A jury awarded more than $1.6 million to a man who claimed that he suffered spinal injuries in a 2018 auto accident in Gainesville.

On Oct. 26, 2018, plaintiff Brandon Wilson, 26, a theater’s usher, was driving in the left lane of Southwest Archer Road, in Gainesville. His car’s right side was struck by a car that was being driven by Dearta Anderson Moody, who was executing a right turn onto Southwest Archer Road, from a parking lot. Wilson claimed that he suffered injuries of his back and neck.