherein Home Depot employee dropped a stack of plywood into a shopping cart, which in turn knocked over Plaintiff. Plaintiff suffered a cervical disc injury requiring surgery. Home Depot's last offer before trial was $400,000.00 - jury verdict paid in full and case closed.
$ 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 Nursing home 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. Full verdict plus interest upheld by Georgia Court of Appeals. Judgment satisfied, plus interest.
$ 1,250,000.00 Automobile negligence - Corporate vehicle struck and killed
oncoming motorist in rural North Carolina venue.
$ 1,250,000.00 Premises Liability - confidential recovery for an injury to a man at an apartment complex shot by unknown assailant involving lack of security.
$ 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 sexual harassment jury verdict in federal court for Georgia sexual harassment claim. Highest offer prior to verdict was $30,000.00.
$ 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. All available insurance recovered.
$ 1,009,500.00 Tractor-trailer negligence - Under-ride collision with slow moving
tractor-trailer, causing death of driver who rear-ended truck. Policy limits recovery of tractor-trailer's insurance.
$ 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.
$ 1,000,000.00 Dental Malpractice - Policy limits of insurance for death of disabled young man after dental procedure.
$ 1,000,000.00 Boating/Jet Ski Negligence - Injury to teenage girl due to alleged negligent operation of jet ski.
$ 1,000,000.00 Premises/Contractor Negligence - Policy limits of insurance recovery for the wrongful death of a 78-year-old man who suffered carbon monoxide positioning wherein Plaintiffs alleged heating and air company failed to detect a cracked heat exchanger.
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.
$ 500,000.00 Automobile Negligence Jury Verdict - Plaintiff, an unemployed 50 year old man suffered a herniated disc. Of interest: State Farm offered only $200,000.00 and believed to be the second highest jury verdict in Newton County history. Verdict paid in full after trial.
$ 475,000.00 Malicious Prosecution Jury Verdict - $155,000.00 compensatory and $320,000.00 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- 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 case.
$ 215,817.43 Automobile negligence Jury Verdict - Disputed auto collision where my client had fractured toe joint. Of interest: Plaintiff rejected State Farm's $40,000 offer (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.
