The Georgia Court of Appeals reinstated a verdict sharing liability for a half-million-dollar award in favor of national law firm Epstein, Becker & Green three ways, overturning the trial judge’s order clearing two of three defendants of responsibility for their legal bills.

Following a jury verdict holding all three defendants jointly liable, Fulton County State Court Judge John Mather granted a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, ruling a corporate defendant that had already assumed liability for the debt was solely responsible.