Zach Matthews of McMickle Kurey & Branch recently secured a defense verdict in a northeast Georgia court, propelled by evidence surfaced at trial during the plaintiffs’ cross-examination and a defense-friendly jury pool. However, despite a successful outcome that’s allowed his client to pursue attorney fees, the defense attorney said he’s considering appealing the case.

Matthews said he’s mulling an appeal after Hall County State Court Judge John Breakfield wouldn’t admit a spreadsheet into evidence that showed “an extraordinary referral relationship” between the doctors and the plaintiff’s firm, the Witherite Law Group, as his firm had successfully done in a Northern District of Georgia victory back in April.

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